1. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  2. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  3. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  4. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  5. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  6. What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
  7. Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
  8. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  9. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  10. The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
  11. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  12. 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.