Morpheus' Proposal
This morning, we handed out paper cups, each with a red and a blue jelly bean in it. Here is what I said:

“After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. . . . Remember, all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more. . . . Follow me.”

If you take the red pill, this is what you are saying: "I am taking charge of my own spirituality. I will have real faith that is my own, and I will be Christ's alone."

If you take the red pill, you are saying, "I am committing myself to being vulnerable in true community. I will be part of a real family, bound together by the blood of the Lamb."

If you choose the red pill, you are saying, "I am opening my heart and my home to be a full-time missionary. I will be a real friend to my neighbors, as the Lord leads me."

Or, choose the blue pill, and you can wake up and forget this message as you go back to the Normal Christian Life as a comfortable American. The choice is yours.

I took the red pill. No turning back.

Follow me.