1. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
  2. We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.
  3. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  4. God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.
  5. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  6. In an autobiographical telling, Gretchen Ronnevik shares the fate of two different fathers and the hope she has in Christ.
  7. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  8. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  9. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  10. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  11. We must also address the stigma surrounding addiction within so many churches.