Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."  That's the offer of Christianity, from God himself.

Just look at what happens when people are touched by Jesus: the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life.   In other words, to be touched by God is to be restored ….to become all God meant you to be.  That is what Christianity is supposed to do for you: make you whole, set you free, bring you fully alive.  "The glory of God is man fully alive." (St. Irenaeus)

But Jesus also warned that the path to that life is narrow, and few people would find it.  This weekend will help you find that life, see the fierce battle over your heart, embrace all that God has for you, and more, so much more.  Do you want it?

Life, for most of us feels like a movie we've arrived at forty minutes late.  Sure, good things happen, sometimes beautiful things.  But tragic things happen too.  What does it mean?  We find ourselves in the middle of a story that is sometimes wonderful, sometimes awful, usually a confusing mixture of both, and we haven't a clue how to make sense of it all.  No wonder we keep losing heart … we need to know the rest of the story.

When we were born, we were born into the midst of a great story begun before the dawn of time.  A story of adventure, of risk and loss, heroism and betrayal.  A story where good is warring against evil, danger lurks around every corner, and glorious deeds wait to be done.  Think of all those stories you've ever loved.  There's a reason they stirred your heart.  They've been trying to tell you about the true Epic ever since you were young.

There is a Larger Story.  And you have a crucial role to play.