Who is the “real” Jesus? How hard is it for us to see Jesus as a real person who felt sadness, happiness, grief, joy, who experienced laughter, who joked with his disciplines, who got angry, who could wrestle with his own pain?

And yet, if we don’t recognize this Jesus, we lose the gift that God gave to us in the reality of the fully human (not just divine) Son.  Watching the way Jesus handles his own struggles, reveals his own humanness, can help us to recognize and accept our own.

Today, nearly every person you know spends some time on some kind of social media. Most of you folks who are older probably lean toward Facebook, Instagram, or maybe Snapchat. You enjoy looking at people laughing, celebrating, posting time with friends and family. For some, it’s pleasurable to connect with ot…