Our Daily Bread

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ODB: Legacy of Friends

I met him in the 1970s when I was a high school English teacher and basketball coach, and he was a tall, gangly freshman.

ODB: Wise or Unwise?

When I was ten, I brought home a cassette tape from a friend at youth group that contained the music of a contemporary Christian band.

ODB: Loving Our Neighbors

In the days of self-isolation and lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, words by Martin Luther King Jr. in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” rang true.

ODB: Thankful for Monday

I used to dread Mondays. Sometimes, when I got off the train to head to a previous job, I’d sit at the station for a while, trying to delay reaching the building, if only for a few minutes.

ODB: Hope from Gehenna

In 1979, archaeologist Gabriel Barkay unearthed two small silver scrolls. It took years to delicately unroll the metal scrolls

ODB: Running the Race

The careers of most National Football League players are remarkably brief: just 3.3 years on average, according to statista.com.

ODB: God Redeems Our Pain

Olive watched her friend loading her dental equipment into his car. A fellow dentist, he’d bought the brand-new supplies from her.

ODB: Hearing Christ, Not Chaos

After watching TV news for hours each day, the elderly man grew agitated and anxious—worried the world was falling apart and taking him with it.

ODB: Grasping God’s Word

A rugged, cast-iron ring stood strong against the harsh Minnesota winter as it hung on the doorframe of my great uncle’s old farmhouse. More than a hundred feet away was another ring, firmly fixed to the dairy barn.