God's Acre On the Go: A Touching Story

This week we explore Luke 7:36–50, where Jesus asks a striking question: “Do you see this woman?” She had just anointed him with perfume, tears, and love at Simon the Pharisee’s dinner party. But Jesus’s question goes deeper than physical sight—it’s about truly seeing someone’s worth, their transformation, and their capacity to bless others.

The sermon draws out how God consistently sides with the overlooked and outcast—from shepherd boys like David to enslaved peoples like the Hebrews. In the same spirit, Jesus allows this unnamed woman to touch him, defying purity laws and flipping expectations: holiness, it turns out, can be transmitted through proximity and compassion.

Her fragrant offering lingers like the grace we carry from faithful encounters. When we open ourselves to the unseen, their blessedness “rubs off” on us. Jesus teaches that real connection—with others and with God—often comes through the ones we’re most likely to miss.