There is much in this life to make us uncomfortable. To preserve our comfort, we are inclined to avoid the uncomfortable, to leave it outside our lives and homes, and to forget it where possible. Jesus consistently appears in the places that others find uncomfortable and calls us to follow.
Temptation and sin are a tricky business. Their effects last well beyond the encounter with the tempter and prompt us to examine just where our hearts, love, and devotion are placed.
Mountaintop experiences are glorious, empowering, and wonderful. How do we navigate, survive, and live out our Christian vocation in the valleys between those peaks?
