1. It's easy to have courage when things go well.
  2. Like the serpent on the pole, God still puts real-life things up for us to look to for salvation.
  3. Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
  4. 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.
  5. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  6. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  7. 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.
  8. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  9. It is the love of God that reveals Him as the promise-making, promise-keeping God.
  10. When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
  11. A pastor shares his own experience of loneliness and hope
  12. God gives good gifts to underserving workers. God gives good gifts to all of them.