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Grace Lutheran Church Devotional: Isaiah 55:6–9 (ESV)

| Administrator | Grace Lutheran Church Devotionals
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Grace Lutheran Church Devotional: Matthew 18:21–35 (ESV)

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Peter came up and said to [Jesus], “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Behind the Grindstone: Cross Words

| Bill Bunting | Behind the Grindstone
Buck and Roy both hired on
To ride for the Bar B Q
They both rode the range
The way most cowboys do

Behind the Grindstone: Faded Ink

| Bill Bunting | Behind the Grindstone
At the bottom of the stack
Far away and to the back
Of the old dresser drawer
A poem written long before

Grace Lutheran Church Devotional: Matthew 15:21–28 (ESV)

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Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”

Behind the Grindstone: Quill and Ink

| Bill Bunting | Behind the Grindstone
In the flickering light of the candle
He picks up quill and ink
And spreads the parchment before him
As the candle seems to wink

What Will They Say We Left Behind?

| Raina Lucero | Long Time Gone
Two old Eads school record books have somehow survived nearly a century. They are dated 1932-1933 and 1933-1934.

Grace Lutheran Church Devotional: Matthew 14:22–33 (ESV)

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Immediately [Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray.

Behind the Grindstone: Sunset

| Bill Bunting | Behind the Grindstone
He stands in the time
When the days most done
Accented by
The setting sun

As Time Goes By with Rich O’Brian: One Final Time

| Rich O'Brian | As Time Goes By With Rich O'Brian
For years, this space belonged to Rich O’Brian.

Long Time Gone: Meet Rich O’Brian: The Forrest Gump of Journalism

| Betsy Barnett | Long Time Gone
Journalism and the Independent lost Rich O’Brian on August 8th. Here at the Independent I had the great honor of interviewing Rich about his journalism career back in 2020 for our Christmas magazine entitled Meet John Doe.

Behind the Grindstone: Morning Praise

| Bill Bunting | Behind the Grindstone
He stands alone where the earth meets the sky
Where humming birds and eagles fly
On the edge of the canyon wall
Listening to the waterfall
From the stream wandering far below
Speaking words he does not know

Grace Lutheran Church Devotional: Romans 8:28–39

| Administrator | Grace Lutheran Church Devotionals
We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Behind the Grindstone: Old Glory 250 Years

| Bill Bunting | Behind the Grindstone
He had taught him Americans history
Down throughout the years
And it had done them both well
Or so it now appears

Long Time Gone: A River of Bones Beneath the Cheyenne County Plains

| Raina Lucero | Long Time Gone
On a quiet stretch of Cheyenne County prairie south of Firstview, little is visible today to suggest that one of North America’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries once lay beneath the soil.

Grace Lutheran Church Devotional: Romans 8:18–27 (ESV)

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.