surrounding his death and resurrection and to remember the entire history (story) of God’s saving actions for his people, from the rainbow after Noah’s flood to the promise of a new heaven and a new earth found in the closing pages of the New Testament. Our faith matters because it invites us to remember our identity. If we have become lost in addiction or despair, faith invites us back to that place where we shine like the sun. If we immerse ourselves in consumerism—the rat race, the endless quest