“Jesus doesn’t offer simple, black and white answers.  It’s on us to discern over and over what price we are willing to pay to the powers of greed and hate and division and violence.  Some people have always said no to paying anything.”

As always, Jesus doesn’t make any “sense” here.  Telling his emissaries to go out into the world without any resources or backup.  Without protection.  Without even a few coins to buy a bit of bread.  They need to rely only on others’ hospitality.  And then they need to count on being abused and...