1. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  2. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  3. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  4. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  5. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  6. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  7. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  8. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  9. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  10. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  11. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.