The Least of These

Editor’s note: Continuing a series of stories and articles written by the late Pastor Tom Goetz, with the support of his wife Jeanne Goetz of Odessa. Jeanne Goetz is working to get the items published in book form, but for right now, interested readers can read his work in the series of articles that continue in this issue of The Record.

The “Least of these” is a term used by Jesus to describe people who are normally considered unfortunate and deprived. The naked. The hungry. The outcast. They are the ones to whom we give, not from whom we receive. That they are able to bestow upon us unique a...