Out Our Way: The Big Nothing or the Big Open

"When Jesus came to his home town, his disciples came with him. On the sabbath he went to the synagogue and began to teach. Many who saw him there were astounded and said, 'Who does he think he is teaching like this? And all these accounts of him healing and doing signs and wonders? Nonsense. He's just a local boy - a working man whose mother and brothers and sisters still live here!' And they became angry at the idea that a mere local carpenter could gain such a following throughout the land. Jesus knew what they were saying and reminded them that no prophet had ever been honored in his o...