by PoP News | Oct 2, 2026 | Devotions
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Caryn Josephson. In August, Jim and I represented Prince of Peace at the St Paul Area Synod’s Mission Support Thank-You dinner. Prince of Peace’s outreach budget is 10% of our regular offerings and cash plate...
by PoP News | Sep 30, 2026 | Devotions
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Caryn Josephson. This week’s reading (Genesis 39:1-23) finds Joseph falsely accused and thrown into prison. This isn’t the first time Joseph has found misfortune: his brothers sold him into slavery, and he was taken to...
by PoP News | Sep 28, 2026 | Devotions
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Scott Tunseth. Yesterday, my sermon focused on the Old Testament story of Joseph, who was accused wrongly by Potiphar’s wife and tossed in jail. I did not touch on the Gospel lesson at all, but the connections to the...
by PoP News | Sep 25, 2026 | Devotions
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Bob Reichman. Genesis 12:1-9 Back in the late ’80s and well into the ’90s, we were members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Circle Pines, where George Johnson was the pastor. (We returned to Our Savior’s later and were...
by PoP News | Sep 23, 2026 | Devotions
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Bob Reichman. Genesis 12:1-9 Abram was 75 when he packed up all his stuff, his family and his entourage per God’s instructions and left Haran for the land of Canaan. I’m now within shouting distance of that age, and I can’t...
by PoP News | Sep 21, 2026 | Devotions
Today’s author is Prince of Peace member Debbie Jorgens. Text: Genesis 12:1-9 “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him….” (12:4) Can you picture it? Here is 75-year-old Abram, deeply rooted in the city of Haran where he and his wife, Sarai, have lived for...
