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    Ron Rolheiser column Week of July 12 2026 John Muir once asked, “Why are Christians so reluctant to let animals into their stingy heaven?” The same might be said of us as churches: why are we so reluctant sometimes to welcome others into God’s mercy and to our communion tables? We certainly can’t use Jesus as our model in doing this. Looking at the Gospels, there is never a recorded incident where Jesus laid down some moral or religious condition to sit down at table with him. Our model is rather the well-meaning disciples of Jesus, who, like us, tried to protect

    July 13, 2026

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