We’re grateful to share a new Holy Week devotional from Darrell, Eight Days That Changed the World, now available on the YouVersion Bible App.

‍Merry Christmas to you on behalf of Darrell and the team at The Pastorate! Here's a final free reading from Awaken Wonder for Christmas Day.

‍This Advent, we’re giving you a weekly gift from Darrell Johnson’s new devotional, Awaken Wonder: Daily Devotions for Advent. This week’s excerpt, from Week Four: Sunday, invites you to sit with the story of Simeon as you continue your Advent journey.

‍This Advent, we’re giving you a weekly gift from Darrell Johnson’s new devotional, Awaken Wonder: Daily Devotions for Advent. This week’s excerpt, from Week Three: Sunday, invites you to sit with the story of Joseph as you continue your Advent journey.

‍This Advent, we’re giving you a weekly gift from Darrell Johnson’s new devotional, Awaken Wonder: Daily Devotions for Advent. This week’s excerpt, from Week Two: Sunday, invites you to sit with the story of Zacharias and Elizabeth as you continue your Advent journey.

‍This Advent, we’re giving you a weekly gift from Darrell Johnson’s new devotional, Awaken Wonder: Daily Devotions for Advent. This week’s excerpt, from Week One: Sunday, invites you to sit with the story of Mary as you begin your Advent journey.

As disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, as His apprentices, we are regularly encouraged to “Pray the Psalms,” or, “Let the Psalms tutor you in prayer.” Very good advice. For the people of God have for centuries found in the ancient Psalms just the right words to pray in the various circumstances of life.

A couple of years ago now, towards the end of the Covid-19 restrictions, along-time member of a church I once served wrote a very thoughtful letter, lamenting the fact that she was losing the sense of wonder as the Christmas season approached.

I have been asked over the past months, “what are the ten most important books you have read – beyond the Bible – that have kept your soul going over the past fifty years of discipleship and ministry?”