One more reminder about tonight's ecumenical service for Christian unity at St Mark's and St. John's Episcopal Church on Culver at Rosewood. The service is at 7pm tonight and will feature pastors and musicians from several different churches. It should be a great time. I'd also like to ask your prayers for healing for Lindsey, a young woman from my last church who suffered a brain aneurism almost 2 weeks ago. She's doing very well, but still has a long way to go in her recovery.
Today's reading almost feels like a slap in the face. Three people come up to Jesus and want to follow him, but he leaves each with a warning that only total commitment is enough to follow him. I know my commitment needs work, but Jesus still loves and welcomes us. Sometimes I think we take his welcome too lightly and forget that discipleship is serious business.
God bless your following,
Sam
Luke 9:57-62
57As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” 62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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