Quenching a Thirst

The Path of the Disciple: Learning to Grow

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

We’re about hospitality this week. That sounds like a casual, or maybe even an extra kind of thing. “It’s not something essential,” we might think. It’s part of the social niceties that make us look good. But, in fact, we would be wrong, if that was our position. Jesus sees hospitality as central to our discipleship.

Jesus sees hospitality as central to our discipleship. Here we consider how we receive hospitality and how we offer it. Implied in our theme for this week is the idea that everyone is thirsty and that we are in the thirst-quenching business. The world is, indeed, our parish, but the world begins in our sanctuaries and fellowship halls. The world begins at our front door.