By Ana Yoder, a senior music major from Elkhart THIS WEEK’S THEME: I wait for the Lord DEVOTIONAL: The theme for this week’s devotionals is “I wait for the Lord.” It strikes me that we spend much of our time finding the most efficient ways to accomplish daily tasks and avoid waiting. We hope the … Keep reading »

By Nate Manning, a junior interdisciplinary major from Middleville, Mich. DEVOTIONAL: When I read today’s passage, I think of the beautiful song written by John Newton. Amazing Grace has been sung in churches all over the world since it was penned in the 1760s. The particular line that stands out is “how precious did that … Keep reading »

By Yolo Lopez-Perez, a junior broadcasting major from Elkhart DEVOTIONAL: We often think that being in darkness means being involved with legal trouble, drugs, pre-marital relationships or unsafe parties. The list goes on. But I believe that being in darkness is beyond these obvious concepts we consider to be bad. Rather, it narrows down to … Keep reading »

By Jeff Hochstetler, admission counselor DEVOTIONAL: I first remember reading Psalm 23 as a child looking out my Sunday school class window of my country church. The rolling green pastures right by the grove of trees and ravine along the church property provided my imagination the earliest canvas for this psalm. Completing my imagination of … Keep reading »

By Paul Steury, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center K-12 education coordinator DEVOTIONAL: The main problem with winter for a lot of us is the lack of sunshine. That glorious light gives us energy as well as power to the earth. Have you noticed maple tree buds waiting to burst and daffodils pleading with the sun … Keep reading »

By Chris Wood, associate professor of nursing THIS WEEK’S THEME: Live as children of light DEVOTIONAL: Both our lives and the entire environment are filled with opposites. Light… dark. Spring…winter. Warm…cold. This week’s Lenten theme of encouraging us to live as children of light echoes many opposites we experience. Beyond these, we are also reminded … Keep reading »

By Reuben Sancken, a senior Bible and religion major from Tolono, Ill. DEVOTIONAL: Jesus met a Samaritan woman at a well and asked for a drink of water. Public interaction between men and women, and Jews and Samaritans, were usually avoided in his day. He could have gotten his own water or waited to ask … Keep reading »

By Vicky Kirkton, associate professor of nursing DEVOTIONAL: Once when I arrived at the airport in Washington, D.C., to attend a professional conference, I had plenty of time and decided to get to my hotel via the city transit system. I had been to this conference many times and felt confident that I could navigate … Keep reading »

By Ross Peterson-Veatch, associate academic dean and director of curriculum and faculty development for the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning DEVOTIONAL: I was 15 years old hiking with my youth group to the summit of Cerro Pedernal, a flat-top butte-like mountain that lords over the desert plains of northern New Mexico. The journey to … Keep reading »

By Becky Horst, associate registrar, grants coordinator and convocation coordinator THIS WEEK’S THEME: Give me this water DEVOTIONAL: When our first child was almost two years old, she developed severe diarrhea. Pediasure® didn’t yet exist, and I was an inexperienced parent who didn’t know how to feed a child in her condition. She grew lethargic … Keep reading »