As a guide through the Lenten season, we are reading Alicia Britt Chole's 40 Days Of Decreaseas a congregation and allowing it to inform the teaching each Sunday morning. 

Text:Luke 18:35-19:10

Takeaways:

• Knock the hustle
• Jesus is surprising if we allow him to be. Don't look past what is in front of you.
• Where or by whom do I need to allow myself to be seen?
• Who do I - actively or passively - isolate?
• Read a good poem

Benediction:

May all that is unforgiven in you be released; may your fears yield their deep tranquilities; may all that is unlived in you blossom into a future graced with love.