I don’t want to start a daily devotional but what I want isn’t important. If I only did what I want to do, you wouldn’t be reading this because it wouldn’t exist. Instead of crafting this clever article, I would be back in bed having eaten a half-gallon of ice cream for breakfast. It’s not a good use of my time to do what I want to do. So I’m trying to spend my time doing what I ought to do.

What I ought to do is push my religious views on everyone.

Of course, there are some people who disagree. They believe my religion is a private matter that I should keep to myself. “It’s not right to force your opinions on others,” they tell me even when I didn’t ask for their opinion.

The reason I’m doing a devotional even though I don’t want to is: I generally despise devotionals. There are a few exceptions but the vast majority of devotionals are insipid and banal. They’re chock full of hackneyed Christian clichés and totally bereft of insight. Most of the time when I finish reading a devotion I think, “Gosh. I could have written something better than that.”

Then I think, “Well, why don’t you write something better than that?”

Then I think, “Because I don’t want to and I need to finish this half-gallon of ice cream.”

I can’t ignore my conscience anymore. I’m calling the series, “Daily Deuce.” Each devotion is short enough that you can hear the whole thing while you’re seated in the bathroom. It’s America’s #2 Devotional.

For the moment, Daily Deuce is going to be published with my other podcast, “The Comedy Sojourn.” If you’re already listening to Comedy Sojourn, you’ll be able to hear (or ignore) Daily Deuce without doing anything! If you don’t currently listen to my podcast, it is available is LOTS of different places. You can search for it wherever you listen to podcasts but if you can’t find it, here are several places to find it.

Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-branyans-comedy-sojourn-podcast/id1164080676?uo=4

iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-john-branyans-comedy-sojou-30941899/

Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFueWFuY29tZWR5LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz

Castbox: https://www.castbox.fm/channel/3508381?country=us

Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/john-branyans-comedy-sojourn-podcast

It is directly available at my website too: https://johnbranyan.com/members-homepage/listen-podcast/
(You need to be a member to listen on the website but you should have become a member a long time ago. If you’re still not a member of the Comedy Clique, I’ll say a prayer for you.)

The first episode launches Monday, December 14th. If you like this blog, you’ll probably like Daily Deuce. If you don’t like this blog, you can use the Daily Deuce as an excuse to tell me to keep my opinions to myself.