Sam Powers
@samuelpowers.bsky.social
Senior Pastor at Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa #Pride Parade is Saturday. My Clobbered Bible study interpreting passages often used to sideline our #LGBTQIA+ siblings is linked in the blog:
Marching in the Tulsa Pride Parade
Here I'm handing out water in last year's parade For a variety of reasons, Tulsa hosts their Pride Parade in October rather than June. Of c...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here's the next installment of the mother #otter and her three youngsters:
Three Young River Otters with Mother Going over a Bridge
YouTube video by Urban Overlap
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September 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Here's the next installment of the mother #otter and her three youngsters:
I recorded this footage earlier this summer. Cute baby #otter barking at his siblings and mom!
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Three Young River Otters with Mother near Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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September 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I recorded this footage earlier this summer. Cute baby #otter barking at his siblings and mom!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOcH...
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Today, The #UMC is a worldwide denomination, but we started near the same time as the birth of the United States. Blessings to both as we celebrate Independence Day!
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An American Denomination
As we celebrate Independence Day in our country once more, it is interesting that the beginnings of our Methodist roots in America coincide ...
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July 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today, The #UMC is a worldwide denomination, but we started near the same time as the birth of the United States. Blessings to both as we celebrate Independence Day!
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Happy #Easter! And thanks for all those who journeyed with me during #Lent this year through the Book of Job. This material hasn't been as accessible as other books, and I may choose a gospel for next year's study. Blessings!
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Daily Devotion for Easter Sunday 2025
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Forty-two It is fitting to finish this study on Job on Easter as we see that resurrection comes in today's con...
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April 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In today's reading from Job, how does Behemoth and Leviathan represent empire then and now? Just one more devotion to go as we wrap up Job tomorrow. Here's the #dailydevotion for #Lent on this #HolySaturday.
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 40
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Forty, verse fifteen through Chapter Forty-one This reading is a bit longer, but I thought the verses concerni...
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April 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In today's reading from Job, how does Behemoth and Leviathan represent empire then and now? Just one more devotion to go as we wrap up Job tomorrow. Here's the #dailydevotion for #Lent on this #HolySaturday.
On this #GoodFriday, we recognize that we often put ourselves in God's place. Here's today's #dailydevotion as we move toward the end of #Lent:
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Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 39
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Forty, verses one through fourteen As we see the humbling of Job, we may find that Job represents humankind in...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On this #GoodFriday, we recognize that we often put ourselves in God's place. Here's today's #dailydevotion as we move toward the end of #Lent:
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#umc
How do we experience God in the created order? Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 36
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-seven Elihu continues to "teach" Job about the nature of God. We move into the natural world as the ha...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
How do we experience God in the created order? Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Some days I cherish anger a little too readily! But other days I clear the bar. Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent on this #HolyMonday:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 35
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-six Elihu definitely ascribes to the sovereignty of God or the idea that God is totally in charge of al...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some days I cherish anger a little too readily! But other days I clear the bar. Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent on this #HolyMonday:
What is your motivation for doing good? Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 34
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter 35 Elihu moves into a philosophical question that has to do with our motivations for being good and following ...
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April 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What is your motivation for doing good? Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Self-assurance is a good asset, but can it ever lead to conflict? Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 33
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-four Elihu continues in his defense of God. He claims that Job is accusing God of being unjust. Job d...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Self-assurance is a good asset, but can it ever lead to conflict? Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Impertinence doesn't heal. Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 31
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-two We have the first appearance of Elihu who is younger than Job and his three friends. It may be imp...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Impertinence doesn't heal. Today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
How are you doing on the 10? Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 30
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-one Job is going to make sure that we know just how innocent he is by listing all of the various violat...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How are you doing on the 10? Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Mother Teresa offered dignity to the highest leaders as well as to people characterized as the least of these in society. Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent from this #umc pastor:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 29
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty "Be careful how you treat people on the way up, because you may meet them on the way down." This anonym...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Mother Teresa offered dignity to the highest leaders as well as to people characterized as the least of these in society. Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent from this #umc pastor:
Sometimes a sense of entitlement may keep us from seeing reality as others do. Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent
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#umc
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 28
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Twenty-nine One of the universal traits of the human condition is nostalgia for the good ol' days. This is esp...
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April 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sometimes a sense of entitlement may keep us from seeing reality as others do. Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent
#umc
#umc
Is giving the benefit of the doubt a spiritual discipline? Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent from this #umc pastor:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 25
Today's Reading: Job, Chapters Twenty-five and Twenty-six Since these chapters are short, we are combining to help us finish the book within...
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April 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Is giving the benefit of the doubt a spiritual discipline? Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent from this #umc pastor:
Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent. It seems that even the most hard-working and righteous among us still need grace. #umc
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 24
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Twenty-four In this passage, we see a more general complaint by Job of the prosperity of the wicked. This is ...
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April 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent. It seems that even the most hard-working and righteous among us still need grace. #umc
How do we grow spiritually during difficulty? Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 22
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Twenty-two Eliphaz speaks about Job’s great wickedness. This isn’t anything new from the perspective of the o...
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March 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
How do we grow spiritually during difficulty? Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
I can hear Tim Blake Nelson's voice in my head saying, "Not the livestock!" Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 21
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Twenty-one Job is refuting the dominant belief of his day that God smites the wicked in the here and now throu...
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March 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I can hear Tim Blake Nelson's voice in my head saying, "Not the livestock!" Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Sometimes we pile on with the intent of "helping". Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 19
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Nineteen What is the nature of piling on? In American Football, piling on is a 15-yard penalty when the offens...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sometimes we pile on with the intent of "helping". Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Sometimes we are disobedient in spite of clear instructions! Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent:
Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 18
Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Eighteen Bildad's discourse lays out the community thinking along the lines of those who obey the law and thos...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Sometimes we are disobedient in spite of clear instructions! Here's today's #dailydevotion for #Lent: