The gospel for this coming Sunday is the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan. Who do you identify with in the parable? This is part of what makes parables so powerful. Some days we read the story through the eyes of the priest or the Levite. Some days we feel like the Samaritan. And then there are those days when we are the man in the ditch. Some days you are the windshield and some days you are the bug, as the saying goes. It is easy to miss the shocking nature of this parable if we start to think that this story only teaches us to imitate the Samaritan. Jesus is not just giving us a comfortable morality tale reminding us to be nice, helpful, generous people. Instead Jesus is proclaiming the good news of the kingdom that knows no bounds. Join us on Sunday as new Southwestern Texas Synod staff member and Director for Evangelical Mission Brother Chris Markert reminds us that whether you are on the road or in the ditch, Jesus even now is coming for you.
image: The Samaritans by Mary Button. Copyright © Mary Button. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the artist.