1. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
  2. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  3. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  4. 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).
  5. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  6. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  7. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  8. Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
  9. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  10. Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
  11. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  12. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.