Following on last week’s parable, we find another story of a tax collector and a sinner and of God’s intention to seek and to save the lost.

Scandals: they are part of human experience, and, unfortunately, churches are not immune to them.

“I resolved to expound this prophet Habakkuk so that he, too, may finally come to light and that his contents may be learned…”

Who knew? The ancient psalmist was a clinical therapist, saying in effect, “Don’t hold in your pain, or it will eat you alive!”