“We don't want Idaho to have a bad reputation. This is our home state. We love our home state. It's beautiful. We pride ourselves on our nature. We pride ourselves on our wildlife. And instead, we are continuing to do things that are… that are sickening.” - Ella Driever In 1995, wolves were reintroduced to central Idaho, and in 2003 a Boise High school called Timberline officially adopted a local wolf pack. Throughout the 2000, students went on wolf tracking trips and in their wolf packs range. But in 2021, Idaho's legislature passed Senate Bill 1211, 1211 allows Idaho hunters to obtain an unlimited number of wolf tags, and it also allows Idaho's Department of Fish and Game to use taxpayer dollars to pay private contractors to kill wolves. That means bounties on wolves, including on public lands. And in 2021, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded the wolf hunting season and hunting and trapping methods. So it's not too surprising to learn that also in 2021, the Timberline pack disappeared. The students, the ones that cared about wolves, at least, were devastated. Last summer I went to D.C. with some of the Species Unite team for a wolf rally on Capitol Hill. While I was there, two young women gave a talk about what happened at Timberline in 2021. Their names are Ella Driver and Sneha Sharma. They both graduated from Timberline High School and were there when their wolf pack disappeared. Please, listen and share.…
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“Alas, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.” Jeremiah 1:6,7 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Say Whatever I Command You Daily Devotion – Februa…
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At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea. Luke 4:42-44 #…
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At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah. Luke 4:40,41 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f4…
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The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:4,5 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} I Knew You Daily Devotion – February 2, 2025 Devotion based on Jeremiah 1:4,5 https:/…
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The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Freedom Daily Devoti…
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They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated. Isaiah 61:4 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Restoration Daily Devotion – January 31, 2025 Devotion based on Isaiah 61:4 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250131dev.mp3 See series: Devotions In April 2019, a…
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They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. Isaiah 61:3 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Witness Trees Daily Devotion – January 30, 2025 Devotion based on Isaiah 61:3 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250130dev.mp3 See series: D…
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[The LORD] has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted . . . to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61:1,2 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} All Who Mourn Daily Devotion – January 29, 2025 Devotion based on Isaiah 61:1,2 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250129dev.mp3 See series: Devotions Ar…
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[The LORD] has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim . . . release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Darkness Daily Devotion – January 28, 2025 Devotion based on Isaiah 61:1 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250128dev.mp3 See s…
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[The LORD] has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives. Isaiah 61:1 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Captive Daily Devotion – January 27, 2025 Devotion based on Isaiah 61:1 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250127dev.mp3 See series: Devotions Jose …
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All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove [Jesus] out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. Luke 4:28-30 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b…
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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} A Daily Number One Goal Daily Devotion – January 25, 2024 Devotion based on Proverbs 4:23 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250125dev.mp3 See series: Devotions What …
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} More Than All We Ask or …
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That you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19 #top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1g4ignz-594f42938c8dfc7e7ac530646d401b16{height:15px;} Filled to the Fullness of God Daily Devotion – January 23, 2025 Devotion based on Ephesians 3:19 https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20250123dev.mp3 See series: Devotions Is…
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