1. In an autobiographical telling, Gretchen Ronnevik shares the fate of two different fathers and the hope she has in Christ.
  2. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  3. We do not choose our struggles, but there is One who has chosen to always be with us.
  4. Even at Lewis’ graveside, Havard was a faithful friend, and a friend full of faith in Christ, confessing his hope in the resurrection.
  5. The Lord assures Jeremiah he has not forgotten him. He is there and will rescue him.
  6. The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
  7. Lord, remember us to remind us, that we may know all good things come from you.
  8. Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.
  9. What if Jesus had said on the cross, “Earn it”?
  10. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.
  11. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  12. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.