Buechner’s words are the antithesis of a church sign.
“When I read stories like this one, I have to try not to laugh at those who claim martyrdom today when their ideas are not accepted, they feel they are being wronged over small things, or people disagree with them. Our Christian calendar is so full of real martyrs, those who faced death because they followed Jesus and didn’t back down when the time for execution came.”
What does Jesus mean about being reborn? How do our lives in faith differ from a life without?