Thanks Laurie. We will miss you this week also and will pray for your father.

This past week, I've been thinking a lot about the lesson from last week. What does it really mean to be a disciple? Sometimes I think I make it too hard...more like the pharisees and sometime I think I make it too easy. It's more than just believing in Christ, more than just following him...it is truly becoming like Him. Each day taking one more step to becoming more Christlike. I think sometimes we use the excuse that we have so many distractions, we want to keep balance in our lives. I don't really remember Christ calling us to balance our time with Him with other things. Becoming a disciple and walking in the dust of the rabbi is about getting dusty. Going places we probably don't want to go. Seeing things we wished we hadn't seen. Doing things that others don't agree with. Experiencing pain and rejection and yet somehow in the midst of the journey finding a peace and joy that is unexplainable. See you tonight.