Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church I pray you are encouraged by your experiences this week. The deadline for indicating your intention to share in the worship service for this coming Sunday is near. If you have not already contacted me about your interest, please do so before tomorrow (Thursday) morning. Already I have included those of you who have spoken with me. We will also reflect on the apparent irrationality of discipleship-how following the way of Jesus may appear to be out of touch with, even opposed to the more pragmatic and expedient behavioral options. In your memory of Anabaptist history, do you recognize this phenomenon? What indications of this occurrence have you encountered in your personal experience? What considerations create this circumstance? How does Jesus help us maneuver through this rugged territory as we journey on with him? May it go well with you. Sincerely, Garland Robertson ...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end