Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Jesus calls His disciples friends. Marvel at that, please. The government does not call you friend. You are a taxpayer, citizen, subject, voter, but not friend. You may be friends with your boss, but at work, he is the boss and you are the employee. Pontius Pilate, you may remember, wanted to be in the exclusive "friend of Caesar" club, but that was not easy, or cheap. And some of you may remember when Bill Clinton was in the White House, there was a group of people called FOBs -- for "friends of Bill." Friends today aren't what they used to be. In this world there are the haves and the have nots. Those above and those below. And Jesus has turned all that completely upside-down!