Posts from August 2024

The traveler is always an outsider, visiting new places and adjusting to customs and cultures outside their own experience. Jesus warns the disciples that not everyone will welcome them on their journey. We too, will suffer rejection on our journey as Jesus’ followers. Jesus wants us to make the most of the places we are welcomed and not worry so much about the places…

There are homeless people all around us, some are without a physical home and others are without a spiritual home.  This passage reminds us that even Jesus was homeless.  Even Jesus was cast out and turned away.  Whether we are welcoming those without a physical home or confronting our own need to find a spiritual home in Christ, this week we claim the…