Arthur Schoonveld
Rev. Art Schoonveld is a retired minister in the Christian Reformed Church. Before retiring in 2001, he served churches in California, Illinois, and Michigan. Since his retirement he has worked part-time for the denomination and has served as an interim pastor. Art and his wife, Anita, have four children and nine grandchildren.
Devotions by Arthur Schoonveld
What’s Ahead?
Will We Remain in God’s Grace?
What Will It Take to Be Successful?
How Can We Live by the Spirit?
Are We Ready to Let Go?
Did You See the Savior?
Good News, Great Joy!
What Does It Take to Celebrate?
What If God Were to Disrupt Your Life?
Is Jesus Coming to Your House?
Why Should This Happen to Me?
Rejoice Always?
Do Christians Doubt?
Should Christians Be Afraid of Death?
Is There Life after Death?
Does the Church Let Its Light Shine?
Do We Carry Each Other’s Burdens?
Why Bother with Church?
Is the Bible Enough?
What If You Can’t Pray?
Does God Answer Prayer?
Does Jesus Still Change Lives?
Angry with God?
Does Jesus Know?
December 2020
- What’s Ahead?
- Will We Remain in God’s Grace?
- What Will It Take to Be Successful?
- How Can We Live by the Spirit?
- Are We Ready to Let Go?
- Did You See the Savior?
- Good News, Great Joy!
- What Does It Take to Celebrate?
- What If God Were to Disrupt Your Life?
- Is Jesus Coming to Your House?
- Why Should This Happen to Me?
- Rejoice Always?
- Do Christians Doubt?
- Should Christians Be Afraid of Death?
- Is There Life after Death?
- Does the Church Let Its Light Shine?
- Do We Carry Each Other’s Burdens?
- Why Bother with Church?
- Is the Bible Enough?
- What If You Can’t Pray?
- Does God Answer Prayer?
- Does Jesus Still Change Lives?
- Angry with God?
- Does Jesus Know?
- Why Not Today?
- Is Jesus the Answer?
- Did God Lose Control?
- Where Is God When It Hurts?
- What If You Can’t Find God?
- No Need for God?
- No Place for God?
February 2017
- A Friend at Midnight
- The Least of These
- Keep Watch!
- You Are Invited! Rsvp
- Is God Unfair?
- Called to Serve
- Echoes of God’s Forgiveness
- When Time Runs Out
- Mercy for Me, a Sinner
- What’s Our Prayer Attitude?
- Persisting in Prayer
- What if . . . ?
- Lying at the Gate
- Inside Our Mansions
- Advice for Investors
- Whose Neighbor Am I?
- The Good Samaritan
- Passing by on the Other Side
- The Waiting Father
- The Stranger at Home
- The Runaway Son
- The Lost Drone
- When Candles Won’t Light
- One Single Seed
- Hiding Our Gifts
- Why Are We Here?
- What Keeps Us From Hearing?
- How Are You Listening?
April 2015
- Because He Lives
- God Is Alive!
- Our Great High Priest
- Remember Who You Are
- Our Living Hope
- Whatever You Do
- Is it Really Possible?
- Living on the Right Side of Easter
- That’s Why We Sing
- Feeling Trapped?
- No Condemnation
- What If?
- Restored Vision
- Surprised by the Savior
- Does Someone Need You?
- Rejoicing in Suffering?
- Spending Time With Jesus
- Witness Through Sharing
- The Promise of Power
- When You Fail Someone You Love
- Do Christians Doubt?
- Behind Closed Doors
- Praying for Open Eyes
- Believing the Unbelievable
- Has Easter Made a Difference?
- Christ Is Risen!
- Secret Followers
- Crucified!
- Love Without Limit!
- The Suffering Savior
June 2014
- Ten Thousand Reasons
- No More Crying There
- Paradise Regained
- The Great Multitude
- The Final Judgment
- Do Not Be Amazed!
- Will We Be Recognized in Heaven?
- Soon and Very Soon?
- When Jesus Comes Again
- Before Jesus Comes Again
- How Can We Provide Comfort?
- Death Does Not Have the Last Word
- Should Christians Be Afraid of Death?
- If Jesus Had Been There
- Why Do Bad Things Happen?
- Living Life for Those Who Are Least
- Sharing From Our Abundance
- The Rich Fool
- God's Kingdom in Our Midst
- Is That All There Is?
- But Why?
- The Bully on the Block
- Love Never Fails!
- Can We Be Sure Who Jesus Is?
- Undercover Ceo
- How God Picks Up the Pieces
- Did God Lose Control?
- Paradise Lost
- Made in God's Image
- In the Beginning
January 2013
- The Good Shepherd
- Listen! Let Me Tell You
- Unless the Lord Builds
- Praise the Lord
- With Gratitude to God
- Guarding Our Mouth
- God's Great Love
- Our God Forgives
- Saying "No" Is Not Enough
- You Are Special!
- Where Is God When it Hurts?
- God Is Where We Are
- Never Afraid?
- Do We Enjoy God's Presence?
- The Peace of God in Stressful Times
- Is Life Unfair?
- Does God Heal All Diseases?
- The Majesty of God
- Not About Us
- On Holy Ground
- Do Christians Get Depressed?
- A Prayer for Every Christian
- Confronted to Confess
- God Owns it All
- The Fool Says ...
- Time Out for Worship
- Can God Be Trusted?
- Road Map for Our Journey
- God Keeps No Record
- Counting Our Days
- New Year's Confidence
December 2010
- The Best Is Yet to Come!
- Reflecting on God's Goodness
- Meeting God at Midnight
- Time Out to Take Inventory
- Because Christ Came
- Christmas Response
- A Gift Too Wonderful for Words!
- Will We See the Savior?
- Who's in Charge?
- What Does it Take to Celebrate?
- How God Gets Us Where He Wants Us
- Believing the Unbelievable
- A Troubled City
- Jesus Knows How You Feel
- Can We Be Sure?
- Invited to Find Rest
- Touching the Untouchables
- Jesus Came to Comfort
- Don't Be Afraid!
- Jesus Finds the Lonely
- Forgiving for Christ's Sake
- He Came to Save
- Healing the Sick
- Release From Prison
- Good News for the Poor
- Why Jesus Came
- How to Get Ready for Christmas
- How God Became Man
- A Next-Door Savior
- What if You Can't Celebrate?
- A Time for Celebration
September 2009
- Only Those Who Do!
- Should We Tell Others What to Do?
- Powerful Prayer
- Confessing Our Sins
- Using Our Wealth Wisely
- Planning the Future Without God
- Planning the Future With God
- Judging Others
- How Can We Get Close to God?
- Resist the Devil
- Are We Ready to Surrender?
- What Causes Fights?
- Wisdom From Above
- Silent Bystanders
- Building Others Up
- The Way We Talk Tells Who We Are
- Judgment Without Mercy
- Showing Favoritism
- Reaching Out to Those Who Need Us
- Be Slow to Become Angry
- Be Slow to Speak
- Be Quick to Listen
- God's Way of Escape
- Don't Blame God When You Blow It
- When You Don't Know What to Do
- What Makes it Possible?
- Consider it Pure Joy?
- From Cynic to Servant
- Unchristian?
- Does Your Faith Make a Difference?
May 2008
- Members of God's Family
- Parents and Children (2)
- Parents and Children (1)
- Honor Your Mother
- How We Talk Tells Who We Are
- Money Matters!
- Time Out for Worship
- The Blessings of Adoption
- The Hurt That Will Not Go Away
- Support for Single Parents
- Do We Belong Together?
- Love for a Lifetime
- Is it Really Worth It?
- The Uninvited Home Invader
- Something We Don't Talk About
- Dying for a Drink?
- Behind Closed Doors
- The Blame Game
- Learning to Say "I'm Sorry"
- Learning to Listen
- The Fruit of the Spirit
- How Do You Know Who's Right for You?
- Why Marry?
- Husbands and Wives (3)
- Husbands and Wives (2)
- Husbands and Wives (1)
- For Best Results...
- Should Everyone Get Married?
- Why God Made Marriage
- The First Wedding
- The Mystery of Marriage
May 2007
- Never in Vain!
- God's Vision for His Church
- Growing in Grace
- Beyond Our Wildest Dreams!
- Making God Smile
- Blessed to Be a Blessing
- Ripe for Harvest!
- Where's the Fish?
- Power to Witness
- Praying for the Holy Spirit
- Devoting Ourselves to Prayer
- Devoting Ourselves to Fellowship
- Blueprint for the Church
- Saved to Serve!
- Rejoice in God's Promise
- Rejoice in What Will Be
- Rejoicing in Persecution?
- Rejoice in God's Power
- Gladness in God's Presence
- Rejoice in the Lord!
- The God of Wonders
- Remember the Widow's Offering
- Remember God's Faithful People
- God Keeps No Record!
- Remember to Repent
- Remember God's Faithfulness
- Sustained by Grace
- Surrounded by Grace
- Saved by Grace
- Remember Why You Are!
- Remember Who You Are!
January 2006
- God's Perfect Presence
- God's Promise to Provide
- The Promise of God's Peace
- God Gets Us Where He Wants Us
- God Never Gives Up!
- The Right Place at the Right Time!
- God's Presence in Poverty
- Welcoming Jesus Through Adoption
- God's Love for Human Life
- God's Presence Before Birth
- When You Can't Pray
- How Can We Feel God's Presence?
- What Keeps Us From Seeing God?
- God's Presence Through Obedience
- Does God Forget?
- How Can We Know God's Will?
- God's Presence in Our Plans
- God in the Midst of Disaster
- God's Presence Through Parents
- Wrong Place at the Wrong Time?
- Where Is God When We Hurt?
- Where Is God When We're Down?
- How to Get Close to God: Commit
- How to Get Close to God: Communicate
- Caring Enough to Confront
- How to Get Close to God: Confess
- How to Get Close to God: Come
- God Is Where We Are
- What Keeps Ordinary People Going?
- God Goes Before Us
- Encouragement for a New Year