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Pastoral Thought of the Day: Freedom is the heart of the gospel. Freedom does not exist in isolation or escapism. Freedom is not a state of being, it's the quality of being with others - a quality of relationship. This is the gospel - God…

Pastoral Thought of the Day: Our times, moments, even seasons, of suffering is a Christian's best time, moment, and season to improve our character. https://twitter.com/TrygveJohnson/status/1261288724937216001?s=20

Pastoral Thought of the Day: Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel has made him just a gardener. https://twitter.com/TrygveJohnson/status/1259815518858440704?s=20

The Pastoral Thought of the Day: Christian hope is grounded solely in Christ, the return of the King, who brings strength and healing in his hands, and who promises to make everything sad come untrue. https://twitter.com/TrygveJohnson/status/1258365967362637824?s=20

Pastoral Thought of the Day: When friendship is watered by streams of loyalty, sacrifice, and love our lives, faith, and even our callings, are able to reach for a higher purpose. https://twitter.com/TrygveJohnson/status/1257641192390615042?s=20

Pastoral Thought of the Day: The war against darkness is the moral landscape of our mortal lives: a journey of souls degraded or redeemed, dragged into the Darkness of self or led into the Light of grace. https://twitter.com/TrygveJohnson/status/1256191638592000001?s=20

Pastoral Thought of the Day: God gives us moral agency - an invitation into a grand struggle between light and darkness - a discernment that begins first within ourselves. Indifference to this call to struggle against darkness is not an option - one must take…