When I look at the ministry of Jesus, I see a lot of things that make me take notice. For instance, it’s always struck me how many of the institutional denominations wearing his name today don’t seem to really ‘get’ how he lived, who he reached out to and what he had to say to the religious of his day.

To say he lived a simple life would be an understatement. He was the one who said that foxes have holes and birds have nests, but not even the son of man had a place to lay his head. Comparatively speaking, if that statement didn’t put Jesus on the margins I’m not sure what would. He not only identified with the homeless, he was homeless. Continue reading…