Presbymom

  Last week we looked at the call from Jesus for us to repent – or you will perish – you will be lost. This week, our scripture centers around Jesus telling parables to Pharisees, tax collectors and sinners parables. A set of three parables- one about a lost sheep, one about a lost coin and now one about a lost son. Listen to the living Word from   Luke 15:1-3 and 11b-32   15  Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.  2  But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3  Then Jesus told them this parable:… “There was a man who had two sons.   12  The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’   So he divided his property   between them. 13  “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth   in wild living.   14  After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country,

  Historically, it is hard to pinpoint the exact events referred to by this scripture, but it isn’t hard to imagine Pilate being so murderously cruel or a natural disaster striking unexpectedly. Today’s reading hits very close to home. Jesus has been teaching and some of the listeners are distracted by recent events the slaughter of innocents by a cruel ruler is in the headlines. When that is too much to bear, an earthquake takes more live. Like us, those following Jesus plea to know why. Oh my God, why? Listen to the living word of God from     Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.   2 He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?   3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.   4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they