Are you a Cling Free Christian?

And now, let’s open the word together before we go.

This morning’s reading had me staggering at account after account of heroes of the faith who laid down their lives for the spread of the gospel, at home and abroad. Their biographies are as individual as their DNA, but one thread shows up over and again in their stories. The threat of imminent death didn’t deter them because, to a person, they had already died.

If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you wi...