Where is that for you? We all have a line in the sand across which we cannot go, even for God. This week Jesus calls on the crowds to hate our families and if we can't do that, we can't follow him. That feels like a hard line for most of us and it means he must be cutting at something other than simply disowning those whom we love. Within these harsh words we find a painful truth about ourselves and our relationship with God, one that can only be named and transformed by the cross. #intheway #grace #forgiveness #whodoyoulove #lutheran #sermonsoutofruralministry

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