Luke 15:1-10 This sermon explores Jesus’ parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin as sharp, funny, and even outrageous stories aimed at the religious elite of his day. Jesus imagines God as a reckless shepherd and an extravagant woman, turning social expectations upside down to show how deeply God values the lost. The humour - like a shepherd abandoning ninety-nine or a woman throwing a huge party for one coin - highlights God’s excessive, almost absurd love. For the lost, this is comforting; for the complacent, it is a challenge: God’s circle of welcome erases every boundary of “us” and “them.”