Passionate Living

That tiny little baby born in a stable grew up and lived a passionate life. As followers of Jesus, our lives are to be passionate too. I am excited about this new sermon series. We begin this week with Authenticity: Understanding Our Emotions. One complaint I hear time and time again, especially from young adults, is that Christians are phony. I have to agree that some are. But hopefully that is changing. If not, the lack of authenticity will contribute greatly to the continued decline of the church. 

As we look at the passionate life of Jesus, we find that he was emotional too. We all have emotions. Some of us, especially in the South, were taught to stuff them, hide them, and certainly not express them. And that teaching made us sick. But God created us with emotions. Even they can serve a holy and sacred purpose in our lives.

Join us Sunday as we look to Jesus as a model for being emotional and authentic. That is what the world needs from us if we are willing to let go of old teaching and behaviors that do not work and risk being real to reach others with the gospel of peace. We're off to a great start to 2015. Invite someone to join you and let's fill God's house again this week.

Rev Sandy, Pastor