Investing is confusing and can be risky. But we gain so much by stepping into these new experiences, and our economy is improved by our participation.

As we live by truth and speak it boldly, we can also show others the grace that has transformed our lives and can transform theirs.

Breakups can be hard and sad. But we can show Christ’s love to our friends in how we respond.

It’s really about one question: Am I willing — glad, even — to spend and be spent for someone else’s good?

But even if we can’t get together on this side of heaven, we’ve given each other a foretaste of it, one that will live on in eternity.