During the summer, do you go on “road trips” or “destination vacations?” With the cost of gasoline so high, and the construction-congestions choking our interstates, most of us opt for the get-there-as-fast-as-possible vacation. Going round-about on the blue-highways, winding and wandering from one location to the next, making the journey as much a part of the experience as the destination — that is a real “road trip.”

Today’s gospel text marks the beginning of Jesus’ “road trip” to Jerusalem. The Galilean ministry comes to a close and now the focus of Jesus’ mission is on-the-move, as he “set his face to go to Jerusalem.” Luke keeps reminding his readers that Jesus is purposefully headed towards a definitive destination. But the journey itself is a crucial time, a time for teaching his …