Mo Isom delivers her keynote address, “Wreck My Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold.” Brokenness is the place God meets us most often, where we acknowledge that each of us walks with a limp. The real heartbeat of ministry is courageously communicating our brokenness to God and authentically and compassionately sharing life, grace, and hope with others.

Since the untimely death of her daughter and because of her own recent battle with a serious illness, hope has become the intentional concentration of Beverly Ross’s life and professional counseling ministry. Reflecting on Psalm 71, Beverly challenges us to come boldly before God, expressing the depths of our pain and our hope with full confidence that he not only hears our despair and prayers, but acts on our behalf.

Mo Isom speaks at a special Sunday evening session for students, drawing on her book, Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot. Young people today have heard the purity talks, heard that porn is bad, heard they should just wait for the right person to come along. They’ve heard all of the prescriptions. It’s time to cut the clichés and the purity rings, and give them the truth. Isom has been there, and she’s here to have real conversations about it.

Mike Cope reflects on his (and our) relationship with the Psalms. The Psalms provide us with the hymnbook of the Bible and assist Christians today when in the peaks and valleys of everyday life, with expressions of deep emotions such as sorrow, hope, and joy. Like the psalmists, we can become encouraged and empowered to express all the emotions life brings our way.