Brothers. Sisters. It is time. It’s time to choose to lay down our lives as Christ laid down His life for the church. You are invited to be the embodiment of Christ in this world. Not only to your cubical buddy. Not only to the person you always seem to run into at the coffee shop. Not only to the tiny humans that run around your house all day. But the people in this very room. The ones you don’t know. The ones you know tragically well, or at least all of the ways they have hurt you or those you love. You are called to be the embodiment of Christ’s love right now. Right here.
There are times when we feel God is so near. Embrace it! Enjoy it! There are times when we feel like we’re standing on...