We can’t expect anything to work in our own chapter of the story if we try to be anyone other than who God created us to be, using our own unique gifts and graces in the service of God’s Kingdom.

No matter how we write our own stories, it is God who has the last word, and that word is Life.

Our children are not really our own, but God's. Parents (and all of us) have a responsibility to invest in God's children to help them grow in health, wisdom, and faith.

The church is created to carry on the ministry of Jesus by living out the reality of the Kingdom of God here and now.

Jesus gives us a new beginning by removing the labels that we use to put up barriers between one another and forcing us to deal with one another simply as people.

Followers of Jesus are called to live not according to the circumstances of today, but according to God’s promises not yet fully realized.

Questioning God’s presence in times of suffering and trial is the ultimate act of faith.

Even after we get what (we think) we want, we still need God to show us how to live with the blessing.

We are called to understand our identity based on God’s promises to us.

The Bible is the story of God and humanity. As we consider how our own chapter in this story is being written, we look back at the chapters of those who have come before us.

In the stories of the patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we see how God chooses the most unlikely messengers of grace, showing us that all things are possible with God.