PresbyCan Daily Devotional

A daily Christian devotional based on real-life experiences

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A Season For Everything

Ecclesiastes 3:1 – To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. (KJV) Things come. Things go. Life changes. Often these changes, even in keeping with the times, can throw a person for a loop. Such was the case when Rev. Robin Ross called to inform me that March 31, 2025, would be the last day of publishing new material for the PresbyCan Daily Devotional. It all began on May 25, 1996, as his brainchild, and has been a huge part of his life's passion and work for...

Mar 31, 2025

Time For Fika

Fika (fee'-kuh) – a Scandinavian custom of slowing down to enjoy a moment with friends and loved ones over coffee and a sweet treat. I first learned about this charming Scandinavian custom of fika through Norwegian missionary friends in Madagascar. Fika is deemed so important to Scandinavian daily life that it can be observed at any time of day. Our Norwegian friends invited my friend Bonnie and me to join them one day for their mid-morning fika, which was part party and part coffee break. I've ...

Mar 30, 2025

The Book

A Revisited Devotional from November 25, 1997. Revelation 20:12b – And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. (NKJV) Recently, I saw a story in the newspaper from one of the southern United States. This particular place apparently has some type of "Social Register", a large book listing the socially in people in this community. If you were not listed, you were in the out group. The news story said a local family which had been very prominent in the past, was dropped from this issue,...

Mar 29, 2025

The Aches of Aging

2 Corinthians 4:16 – That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. (NLT) "God gave me that gift, but I guess now I can't use it anymore." I heard the discouragement in Mom's voice as she spilled her despair into my lap. I had taken her for her weekly hair-fixing appointment. As we sat in the driveway, she pined over her situation. Mom had a rare gift that most musicians don't. She had been playing the piano since she was a little girl. The in...

Mar 28, 2025

Plinkings And Plunkings

A Revisited Devotional from July 18, 1999. Romans 11:33a – O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! (KJV) Although I am by no means accomplished in playing the guitar, I can actually bring pleasant sounds out of it. I am getting better at it. There is a true sense of accomplishment in bringing a tune out of that instrument. I'm proud and amazed that my fingers are learning and strengthening. Where once there were only plinkings and plunkings, now there is deliberate plu...

Mar 27, 2025

Streak

2 Timothy 3:16 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. (ESV) To keep my brain ticking, I use a free language learning program. The app reports that I've been successful in completing the lessons for 730 days in a row. As a result of my competitive nature, maintaining a really long streak actually becomes high motivation to login every day. So, I am really focused to succeed, yet I am not truly the success...

Mar 26, 2025

The Mom Of Forgetful Children

What I love most about being a mom is my children's forgetfulness. I remember many days when, as a mom with small children, I would want to run screaming down the street. You know those days when the bickering never stops, the spilled drinks could cause a flash flood, and "Mom" is seemingly the word to bellow when one is touched by one's sibling! Those days that stretched my patience beyond the limits, when bedtime could not come fast enough, still stick in my mind. I remember at day's end, when...

Mar 25, 2025

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