1. In Israel today, it's still possible to witness the same scene the disciples saw 2000 years ago when the Bedouin shepherds bring their flocks home from various pastures at the end of the day.
  2. For Paul, the hope of the resurrection was the ultimate antidote whenever his circumstances tempted him to despair or to "lose heart."
  3. This article is written by guest contributor, Aaron Boerst
  4. The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.
  5. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
  6. The love of God in Christ Jesus never changes. That love is for you.
  7. This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
  8. He declared you what you might not always feel you are, but what you were from the moment he knew you, before you were you, when he foreknew you.
  9. He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
  10. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  11. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?