Jesus told many stories, parables: stories that had inner meanings. You had to sit with them and let them burst open within you. Here is one.
A king was giving a wedding banquet for his son. He got everything ready and sent his servants out to tell those invited to come. They all had excuses. Some of them even behaved like real butt holes.
The king then sent his servants to the crossroads where the main roads that left the city and the roads from the country met. The servants were to invite to the wedding feast "as many as you find." These included people of all sorts, "both good and bad." They came.
To me, this says that the people who could hear the invitation and respond were on the road, passing through the crossroads of existence. They were not settled in to the city of fixation with bound rules and a stultified rigid life allowing no room in the In.
As crossroad venturers, they were accustomed to meeting people of all types, having conversations, getting along. I bet they made a lively party. The king knew what he was doing.
May we all be crossroad venturers! And continue opening to the party. The wedding is an ongoing one you know.
