January 15, 2023

We are journeying with “The Difficult Words of Jesus”, a book authored by Amy-Jill Levine and our first difficult words we wrestled last Sunday was “Go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and… then come, follow me.” (Mark 10:21)

It’s hard enough to be told to be generous and then we come to the gospel of Luke this Sunday and it says, “Whoever comes to me, and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.  Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26-27)

Really, Jesus?  In order for us to be your disciple, we have to hate – hate our father, hate our mother, hate our wife, and hate our children to follow you?  What were you thinking?

These are difficult words of Jesus!  Come and join us as we wrestle with Jesus’ difficult words.