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Joining Jesus in Fishing
Devotional Reflection, Monday, September 26, 2022 Proper 21, the week of the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev David W. Perkins,...
Deep Reading of Holy Writ
Devotional, Thursday, September 22,2022 Proper 20, the week of the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins, Th.D. Key...


Acorn Rain
In 1998, during my last year of Episcopal ministry in Louisiana, my son, Ben, and I lived in a cabin on Bayou DeSiard in Monroe. The...
Healing as Deliverance
Devotional Reflection, Friday, September 23, 2022 Proper 20, the week of the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
In the Desert With Jesus
Devotional Reflection, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 Proper 20, the week of the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
Emulating the Forerunner
Devotional Reflection, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Proper 20, the week of the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
Embracing Loss
Devotional Reflection, Monday, September 19, 2022 Proper 20, the week of the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
Seeing the Light Cuts Both Ways
Daily Office Devotional, Friday, September 16, 2022 Proper 19, the week of the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
Pushing Through Dark Moments
Devotional Reflection, Thursday, September 15, 2022 Proper 19, the week of the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
Sharing the Tree of Calvary
Devotional Reflection, Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Proper 19, the week of the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
Growing Down
"Normally we come into the world headfirst, like divers into the pool of humanity. . . . We grow down, and we need a long life to get on...
Discerning God’s Guidance
Devotional Reflection, Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Proper 19, the week of the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
The Back Steps at Longstraw and Whip-poor-wills
My first charge as a 20 year old Baptist "preacher boy" college student was the Longstraw Baptist Church, ten miles southeast of Ruston,...
Resolving Conflict for the Sake of Mission
Devotional Reflection, Monday, September 12, 2022 Proper 19, the week of the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
Jesus Weeps With Us
Devotional Reflection, Friday, September 09, 2022 Proper 18, the week of the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
Who is In and Who is Out?
Devotional Reflection, Thursday, September 8, 2022 Proper 18, the week of the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
Overcoming Reluctance to Share
Devotional Reflection, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Proper 18, the week of the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W....
When Jesus Makes His Appointment With Us
Devotional Refection, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Proper 18, the week of the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
Faith: A Permeable Boundary
Devotional Reflection, Monday, September 5, 2022 Proper 18, the week of the thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
There Must Be a Place Where All Is Light
Devotional Reflection, Friday, September 02, 2022 Proper 17, the week of the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. David W. Perkins,...
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