Luke 15:1-2 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.”

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Jesus offered parables for homework. What would you do? When our choices don’t match our values, the conflict tears us apart. The Pharisees opted for a deadly ultimatum.

Who you eat with can change the world.

Elle Billing is a queer, disabled artist who lives on Očhéthi Šakówiŋ land in rural North Dakota where she creates safe spaces for community. “What a strange and wonderful life,” they wrote. “I never imagined I would leave a teaching career, but I did. I never believed I would move back to my hometown, but here I am! I think my first-grade self would be very surprised, but very pleased with this eccentric artist life I’m living.” A self-described Moody Millennial, their mixed media and paintings express a Spiritual Archeology, an unpeeling, uncovering, and undoing that addresses memory, identity, and received narratives. “The struggles of late-stage capitalism, chronic illness and disability, perpetual war, and the cost of living crisis are driving us into further isolation; we need each other. Another world is possible. Join us and co-create the world we want.” Experience their invitation at https://www.elleandwink.com/

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