It’s early December and the Christmas season is upon us. All the lights are up in our neighborhood and all the boxes are down in our home while we decorate inside. The stores are stuffed with merchandise. It certainly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. No other month dominates our calendar like December. There is the decorating …
Lost Things
Luke records in his gospel a time when people of less than sterling reputation were gathering near Jesus to listen to his wisdom, to experience his kindness, and perhaps to be set free of their sickness and oppression, as they often did. And as the Pharisees often did, they were grumbling and complaining about such gatherings. They didn’t like the …