God has made us responsible for ourselves. You may not always feel like it, but you are in charge of your own life—you, and no one else is in charge.

And in Jesus Christ, God calls you to live that life fully, passionately, responsibly, taking the inevitable risks of love.

In Jesus Christ, God came down to be among us, became human, vulnerable, took the risk that human beings would not notice him, would not care, would reject and crucify him. Jesus himself was the ultimate risk taker, after all, putting the whole project in the hands of the twelve and now in your hands and mine, making it our responsibility and, at the end of the day, our greatest privilege and joy.

John M. Buchanan

November 9, 2008

Full Sermon

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