1. We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
  2. Hidden beneath the sinner is a glorious saint. Jesus has declared it to be so in your baptism.
  3. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  4. Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
  5. Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
  6. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  7. The more awareness we have that we are weak and low and frail and incapable of doing this thing called life, the more perfectly we are positioned to meet the God of grace.
  8. All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
  9. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  10. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  11. You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.
  12. You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.