Jesus, Mark 9, corrects the disciples’ gatekeeping—“Whoever isn’t against us is for us”—and calls us to become teammates in the kingdom rather than competitors. On World Communion Sunday we remember the global table, tell the story of the “man with the golden arm,” and practice being a church that sets more places instead of building more gates.

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