"Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." Red, The Shawshank Redemption.
Have you ever thought about that? How dangerous hope is, how careful we are about it? Jesus showed up inviting us, enticing us - to hope. It is not an invitation to take lightly...and we don't. We often hedge our bets in all kinds of ways.
This Sunday morning at Storyline's Gathering Mike Gathright began a new series on hope and why it is so dangerous and so critical.