Worth Searching For
Luke 15:1-10 (CEB) · The Gospel on Stage and Screen
“One missing is enough to stop the world.”
Week three of The Gospel on Stage and Screen sets the Minions, who spend their whole existence searching for someone to follow, next to Luke 15, where Jesus turns the camera around. A shepherd leaves ninety-nine sheep for one. A woman tears her house apart for a single coin. In both, the lost do nothing and the searcher does everything. Preached July 5, 2026, on a Communion Sunday, this sermon lands at the open table, where the searching God keeps finding us one shared meal at a time.
In the manuscript below:
Why the reckless search of leaving ninety-nine to chase one is the whole surprise of the parable, and the place Jesus wants us to look.
How every action in both stories belongs to the searcher, not the lost, and what that says about grace.
Why the open table is the Wesleyan home of these parables, and how Jesus’ shared meal is both the offense and the gospel.
What changes when you stop rounding yourself, and the people around you, down.
