Forgiveness is not ours to manufacture. It is ours to proclaim.
When we fail, our first impulse is the same as that of our spiritual ancestors: to sprint headlong into the bushes.
On this, the birthday of Martin Luther, I will pause to thank God for his birth.

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Just like Peter, you don’t need to do anything to earn God’s forgiveness for your soul wounds.
The Antichrist offers another continual presence. It is every whisper that tempts us toward autonomy, that tells us to carry it alone, that insists suffering is meaningless.
Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.
To confess Christ crucified and risen as the only hope in a world that has lost its mind to wickedness and rage.
I realized I had long and drastically underestimated the depth and vitality of the Christian intellectual tradition.
For those with faith in Christ, there is always a happy ending.
Oliver was a friend, chaplain, professor, author, and loyal church reformer. This Gnesio-Lutheran giant will be missed.