This Wednesday we will take up another Jesus koan, "True Greatness, Like a Child" At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a child, whom he put among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.​ There is an old koan that goes, "If you turn things around, you are like the Buddha." You could also say, "If you turn things around,

Someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. We locate ourselves. All the facts and figures of our lives, the memories, the identities that we adopt as we make our journey through life, the religious beliefs that we hold. Our personal “I am” is always defined by our location, what we do or say, where we live, the roles we adopt. I am a minister. I