An Open Invitation

Jesus is walking down the shoreline one day and sees two sets of brothers.  He simply pauses and says “come follow me” and they all drop everything and go with Him.  Did you ever stop and and wonder why?  What made four grown men with family and community connections drop everything to follow a man […]

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Giving Up Popularity

I love a parade!  Who doesn’t?  The floats, the bands, and especially the candy! But what about a parade of one?  Can you imagine one “float” holding an entire city’s attention?  It sounds kind of boring…yet that’s exciting the type of parade that took place on the first Palm Sunday and it CAPTIVATED the city […]

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Giving Up Enemies

On a mountainside one sunny day, Jesus said “love your enemies.”  In these three words, He completely flipped the world upside down.  We’re all very good at having enemies and hating our enemies…it pretty much comes naturally to most of us.  But what does it look like to love our enemies?  To give up our […]

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