And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”  Luke 2:49 Just what kind of business do you find yourself in today? Are you called student, doctor, lawyer, garbage collector, plumber, teacher, mother, father, pastor, engineer, nurse, data scientist, or something else?  While we may have these jobs and more, if we follow after Jesus, we are called Christian first and foremost.  Having this identity, we are in the family business and this business colors every aspect of our lives.  Just how well we humbly and courageously carry out this family business, His work, matters a great deal. Jesus reminds us in the Parable of the Minas (Luke Chapter 19 beginning in verse 11) that Jesus has given each one of us gifts and talents—minas—for the profit of His kingdom.  Read this parable and discover for yourself just how serious the Father is about the family business, and how important is the unity of His family. God ...