1. By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
  2. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  3. 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.
  4. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  5. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  6. If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
  7. 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).
  8. My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.
  9. This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  10. 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.
  11. We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
  12. Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).