To begin 2025, we are utilizing a series of Jesus’ parables as a lens through which we might better see and live into God’s Kingdom in the messy here and now; not a distant destination, but a present, parallel reality which we have a hand in cultivating. In this third entry, we look to the familiar story of a wounded stranger on the roadside and consider the responses of those who happen to be passing by. (sermon begins at 01:00)

Scripture & Quotations

Luke 14:15-24

Matthew 23:4-7

“… this meal was supposed to be a sacred theater of Sabbath righteousness. Instead, it is really only a carnival of the prevailing culture’s prejudices, ambitions, and social barriers.” 

- Thomas G. Long, Proclaiming the Parables: Preaching and Teaching the Kingdom of God