Absolutely Right!

A young man finished college with a degree in psychology. Shortly after his graduation, the new “psychologist” was asked to deliver a speech to a group of senior citizens. For forty-five minutes he lectured the old folks on the subject of “How To Live The Twilight Years Gracefully.” When the speech was over, an eighty-year-old woman waited until everyone was gone except the twenty-three-year-old speaker. She told him that he had delivered a fine speech with great power and conviction. “Your vocabulary and your pronunciation are both wonderful. I admire you very much,” she said, “but I must tell you one thing that you’ll come to understand as you get older: You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus returns to Nazareth, His childhood home, for the first time since His public ministry began. His reputation has preceded Him, and some believe He truly knows what He’s talking about. His fellow villagers have heard accounts of His revolutionary teachings and his…