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We live in a world filled with darkness. And into this world of darkness Jesus came. In John 8:12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." Like the worship song sings, "There is a light, his name is Jesus. He's the light of the world. But here’s the amazing thing. Don’t miss this thing. Of all Jesus’ I am statements, six of them only apply to him. There’s only one "I am" statement where Jesus says, and so are you. He says, "I am the light of the world. And so are you."

Jesus is the light of the world, and so are you!

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In this episode, I'm going to talk about the beauty of the sound of dropping stones. You will hear it, in your heart, as you listen to this episode, the sound of dropping stones. Did you know that you can recognize by a sound, whether or not you are following Jesus? Do you know what sound you hear when you start living and loving and becoming like Jesus? It's the sound of stones dropping.

I used to have this rock that I kept in my office. It was large enough to write on it the words, "first stone." It was a reminder to me of the fact that I can't throw stones at people who have blown it, if I don't want stones thrown at me when I blow it. And when I blow it, when I make those choices I wish I could undo, I so love to hear the sound of stones dropping.

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Who are your untouchables? We spent a couple of weeks at Calvary talking about being bridge-builders. I think one of the most vital gaps we need to bridge today is the gap between you and whoever your untouchables are because we still have
untouchables today, don't we? How long has it been since you went out of your way to be around the friend who betrayed you? Has she become untouchable? If someone invited you to go with them to do prison ministry, would you go? Would you sit and talk, share the good news of forgiveness to a child molester? What about those on the other side of whatever political divide is your gap?

See the word "judgement" goes with the word "untouchable." In fact the greek word for judgement literally means to seperate. To be judgmental is to seperate, divide and condemn. It's all about building walls instead of bridges. So who are your untouchables?

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This is a long one. But I think worth it. It's a conversation that I'm having with Harold Mckenzie, who recently retired from the lead pastor role at Unity Church. Pastor Mac is one of the best bridge-builders I know. He has bridged racial gaps, cultural gaps, community gaps, church gaps, and more. If you want a little mentoring on being a reconciler, a bridge-builder, I can't think of anyone better than Harold. Settle in and listen with your heart and mind open!

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We are going to hear Jesus say (again), "If you believe in me rivers of living water will flow out from within you." I want to suggest that when rivers of living water flow out of us, we can't help but be generous with Jesus. Being generous with your time, that's cool. Being generous with your finances, I hope you are. Being generous with forgiveness, we'll be in a prison of bitterness if we don't. But what could be better than being generous with Jesus?

But I'm not talking about giving something to Jesus. I'm talking about giving Jesus to others. God has an unlimited capacity to give, but we have a limited capacity to receive. God has an unlimited capacity to give us Jesus but we have a limited capacity to receive, so if want more of Jesus, we need to share Jesus with others. We need to let the rivers of living water flow.

Let's be generous with Jesus!

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The Jesus Way is not just about finding something that will satisfy the dryness of my soul it’s about finding something that will so fill me up that I overflow with life. I can't help but give life away! In fact, few things get us closer to the life we want to get than giving away the life that we have. Don't we all want to get a life? That's why we're here. In fact, that's why Jesus came. In John 10:10, Jesus said, "I came so that you could have abundant life."

So the Bible seems to suggest that there are different levels of life. This episode will look at a few of those different levels, but the one I'm aiming for is when I have so much life that life overflows from me into the people around me. Ask yourself, "Does my life overflow with life?"

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In John 7, we find that the people in Jesus day were really, really confused about who Jesus was, what he was doing, where he came from, and why. Was he the son of God or the son of a carpenter? Was he from Nazareth or someplace way out there? Was he an amazing teacher or a wanna-be rabbi? Most importantly was he, or could I say, "Is He the Messiah?"

Is He the one? And if He is the one, is He my #1? And if not...why not?

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Jesus is more than enough. I'm not saying that he has more than enough or even that he can do more than enough. I'm saying that in and of himself, by himself, he is more than enough. He is more than enough to satisfy every hunger and give life to every hope. He is more than enough to not only forgive but help you to thrive in the midst of the hard. He is more than enough.

In the gospel of John there are seven "I am" statements from Jesus. This one is "I am the bread of life." Is Jesus where you go, when you need life?