By Chad Hershberger When I was a youth, I never went to an ELCA Youth Gathering. My high school days were during the transition to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and these gatherings took a hiatus the whole time I was eligible (I did get to go to New Orleans in 1997 as a […]
“Who regularly invites you into their home for a meal?” That was the first question posed on January 1, 2013, when First Light Digital Devotions premiered. I told the story about how I learned to cook when I was first out on my own and how eating is an important part of relationships with others. […]
Reading: Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of […]
Reading: Psalm 116: 1-4, 12-19 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then […]
