I find myself returning to the Nicene Creed this Advent season
This is an excerpt from this year’s 1517 Advent Devotional.
Thanksgiving, then, is not just about plenty. It is about redemption.

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God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
Amy Mantravadi asks if we should forgive others even if they are not repentant
No plot spoilers here just some really Good News
Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?
God knows that when we face insurmountable odds in our moments of weakness, we are more likely to turn to him in trust and reliance.
We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.
When God remembers his covenant with Noah and causes the flood to subside, he also chooses to forget.
Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.