The Rise Up campaign has taken us on a journey.  I have certainly been challenged along the way to change my thinking and my habits.  I have been pushed to go farther and dig deeper.  It’s time out for surface Christianity.  If we have been attentive over the last eleven weeks, we have reason to celebrate our progress.  The children of Israel have a reason to celebrate as well.  It is sermon recap time. Nehemiah 12 sets the scene for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.  Although the work on the wall was finished by the time chapter 7 begins, they still had not had a dedication ceremony.  Why…