Walking in the Parables: The Great Banquet

Parables are a significant part of Jesus’s teaching. These
brilliant stories paint a picture of life in the kingdom,
teaching us about God, ourselves, and the Lord’s presence and
activity in the world. But they are not easy. Rather than give us
simple platitudes and truisms, Jesus challenges us with parables.
They are intended to draw us in. Jesus wants us to wrestle with
them, to walk around with, meditate and have conversations about
them.


In this series, we will dig into the context of parables from
Luke’s Gospel. We will consider the picture Jesus is painting of
God’s kingdom, and we will engage these stories through the
spiritual practice of visio divina (with some original art from
our community).


This week, we considered the Parable of the Great Banquet. How
does this party demonstrate the incredible grace of God and
invite us to respond? And where do we see ourselves in this
story? How do we want to imagine ourselves in God's kingdom but
when it comes down to it, we want little to do with it? As Dr.
Burge asked, how do we say yes to God but refuse to show up?


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