Radical Hospitality and Foster Children (John 12:1-8)

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Summary

Foster children are some of the more underserved people in the city. Listen in as Yvonne Chew describes the Christian vision of radical hospitality from John 12, and shares how Christ-like living for us in San Francisco might include local foster kids. There are many ways to support and love foster kids in the city and Citizens wants to be part of this important ministry.

Text

John 12:1–8

[1] Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. [2] So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. [3] Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. [4] But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, [5] “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” [6] He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. [7] Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. [8] For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.” (ESV)