J-Curve

Do we have the wrong map for the Christian life?  Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus—what Paul Miller calls the "J-Curve"—as the normal Christian life.  The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys not i...