Almost a month after the world lost Dolly Parton, an icon remembered as much for her generosity as her music, Lori Alford turns to Matthew 25 and the story of the sheep and the goats to ask what it really means to care for people on the margins.

Drawing on the ancient biblical mandate to protect the alien, orphan, and widow, Lori explores why Jesus ties eternal significance not to statements of faith, but to everyday acts of mercy toward the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned. Through her years serving with Kairos prison ministry, she offers a striking reframe: we don't take Jesus to people in need, we meet him there, already present in the faces of the overlooked. This is a challenging, tender call to see the image of God in every person society pushes to the edge, and to respond with the same love Christ asks of us.