A Table for Everyone

Jesus tells a story about a dinner where the invited guests make excuses, so the host sends servants out to the roads and fills the house anyway.

Three things to take home

1. The invitation is real and it is wide. Nobody is too far out of town to be asked.
2. Excuses are usually about what we already love. The story asks what we would give up to sit at the table.
3. We are the servants, too. Who is on the road near you that has not heard the invitation?

Questions for a small group

• Which excuse in the story sounds most like one you have used?
• Who in our neighborhood would be surprised to be invited?