Mark preached from John 14:6 on Sunday morning, looking at the verse 'I am the way.' Jesus answers a question from His disciples as He teaches them about His future destiny. They don't understand how He can be talking about leaving them and where He is going; Thomas...

Pursue... chase after... follow determinedly...continue after....seek, search...track and trail...run after... shadowrighteousness...right living...rectitude...integrity...honour...chivalrygodliness...being like God...living a life of wonder and mystery...capable of...

This is not easy to write in that the subject of redemptive pain can't be explored fully in a simple blog post. But I believe it's a topic we shouldn't run away from. I'm not a masochist. I don't go looking for pain. But I do believe that pain is more useful than we...