1. Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
  2. 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.
  3. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  4. My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.
  5. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  6. It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
  7. How’s your ticker?
  8. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  9. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  10. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  11. I’ve experienced firsthand the promise that God never leaves a congregation empty-handed.