Holiday Greetings from Hockinson Living Hope! WOW what a great prison Break series. I was full of compassion as I was praying over all the pain and regrets left on post-it notes at the foot of the cross last Sunday. I am honored to be part of a church that responds to God's touch on their hearts. Freedom always costs us something, our pride, our forgiveness, our rights, or as Pastor John Bishop puts it "what ever consumes you". We all desire to stay out of prison, but some how find our selves locked up over issues of our heart. When my son was about six years old, he asked the profound question "How do people become bank robbers?" Out of some where I answered "One day at a time and one choice at a time". I also tried to explain the "frog in boiling water" theory, which being a boy, he did like that theory better. Some how his questions always effected me more than it did him. I found that it is easy to get comfortable with our heart issues, and not deal with them. But in the end, everyone can see and feel your pain but you. It is hard to give away what we don't possess, and freedom is no exception. Proverbs 4:23 says "Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do". The best way I have found to stay out of prison is to guard my heart with God's truth and grace. Remember, Jesus is the reason for the season(and my freedom). Pastor Jon Andersen