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Have you noticed how many times Jesus is eating in the gospel stories, especially in Luke’s Gospel? It’s a lot! (Okay, maybe not as often as Brad Pitt eats in movies, but still, a lot.) These meal stories point to a key theme in Luke’s portrait of Jesus: the welcome of God, both God extending welcome and God being welcomed. Think about the parable of the prodigal son. Which son ends up at the party thrown by the loving parent, and which one ends up on the outside, bitterly looking in? If you are like me, you might find yourself more comfortable with that dutiful child who remains out than with the rebellious one welcomed in. Why is this? As we read Luke, where do we find ourselves in the story? How are we drawn to Jesus’s welcome? When are we offended? What does all of this have to do with status? How might these stories of hospitality shape PMC’s service of welcome in ministries such as Family Promise? How does our work at PMC for peace and justice align with God’s welcome? Where do we find tension? How can our own hearts be broken open to receive God’s Spirit? 
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