A couple of weeks ago I preached on the theme, “Being Open to the Impossible.” There is a sense in which this continuation of that theme. I couldn’t resist returning to this theme because we simply cannot ignore this chapter in the life of the disciples and Jesus. Let me state the truth as crisply as possible that it may be etched in your mind: “Most of us are cursed with a sense of the impossible, and that is precisely why miracles do not happen.” (Barclay, Mark, The Daily Bible Study, p. 224)

But not only is it the reason miracles do not happen, it’s the reason our l are so humdrum and routine, so hemmed in and dull. 2 the reason the church is so bland in its witness that not many stop to take note of what’s going on among Christians, We are cursed with a sense of the impossible.

Let’s…