Practicing law by mailing mail; Peter Maurin; "time horizons" for living: Zack discusses the centrality of waiting to the Christian faith. For a handout, visit covmin.org.

Amy, Linda, and Peter Biehl, The Way of a Pilgrim, the wrath of God: Zack considers the final verses of 1 Thessalonians. For a handout, visit covmin.org/sermons.

Jesus weeps; John Nelson Darby; the Left Behind series: Zack teaches about grief and "the rapture." For a handout, visit covmin.org.

Ole Anthony, Karl Barth, Alasdair MacIntyre: To understand this passage from 1 Thessalonians, Zack explains the difference between "be who you are" and "you do you." For a handout, visit covmin.org/sermons

Giving up on giving secondhand clothes; Marguerite Bourgeoys; the overwhelming, neverending, reckless love of God: Zack fumbles to articulate the love on display in 1 Thessalonians 3. For a handout, visit covmin.org/sermons

Screentime; running with a backpack; a law-school Bible study: Zack examines the most important passage in Scripture for raising our children today.

A phenomenon of light in the sea; Thomas Merton; a litmus test for pastors: Zack asks whether affection is a necessary part of Christian love.

Harriet Beecher Stowe; choosing joy; habits/virtues: Zack tries to understand how, exactly, we can strive for rejoicing in suffering. See covmin.org/sermons for a handout.

Zack struggles with this last chapter of Nehemiah: Does Nehemiah go too far in excluding all foreigners and prohibiting all marriages to foreigners? How do we understand this? What about conflicting texts in Scripture? What is God's word for us today? See covmin.org/sermons for a handout.

Wearing sandals (or not); Martin Rinckart (1586-1649); the effects of engineered gratitude: Zack examines the heart of worship on display in Nehemiah 12. For a handout, visit covmin.org/sermons