Lutheran Church of the Cross, Arlington Heights 8 July 2018 + Lectionary 14B (Pentecost 7) Mark 6.1-13 Rejection hurts. No one likes being rejected. Because rejection means exclusion. And we’ve all experienced it. Being rejected goes back as far as we have memory: Being excluded from the “cool kids” lunch table. Being chosen last for …

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