And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. Some scribes who were ...

“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” This last question is the one that Jesus’ detractors ask in today’s Gospel passage from Mark. They are baffled that Jesus not only asks a ...

First, we should consider what churches mean when they say the phrase “Come as you are.” This phrase communicates that people ...

As tax collectors were branded as sinners, there would have been eyebrows raised among the first disciples when Jesus called Levi to join their group. The Pharisees, on the other hand, share their ...

In today’s Gospel reading from Mark, Jesus tasks the apostles with beginning their ministry. This is the first instance of ...

The far-left Episcopal bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (D.C.), Mariann Budde, directed predictably misguided ...

In this way of living, we are called especially to embrace those who differ from us, particularly in matters of sexuality, ...

They therefore distanced themselves from so-called 'unclean' sinners in their delusions of self-righteousness. But Jesus was often eating and drinking with corrupt tax collectors and other ...