The very familiar 23rd Psalm, containing some of the most comforting words in our scriptures, is the psalm reading in the lectionary today, and it couldn’t come at a better time. It does not pledge that there will not be hard times – the valley of the shadow of death – but assures that God is with us, even in those times, even if we feel alone. And what if the table prepared for us in the presence of our enemies actually means that at God’s table there’s a place for everyone, including those we might have thought of as our enemies?