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7 mins read|01/21/20One moment, we pray for our rescue from sin and death. The next moment, we beg our Father to do unto others what we hope he will never do to us.
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14 mins read|12/30/19The real power of his hymn comes from the fact that Bonhoeffer does not offer a rosy picture of life or any of the tropes so typical of cheap piety that tell us that everything is always right, that things happen for a reason, and that we should try to stay positive.
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12 mins read|12/05/19Our brokenness cuts deeper than just the times when we recognize it needs to be fixed.
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8 mins read|11/04/19His kingdom is not one of force and might for our exploitation and his gain, but one of his patience and long-suffering for our benefit.
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10 mins read|10/22/19When I hear my brother’s name, I will grieve a little. But I will also rejoice, for I know that he is with his Savior.
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7 mins read|10/21/19So long as we entrust death to Jesus, new life is ours. He has lunch ready and he is waiting for us in the power of his resurrection.
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19 mins read|10/03/19It is true that no one ever grieves in the same way. We are all different in personality and chemical makeup. But what is the same, is that everyone, at some point, grieves.
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12 mins read|09/09/19I had been taught and believed in a God who is love, but as I walked outside that night I did not see him. I saw the stars and I felt their indifference.
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6 mins read|08/20/19Jesus doesn’t talk about God’s love for us; he embodies it.
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8 mins read|07/30/19Pain is our birthright, but Jesus’ resurrection is our irrevocable end.
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8 mins read|07/23/19Death can make us feel like tourists or strangers traveling across the landscape of someone else’s life.
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6 mins read|05/24/19For Luther, Jesus does something much better for those who grieve than simply identify with them: He brings suffering and evil to an end in His own death.
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