12th Sunday after Pentecost - At the Table - A place of Humility

One of the things we learn very quickly in life is that food is powerful. Over the centuries, food has been a political tool used as an effective means of power and control. Revolutions have been drafted and policies written on napkins at the table. Negotiations have been conducted, deals brokered, and lives affected by what has been agreed to at the table.  The table is not only the place where relationships are built, but where power games are played, influence is exercised and socioeconomic hierarchy is kept in balance. Jesus is confronted by some of these power games at the table today and flips them on their head as he teaches us what it means to sit in a place of humility. When it comes to living our lives on mission, it’s also a lesson that will serve the Gospel well.

Presented b7 Pr. Mark Schultz, Mission Assistant to LCA Bishop.