1. This is an excerpt from “Encouragement for Motherhood, Devotional Writings on the Work of Christ” edited by Katie Koplin (1517 Publishing, 2024) available for purchase today.
  2. Regardless of background or beliefs, every American I talk to seems on edge, as if the sky were about to fall. But the sky is not falling.
  3. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  4. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  5. God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.
  6. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  7. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  8. The following poem was written by Tanner Olson to accompany 1517’s 2023 Advent Resources, The Clothing of the King. Advent begins this Sunday.
  9. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  10. A pastor shares his own experience of loneliness and hope
  11. The joy of which Lewis speaks is a deep yearning of the soul not unlike the nostalgia we feel upon seeing a favorite childhood object once again.