Kathleen Petersen
Daily Author
I love digging around for scriptural nuggets of God's truth with our devotional team and being amazed how many facets of meaning we discover. Thanks for reading!
Devotionals
Three stories in the Gospels have been used countless times as illustrations for a host of spiritual teachings: the stories of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son and the story of Jesus’ encounter with...
In the early 1970s, a large-scale, Christian revival unfolded in the U.S.; many people trusted Jesus for the first time. The term “born again”, lifted from Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in John 3:1-21, was a...
In February, 1998, my husband went to an upper floor of the Denver Library to observe one million excited Broncos fans in Denver’s Civic Center area as they swarmed the newly crowned NFL Super Bowl...
Our scripture this week, John 2:1-12, describes Jesus’ first observable miracle — turning water into wine at a wedding ceremony at Cana, near Nazareth, his childhood home. Verses 1 & 2 inform us “…. Jesus’...
As the Apostle John began the earthly part of his story of Jesus’ life, he alluded to Israel’s history. In portraying the Levite, John the Baptist, calling his fellow countrymen to repent from their sin,...
In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it. John 1:4-5 NET Now this is the basis...
Like the Jewish religious leaders of the first century, I sometimes denounce the “worst sins in the world” on my mental slate. Over time, I’ve scribbled, erased, and revised several lists. This week we’re meditating...
One morning, after spending a rough night at a women’s shelter, a homeless woman (who did odd jobs for the retail shop I managed), entered our store in Washington D.C. and banged her fist on...
High performing actors, athletes, politicians, spiritual, business and military leaders all spend considerable effort building and burnishing their public images. After these talented people have achieved their pinnacle, their reputations usually begin to fade and...
One of the persistent mysteries of my walk with Christ has been the “how to” of prayer. While the basis of Biblical prayer can be defined as “talking to God”, observing its corporate aspect is...
The first couple years after I started following Jesus I devoured significant chunks of Scripture daily. My heart was full. But one morning, while reading Isaiah, I had a sudden sensation that I knew nothing...
In 1970 a feminist leader proclaimed “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” That statement provided one of many catalysts for an ongoing proliferation of discussions, heated arguments and political...
