1. Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
  2. We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
  3. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  4. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  5. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  6. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  7. When we pray to Jesus, we pray to the King's right hand. We know one who has the Father's ear, respect and trust. And the one who intercedes for us is still one of us, with nail-pierced hands.
  8. By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
  9. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  10. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
  11. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.