(a Thanksgiving week series) There is never enough. That’s how many of us feel as we are planning parties, as we are preparing for events, as we are getting ready for company. There is never enough. There is always something more we should fix, something more that we need to provide. We worry about running […]

I think they thought they were doing okay. The ones that Jesus says were cursed. I think they thought they were doing okay. I think that they were going about life, living in whatever way made sense. Somehow, however, the way that made sense ignored whole classes of people. People who were hungry, people who […]

Jesus was talking about caring for people who were in need of help. He said that after everything is done, he’ll be thanking people for helping him. He said that they will wonder when they helped him. He said that he’ll tell them “‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the […]

Hungry. Thirsty. Stranger. Needing clothing. Sick. In prison. There are people in all of those categories. Every day there are people in all of those categories. Close to us there is someone in each of those categories. But what counts as close and what counts as a request for help and how do you establish […]

We had a perfectly good conversation. We were talking about Jesus washing feet. It is a wonderful story about sacrificing dignity for people who we know may not understand. That’s what happened after Jesus washed the feet of the disciples. He did exactly what the lowest level of household servant would do. He did it […]