You’re permitted to call on “Our Father, who art in heaven” at all hours of the day and night with whatever you like.
Here is the true story, the one worth remembering: You are a gift.
The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s upcoming book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 32, 52.

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The women at the tomb were surprised by Easter. Amazed and filled with wonder at Jesus' Easter eucatastrophe. And so are we.
Polycarp’s faith, life, writings, and even his death revealed the fruit of faith and love grafted into his heart by Christ the Vine.
The grain of God’s goodness and grace is made known by many trees throughout the Bible.
God’s creatures on four legs are some of the greatest storytellers of the Scriptures.
Dr. Montgomery taught me the Christian faith is both a true story and a delightful story—in fact, it is the greatest story ever told.
The point of Revelation is to reveal consolation in Jesus, not to revel in chaos and confusion.
In our catastrophes - whatever they may be, however large or small they are - we cry out for rescue, deliverance, and salvation.
When Jesus appeared again to his disciples on that first Easter evening and again a week later with Thomas and the Emmaus disciples, what did Jesus show them? His hands.
Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
One way or another, Rod always found a way to bring whatever story he was telling back to the gospel and God's grace in Christ.
Can you imagine Christmas from creation’s point of view?
Tolkien's hero Tom Bombadil functions to showcase the Gospel