by: Richard Lucco

Although God seems silent--sometimes even absent--during times of adversity and pain, we can still hear him if we listen closely. For these are the times when God is needed most. In a posthumous collection of devotions originally shared with his congregation during his battle with cancer and their own struggles during a global pandemic, pastor Richard Lucco invites believers on a journey with God as he offers moments of intimacy, growth, and transformation. Within a nine-part presentation, Lucco shares devotions, personal reflections, curated original artwork by Pastor Kari Lindholm-Johnson, scripture passages, sacred songs, and literature selections to create opportunities for holy encounters with God while reading, meditating, and praying. Within his devotions, scripture, and other inspiration, he describes how God answers our cries for help much like the cardinal's sweet song in the winters of our lives while offering hopeful messages of God's hope, guidance, comfort, presence, reassurance, and enduring love. Included with the devotions are responses that describe how believers were transformed by Pastor Lucco's words. The Cardinal Sings for Me is a collection of daily devotions inspired by scripture, sacred writings, and artwork that guides those struggling with adversity to find hope through reflection, meditation and prayer.