You Need Fewer Friends

On the worst night of his life, Jesus didn't call everyone. He called three people.

Turns out this isn't coincidental. Sociologists have finally discovered what Jesus lived: your brain can only maintain about 150 genuine connections — and it takes roughly 219 hours of face-to-face time to form a close friendship. But most of us will never get there. Not because we don't want to. Because the structure of our lives makes it almost impossible.

In this message, we follow Jesus through the Gospel of Mark and see that even the Son of God lived inside the same relational limits you do. Drawing from the night Jesus spent in Gethsemane, we wrestle with what it means to be truly known — and why investing deeply in a few people might be the most countercultural thing you can do.

You'll leave with a name on your heart. And some hours to log.

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