Jesus is describing an alternative culture where nobody is important and everybody has time for those who are insignificant.

Jesus is describing an alternative culture where nobody is important and everybody has time for those who are insignificant. This is his kingdom, a place for those who do not fit into the busy culture. One of the core tasks of the Church is to be the shadow side of the “being busy being important” culture: a community of people who are unimportant and yet who make everybody who comes feel significant.

Each of us needs consciously to find ways to lay aside the tendency constantly to “be busy being important”. We can do this by wasting time creatively, such as playing with our children or by giving time to those who at the material level give nothing back, such as visiting the sick or the lonely.

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