Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 Just a few weeks ago, it fell to me to preach on the passage from Luke where Jesus says, “I came not to bring peace, but division” – one of the more difficult sayings of Jesus, no doubt.  And now here we are, this morning, hearing these words from the lips of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple.”  Is there any harder thing we can imagine Jesus saying?  Where did the love go, Jesus?  Wait, isn’t Jesus’ message about reconciliation and … Continue reading Discovering our Family