Women of Welcome: Christ-Like WelcomeMostră

Welcome that Engages

Thoughtful Questions:

1. Have you ever welcomed someone that others readily disagreed with or disapproved of? If so, share with your group.

2. When we choose to welcome like Christ, sometimes we must risk our reputation. Can you recall a time you risked your reputation to extend encouragement or care to someone others readily ignore?

3. Have you ever been upset or frustrated by someone else’s welcome toward someone you believed undeserving (like the Pharisees were in Luke 6)?

4. In both of these passages, Jesus is challenging the observers around him. Does anything challenge or convict you in either of these stories?