Nearly every culture has mystical stories of compassion. One of my favorites is about a wise woman and a precious gem. We’ll hear about her in the sermon this week. We’ll also listen as Jesus teaches about compassion and what it means to be a neighbor in one of the best-known parables, the Good Samaritan. We all know this timeless tale about a man who is beaten by robbers and left for dead. As the beaten man lay on the side of the road, a priest and a Levite notice…
