Crosses are Uncomfortable

This week our scripture reading from Mark (8:27-38) runs a gamut of emotions. We go from Peter's confident, maybe even triumphant, statement that Jesus is the Messiah Jesus talting about his death and calling Peter satan to a call for disciples to pick up their crosses, to give up their lives and follow.

There's a lot wrapped up here, a lot to digest, a lot of lessons that could be drawn out of these texts.

We've been focused over the past weeks on the broad theme of discipleship and this passage in its last verses, in particular, have something to say about what the life of a disciple looks like. Jesus doesn't make it look easy either. Crosses are uncomfortable things, deadly things. It seems that being a disciple involves giving something pretty important up to gain something even better.

Join us Sunday at 9:30 as we dig into Jesus words to us.