Read the Lectionary Texts The words Jesus speaks to us in this passage from John 16 are some of the most challenging words you and I will ever hear! He is with his disciples after three years of intense training with them. They have grown as followers of Jesus, and they have learned more than they ever bargained for about God, about themselves, about others, and about life. They have become the world’s leading experts in the Christian way, apart from the Master, and the time has come for them to take over the work of Jesus in the [READ MORE]