1. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  2. 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).
  3. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  4. Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
  5. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  6. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  7. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  8. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  9. Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.
  10. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  11. It makes perfect sense that the day honoring Jesus' birth would be observed in a decidedly less than refined manner.
  12. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.