Episode 324: What Gives Life, Part Two--From a Sprint to a Marathon

The storytelling in the book of Acts records the spread of the early Jesus-movement like it was an explosion--it can seem like the first generation of Christians had it all figured out and reached every corner of their world with lighting-fast speed and unmitigated success.  But even just a closer, more honest, read of the New Testament reminds us that the early church had both times of rapid progress and also times of slow growth, and neither of those are "wrong."  Sometimes we tell ourselves that we have to be doing everything all the time at a non-stop pace in order to be faithful, but Jesus himself offers us a better way, where we take things at a manageable pace and find our work together as church is life-giving again because it's not constantly overwhelming us.  As we take another look at what it means to say that the risen Jesus gives us life, pastors Erica, Sarah, and Steve explore how it can be life-giving to shift our thinking as church folks from running a sprint to being in a marathon, and how we pace ourselves for the long haul accordingly.