1. The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
  2. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  3. The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
  4. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.
  5. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  6. Ever Heard of Candlemas?
  7. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  8. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  9. How’s your ticker?
  10. When you see the year ending, thank the Lord, because he had led you into this cycle of years.
  11. Luke shows us that when we try to fit God into our life movie, the plot is all wrong; and not just wrong but trivial.
  12. Show me your righteousness, we can only point to Jesus