1. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  2. Below is a compilation of some of our staff and contributor’s recommended reads for this summer (based, of course, on what we are reading). Let us know if you find a book you love!
  3. We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
  4. The Holy Spirit isn’t so much the one you look at, as he is the one who turns you from looking at yourself and your sin to your Savior, Jesus.
  5. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  6. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  7. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  8. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  9. 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?
  10. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  11. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  12. 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.