Jesus’s encounter with the Canaanite mother invites us to cross boundaries of difference, and expand our understanding of the Gospel’s scope and promise. Who is the Good News for? Is it equally good for everyone? How might we, like Jesus in this provocative story, learn to widen our welcome, so that all who need the love and healing of God can find it? –The Rev. Debie Thomas, sermon from the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
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