1. Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.
  2. When you are stripped down to nothing, desperate, lowly, you will again know what she knows: the crumbs are enough, Jesus is enough, for you.
  3. Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.
  4. Each email entry in The Withertongue Emails is intended to compel the reader to stop and think about their pastor, themselves, and their churches.
  5. God saves us through people. He saves us through means. He puts a voice on the gospel.
  6. Maybe it was because I read this book to put myself to sleep. But maybe the lack of any Christian references was part of my sadness.
  7. The problem with sin is that we fail to honor God who wants to take our hearts captive and fill us with his goodness.
  8. I finally watched the film “Encanto” with my kids. I had heard many people say the subtext of this movie was deeper than most. So, we snuggled up on the couch and watched it to see what everyone was talking about.
  9. Excerpt #1 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  10. If God ever forgives you, it is not just allowing you to start over and try harder the second time, but it is a whole, new, complete justification that is given as a free gift and without any work of our own—outside the law.
  11. When we read a good story, we sojourn with the characters and authors upon the trail of longing. Such is the pilgrim’s path.
  12. Here, robed in Word and Sacrament, is your King, infant though He be, come out of eternity into time to bring you out of time and into eternity.