This Weekly Word is based on a sermon preached on the Sunday following my brother’s death by suicide. If you are considering taking your life please reach out to someone who can help like the folks at the Suicide Prevention Line 800-273-8255. Other people like myself want to share with you that life can be bitter but God also sweetens our life with love, forgiveness and hope. Michael Munker (06/17/1976 - 09/24/2018), late brother of Pastor Stefan Munker, at our last visit in Germany, January 2018. What is your favorite flavor? a) Sweet like sugar. b) Flavorful like salt. c) Spicy like pepper. d) Mellow like vanilla. e) Or your personal taste ... We all have different preferences. Let me share with you what flavors our everyday life to make it enjoyable, and and enhance the lives of others. Word Jesus tells his followers that they will all be salted, in order to be filled with the Holy Spirit like fire that enlivens and empowers. He says to us: “Salt is good ...” And: “Have