Message at 30:00. Power and influence are core values and pursuits in our culture. Sadly, these have also become church values. These were not Jesus’s values and neither were they values for his first followers. Instead, Jesus and his followers led out weakness and vulnerability. Jesus was the original champion of the power of vulnerability. If we follow him, we will cultivate and champion this superpower as well.
If we are like clay pots, the world has a way of breaking us (and then we add to the mess). Discipleship--following Jesus like an apprentice--should help us grow up into emotional and spiritual wholeness.