Unexpected Welcome

Somewhere along the path of our lives, someone introduced us to the radical love of God revealed in Jesus Christ. This love is radical because it unflinching, unbreakable, unconditional, and unending. Luke tells the story of the Ethiopian eunuch in this reading from Acts. He is lonely and isolated just as many of us are. That isolation happens for many reasons including the pandemic and challenges in our families. It also is made worse as our society struggles with issues of race, class, and sexual identity. Jesus’ practice of hospitality welcomes all and so goes beyond these boundaries that we establish that tell some people they don’t belong.