"Room at the Table"
Who is welcome at the table of God's grace?
That's the question that this week's scripture reading poses. We're focusing on the first part of a passage from Mark's gospel (you can read it by clicking here). It's the uncomfortable story of Jesus' encounter with a tenacious Gentile Syrophoenician woman who comes begging for healing for her daughter. The woman is about as religiously unclean as first-century Jews like Jesus and his disciples could possibly imagine. But in spite of the fact that Jesus seems to initially resist her request, she's not taking "no" for an answer!
Are there people with whom we resist sharing God's grace? People we think God would (or at least should) turn away? Who are our Syrophoenicians? And are we willing to make room for them at the table? Join us this week as we wrestle with those questions.
See you on Sunday!
P.S. - Check out Julie Stecker's slam-style poem based on the Syrophoenician woman's story.
