The Courage to Ask

Today we're talking about Ruth Chapter 3. It begins with (what I think) is a terrible plan, involves a deeply awkward conversation, and somehow ends up teaching us something about hope.A grieving mother-in-law tells her widowed daughter-in-law to get dressed up, sneak into a threshing floor in the middle of the night, uncover a man's feet while he's sleeping, and wait to see what happens.If that's not what you remember from Sunday school, you're not alone.But underneath the strange setting is something interesting. This is a story about risk, security, and what happens when people refuse to become cynical after life has given them every reason to.