Something we ALL know... (yet we need to be reminded from time to time...)

Pursue above all the kingdom of God and his righteousness, Jesus said, and everything else will be thrown in in the bargain. Apart from this, everything else is a trivial pursuit.

New Testament theologian Walter Wink wrote that one of Jesus' most effective teaching techniques was "deliberately-induced frustration." He was forever giving his disciples questions they couldn't answer, assignments they couldn't complete, teaching they couldn't understand. He understood that frustration gets our attention, can open us up to receiving help from beyond ourselves.

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