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. 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.”
  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. 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.
  6. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  7. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.
  8. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  9. 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).
  10. God’s published will offers us anchorage, the anchorage of Jesus Christ, in the midst of chaos, reminding us that there is a greater purpose to our lives than the pursuit of worldly success or fleeting pleasures.
  11. The existence of aliens can not negate the promise given to us by God courtesy of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.