1. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  2. 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).
  3. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  4. If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
  5. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  6. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  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. 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).
  9. 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.
  10. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  11. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  12. Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.