Jesus teaches in this Sunday’s Gospel that every one of us lives a life of eternal consequence.

This passage is not about prayer as much as it is about faith and patience.

Disciples who can see with Christ’s eyes will find unlimited opportunities to repair the world

Discipleship requires action and conversion, the engagement of both hands and heart.

The Gospel warns against a mistake disciples can make: treating salvation as an entitlement.

We disciples must live out the “great reversal” in our daily lives.

The benefits of generosity are obvious even to a crook like the steward.

A life of true intentionality requires us to seek out the lost and welcome them.

Discipleship requires us to renounce our ego.

Our faith and struggle continue Christ's work of salvation.

Banquets can be status displays--or a chance to share with those who cannot repay us.

Every heart turned to Christ brings a little more of the fiery divine presence into the world.

Luke reminds us that everything we have is temporary and that we will have to account for ourselves when we meet Christ.

Material goods can provide the illusion of present control and future security.

To pray as Jesus did draws our attention to the subtle evidence of God’s kingdom taking shape.

By performing the good work of hospitality, Abraham glimpsed the face of God.

To follow Christ means to lift up our brothers and sisters with extravagance like the good Samaritan’s and compassion like Jesus’ own.

Jesus’ determination to travel to Jerusalem is the pivot on which Luke’s Gospel turns.

Taking up the proclamation of God’s reign placed the disciples in an unexpectedly rich relationship with God and the world.

With a faith like that of our biblical ancestors, we can find in Christ’s body, blessed and broken for us, the source of everything we need.