by Andy Baker | Jul 16, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
For many centuries, between the writing of the New Testament and the Reformation, there were two spheres of life: religious and secular. Religious tasks were, more or less, solely the duty of the clergy. Most people could not even participate in communion or read the...
by Andy Baker | Jul 9, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
We often talk about “acts of bravery.” A soldier receives a commendation for bravely running through no mans land to save a comrade. A person on a walk becomes a local hero for rushing to the aid of someone having a heart attack. A pilot lands a disabled...
by Andy Baker | Jul 2, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
Growing up, school was pretty easy for me. Most subjects came naturally, and I could breeze through with minimal effort. Math, however, was a massive exception. No matter how much I tried, math always seemed completely incompressible (especially when random letters...
by Andy Baker | Jun 25, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
My wife tells the story of getting her first pair of glasses when she was a kid. She didn’t understand why her parents and optometrist thought she needed them, as she had always seen everything perfectly fine. The optometrist was located in a mall, and upon...
by Andy Baker | Jun 18, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
Several years ago, we met our family in Minneapolis to celebrate Christmas. We were fortunate to stay at a hotel connected to the Mall of America, allowing us to go in and out of the mall as we pleased (especially nice in Minnesota during the winter). A certain coffee...
