Focus. Gravity. Rhythm.

Jesus is often called a revolutionary. He asked people to completely change the way they thought. He asked them to rise up and fight against the powers that be. Of course His methods of fighting were loving your enemies, doing good to those who hurt you, healing the sick, loving the outcast, hanging out with kids, being generous, following the laws of the land w/o becoming just like them, and picking up your own personal cross and suffering with Him. No one has said or insinuated anything close to that. I’m beginning to not use the word Easter so much because of it’s connotations – so much of the package is not Jesus-focused at all and that’s the whole point of this time of year. Jesus died but is now alive. So, Uprising has many meanings: Jesus rising from the dead, Jesus gathering a kingdom of people to turn the tide of sin and death in the world, being forgiven and finding new life, purpose and hope.