Wyoming Baptist Blog

CHASMS Welcome to Week 2 of Easter! Some folks call this season “Eastertide,” which is fun, but I just think of it as the Time of Resurrection Life. Here we are in the midst of the presence of the risen Christ, and yet there is even more to come. Hallelujah! What a...

ANTICIPATED JOY Welcome to Maundy Thursday, our first holy day after Palm Sunday. Let us join together in prayer… PrayerCrucified God! Guide us today by your Word and your Holy Spirit, so that in your light we might see light, and in your truth, we might find freedom,...

THE ANNOUNCEMENT Strangely enough, today is the day we traditionally celebrate the angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she would give birth to God, the savior of the world, and that she would call him Jesus. Seems a bit out of place, doesn’t it? Is this...

MUDDY SHOES It’s raining outside. Why not pray a bit?  PrayerGod of the sun and the rain, guide us today by your Word and your Holy Spirit, so that in your light we might see light, and in your truth, we might find freedom, and in your will, we might truly...

BAKING SODA This ain’t The Great British Bake Off, but we’re going to try. Somehow this past week my kids didn’t plow through the bananas, which means they’ve gone brown. That’s not bad. Actually, it’s fantastic — because now we get banana bread. A few years ago, Sara...

THE FAR COUNTRY We are entering our third week of Lent, my friends, and I hope you have been experiencing the joy of repentance and the fullness that comes with entering into the way of life that God has set out for us. This week, we continue our Lenten journey with a...

RUBBER, MEET ROAD It’s time to get down to brass tacks, the nitty-gritty, all the nuts and bolts. I’ve spent a lot of years wading through big books on theology. I love it. But, our faith is nothing if not timely and practical. That’s where the rubber meets the road,...

HAPPILY DEPENDENT Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day in our Season of Lent and a moment to reflect not simply on our mortality and our sinfulness, but on the joy of confessing — and living out — our utter dependence upon God. In today’s devotional, I invite you to...

THE TRIANGLE Last week, I attended a virtual conference where we learned about conflict and various ways we could work through or within that conflict to transform and grow everyone involved. It was a wonderful couple of days of teaching, discussion, and role play. In...