Intersections

  Is your bunker ready yet? It seems like we should all be investing in them now. I’m not stockpiling canned goods, but maybe Jesus is on to something.  Seriously, our reading today is challenging. But let’s go back through and get some context for what’s happening. The passage read today is directly after what happened last week . Namely, Jesus was teaching at the temple with some of the scholars of his day and made an example out of a widow who gave everything she had for the Lord, even what she had to live on.  The reading today starts with Jesus leaving the temple with his disciples. The disciples are looking around because they may not travel much - it was a lot harder in those days, with the walking and all… But here they are in Jerusalem, in the big city. The buildings may look like they reach the sky, depending on what they’re used to seeing.  I like tall buildings. I don’t mind heights; it’s the falling that I don’t care for. So - I’ve been to New York a ...