How to Be Welcomed By God
In a modern context, Jesus welcoming and blessing little children is uncontroversial. But in ancient society, it is a radical political (and spiritual) statement: if you want to enter the Kingdom of God, you must give up whatever sense of status you have and become “like a child.”
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Psalm 26:1-12 (lector: Audrey Thorne)
Mark 10:13-16