Been Too Long

Yesterday was the first sermon I've preached in almost 2 years! I thought it went alright and the content challenged the congregation to think about where they might have lost Jesus and how they can fall in love all over again. Here's a quick highlight from my message:

Wilderness represents mystery. It represents the unknown... faith. Sadly enough the word faith has come to mean the opposite today from its intended use. When I use the word faith, I think of Hebrews 11: faith=things not yet seen. Today faith seems to be more about answers, clarity, solutions. We even go so far as to say that Jesus is the answer. Done. Figured out. Checked off the list. I don't want that Jesus. We aren't even comfortable seeing Jesus as a mystery anymore, a mystery that we continually fall in love with.