‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”
This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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Every time someone is baptized, every time bread is broken and wine poured, every time a sinner hears, “Your sins are forgiven in Christ,” Pentecost happens again.
This is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in Sinner Saint: A Surprising Primer to the Christian Life (1517 Publishing, 2025). Sinner Saint is available today from 1517 Publishing.
Senkbeil is a pastor’s pastor, a master of the art of pastoral care.
A Bit of Earth is about the garden, but it’s also about us—as we are made from dirt.
What do we learn from the widow? We learn how to be dependent upon God.
The difference between God's gospel and man's could not be greater.
Let your soul grieve, yes, but don’t let it be eaten alive by worry.
There is a bit of Narcissus in all of us. We are all lost within ourselves.
The one who delights in the law of the Lord learns to fear his own good works and trust God outside of them.
The gospel is his weapon that beats back the darkness — “I AM the Resurrection and the Life. Bow your head, bend the knee when I walk by.”
When the historical importance of revivalism is understood, one can appreciate that the question, “Could America experience another revival?” is also a question about the fate of Christianity in America.
With the Spirit we will get lost in the world. We are on a new track.