Editor’s Note: Remember

The Bookery’s final seasonal theme of 2025 is “Remember,” a call to active remembrance that shapes our daily lives.

My brother and one of my good friends from high school seem to have photographic memories of our shared past — but mine are a little more hazy. 

Truth be told, I sometimes worry a little about my memory. I don’t remember stats (obscure or otherwise) for my favorite baseball team. Last year, I reread an entire book and was three-fourths of the way through before I realized I’d read it before. If you asked me what I did last weekend, I’d probably have to think a minute and consult my journal to recall. 

I guess it’s good, then, that this isn’t the kind of remembering we’ll be focusing on over the next few month here at The Bookery. If you think about Scripture, “remember” is a common command throughout the Bible — and it really isn’t about remembering random facts or events or who said what that one time in sixth grade. 

The Hebrew word “zakar” is often translated as “remember,” but it’s not just recalling facts or events. Instead, the remembering of Scripture is active. It’s not just mental recall, but purposeful remembering that leads to action. To remember, then, is to keep something at the forefront of your mind so that it shapes and directs your daily life. 

It’s remembering who God is so that you can live in light of that. 

It’s remembering God’s commands so that you can obey them. 

It’s dwelling on God’s character so you can rest in his faithfulness, his mercy, goodness and power. 

It’s an invitation to worship, obedience and gratitude, and this remembering shapes our identity, orders our lives and calls us into an active faith that seeks to honor God in every detail of our lives. 

Over the next few months, we’ll be inviting you into active remembrance. We’ll dwell on God’s character, remember his faithfulness in Scripture and our own lives and take the time and effort to actively remember important moments, recipes and favorite books from our own stories. 

As we close out the final weeks of 2025, our final theme of the year is a call to focus on the things that are most important — the hope in Christ and the truths, values, people and principles that shape our lives. 

So, remember with us as we close out this year and look ahead to a new one — with an active remembrance that calls you to action, hope and obedience.