Gracious Winners

For many of us the election is over and the outcome is not as bad as it could have been. For many others, this is the dawn of a horrible era. How should we who won respond to those who lost? The question is not, “How would they have responded to me had they won?”  … More Gracious Winners

Inglorious Nobodies and Notorious Sinners

In Jesus’ day, meals were public proclamations of kinship and association. Those interested in climbing certain social ladders and maintaining a proper public imaged were most careful with whom they ate and drank. However, throughout the Gospels, Jesus was quite pleased to spend time with inglorious nobodies and notorious sinners. Hear the testimony of Mark: And as he reclined at table in … More Inglorious Nobodies and Notorious Sinners