How we ever got from a kidnapping to "The Way" I can only ascribe to being directed by someone other than us.  So, that's the name - pretty cool.  We decided on Tuesday's at 7pm at the Miller house (at least for now).  We have agreed that in order to live the life we think God has for us, we need to do it in the company of other bad-to-the-bone warriors who see the Kingdom of Heaven as the territory for their lives and live there with authority.  In Matthew 4:17, Jesus invites us to that Kingdom, but we must repent.  Repenting is a 180 degree turn the other way.  It does not just mean stop doing bad things and be good.  It means everything has changed.  We need to re-evaluate life and understand it from a completely different (oposite) perspective.  Matthew spends  quite a bit of time talking about what the Kingdom of Heaven looks like, who it's for and how it works.  It is very much worth considering.  Please respond to this blog by commenting and sign up for the RSS feed so you know when there is a post - you'll get an email.
For this week:
1.  think through the question: "What is the Kingdom of Heaven?"
2.  Read through the genealogy in Matthew 1:1-17, pick two of the people in the list and find out who they were, what they did, what kind of character they had and how they contributed to the line of Christ.  Does it seem contradictory?  Do they sound like the kind of people your Sunday school teacher thinks you should be?  Why did God use them in the line of Christ - what truth is revealed?
It would be much better for our discussion next Tuesday if there was some interaction on this site before then.  Share what you have to say!
I'm excited to do this with you guys.  Have a great week - I hope you can feel the presence of Jesus walking with you.
Curtis