Category Archives: Weekly Devotions

READ: MATTHEW 15: 29-31 A vast crowd brought him the lame, blind, crippled, mute and many others with physical difficulties and laid them before Jesus.  And he healed them all.  (V. 30)   March was a month that left me feeling broken and alone because of two terrible incidents in my police career that had…

READ: MATTHEW 1: 1-16 to 2:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the Angel of the Lord commanded.  He brought Mary home to be his wife. (V. 1: 24) The ninety-five-year-old lady lived in a small cottage at the end of a tree-lined quiet street which bordered the historic C&O canal.  Due to her…

READ: LUKE 7: 1-9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed.  Turning to the crowd he said, “I tell you I haven’t seen faith like this in all the land of Israel.” (V. 9) The University of Maryland, Shock/Trauma Center, in Baltimore is a very busy place.  This is evidenced by the never-ending wail of…

READ: ESTHER 5-7 And so, Queen Esther replied, “If Your Majesty is pleased with me and wants to grant my request, my petition is that my life and the lives of my people will be spared.”  (V. 7:3) Entering the classroom at the Drug Enforcement Training Center in Quantico, Virginia, my first thought was— “these…

READ: MATTHEW 9: 9-17 When he heard this, Jesus replied, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor-sick people do.” A colleague once remarked, “The Department does two things quite well, give you a nice retirement party and a great funeral.”  I recalled the remark as I was actively involved planning the retirement celebration for one of…

READ: GENESIS 11: 1-18 At one time the whole world spoke a single language and used the same words. (V. 1) Just before dawn, a massive explosion, followed by a bright fireball extending hundreds of feet into the air, rocked the neighborhoods around a bridge that crossed over Interstate 495 near the Maryland and Virginia…

READ: MARK 8: 1-11 “I feel sorry for these people.  They have been here three days, and they have nothing to eat.  And if I send them home without feeding them, they will faint along the road.  For some of them have come a long distance.” (V. 2) Each year like clockwork, retired officers gather…

READ: PHILIPPIANS 3: 12-21 I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. (V. 14) The missing child was known by her photo.  She was a petite five-year old who stirred visions of our own children and grandchildren.  She…

READ: JOHN 15: 1-16 “Yes, I am the vine, and you are the branches.  Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.  For apartment from me you can do nothing.” (V. 5) Two gunshots shattered the peace of an early spring day.  They were directed at two officers who were…

READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:5-13 But watch out!  Be very careful never to forget what you have seen the Lord do for you.  Do not let these things escape from your mind as long as you live. And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren. (V. 9) I am a Montgomery County Police…