1. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  2. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  3. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  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. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  7. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  8. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  9. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  10. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  11. What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
  12. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.