This week in our Advent series, we are with John the Baptizer in prison questioning Jesus's ministry and what kind of Kingdom he is here to establish. Jesus paints a picture of the fruit his ministry is producing and sends that back as his response to John. Sometimes the Messiah doesn't act like we would like him to act. He was accused to being a glutton and a drunk and ridiculed for the undesirable people he hung out with. How well does the church model the ministry that Jesus lived? We're called to be a hospital for the sick but that means we have to get close to the sick in order to bring healing. My prayer is that this Advent will be a time of reflection on the kinds of people we need to be open to who need healing.
