Prairie Hills Covenant Church

“Time is money.” Ben Franklin is credited with the quote, but the idea is everywhere. It seems our culture is super saturated with a moral conviction that busy-ness is next to godliness. We wear full calendars like a badge of honor. We humbly brag about our sleepless nights, harried days, working vacations, and the ceaseless thrum of demands that our splinter attention. It is increasingly popular to make a “bucket-list,” a list of experiences a person wants to have before old age or death make those experiences impossible. A person’s sense of urgency concerning their bucket-list is directly related to their age and health. One would expect that Jesus would have a profound sense of urgency concerning his bucket-list. Jesus had an incredible sense of purpose and mission for his life, and a profound awareness that he would not live to be old man. Yet, we never encounter Jesus in a moment when he is too busy. We never encounter Jesus lashing out at those he loves most because of stress or fatigue. Rather, Jesus