1. The gospel tells me that the revelation of weakness in myself, my husband, and my son is the occasion for the revelation of God’s strength.
  2. This is an excerpt from part two of “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  3. The Lord’s Prayer is liturgy and catechism, action and instruction, praxis and theology.
  4. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  5. What I desperately needed was not to preach to myself, but to listen to a preacher—not to take myself in hand, but to be taken in the hands of the Almighty.
  6. Praying the Word of God back to God carries didactic import. It teaches us.
  7. Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
  8. The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.
  9. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  10. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  11. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  12. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.