It’s hard to look at Jesus on the cross and hear him say, “If anyone wants to be my disciple, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.” Even though you’ll probably never get nailed to a cross, it sounds grim. And you may wonder whether Jesus really meant it when he also said, “Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest ... My yoke is easy and my burden light.”
