Normal? No Thank You!
Normal these days looks like road rage on the freeway, worry as a hobby, and incessant scrolling like it’s a spiritual gift. It’s snapping at waiters, grumbling about politics, and living exhausted, anxious, and perpetually offended. But Jesus didn’t come to make us normal. He came to make us new. In Matthew 5, He throws…
Who Wants to be Normal?
How “different” are we from what is “normal” to others? Some say that “It’s NORMAL to be stressed, fearful, overwhelmed, exhausted, angry, sad, and just plain ornery.” “Normal” to some is ranting and raving right along with all those who are dissatisfied with the weather, the economy, their relatives and relationships, their neighbors, their job,…