A Present Peace: 90 Our Daily Bread Reflections for Embracing God's Truth through Hard Times

What does it mean to trust God?

In tough times, we know we should believe God is in control of our lives, but how do we trust when things around us seem to contradict that truth? Finding peace can seem beyond our grasp.
 
Whatever you’re facing today, A Present Peace leads you on a 90-day devotional journey to reconnect with the true source of hope and confidence—our almighty God. Our Daily Bread author Bill Crowder shares relevant stories and biblical truths that will strengthen your faith when life takes unexpected turns.  
 

Bill Crowder joined the Our Daily Bread Ministries staff in 2001 after more than 20 years in the pastorate stretching from West Virginia to southern California to west Michigan. Over the years, Bill has spent much of his time in a Bible-conference ministry around the world, serving ODBM offices and their outreach to their local communities. 

Bill is a contributing writer for the Our Daily Bread devotional and has written many Bible study booklets for ODBM’s Discovery Series. He has also published a number of books with Our Daily Bread Publishing, including Wisdom for Our Worries. Bill also serves as cohost on Discover the Word, a podcast and daily radio program heard nationwide. 

Now semiretired, Bill and his wife, Marlene, live in North Carolina. They have been married for over 45 years and have five adult children and a growing legion of grandchildren. To relax, Bill enjoys playing golf whenever possible, and following sports, especially the English Premier League’s Liverpool Football Club.

 

As a “third-culture kid” (parents from one culture who raised him in another), Tim Gustafson attended eight different schools in his first nine years of schooling, plus a “semester at sea” that comprised first grade. His adoptive parents were missionaries who traveled several times by ship. The penchant for traveling didn’t stop with adulthood, and it’s served him well as he continues his career as a writer and editor. A military veteran of three deployments, Tim and his wife, Leisa, have eight children—seven of whom are boys—and a granddaughter.