1. Gretchen Ronnevik is the author of Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted and co-host of the podcast, Freely Given.
  2. It can all seem so unfair. The wicked prosper and the ones who look to God seem to suffer the most.
  3. Pain and suffering; it can feel like punishment from an angry God, and we try to figure out the cause, to our own frustration.
  4. Waiting on God can seem like slow motion torture sometimes.
  5. Judas, Peter, and you are all betrayers of Jesus, and yet He does the work necessary to forgive your sins.
  6. The day of Jesus' death races ever nearer, and we see both a woman who believes upon Him and a man who betrays Him.
  7. One at the right hand, and one on the left . . . but Jesus doesn't think that means what they think it means.
  8. What does the Prince of Peace mean when He says, "I've come not to bring peace, but a sword?" In sending out The Twelve, Jesus reminds us all of just Who is our very identity.