“Are you with me?” It’s a question we might ask an audience to make sure they haven’t gone off to sleep while we were talking. Or at a critical moment in negotiations when we need to know who is on our side and who isn’t. Or to a companion during a dark and dangerous walk along a cliff-edge to reassure ourselves he hasn’t fallen off. I don’t think Jesus means any of these when he says, “Whoever is not with me is against me; and whoever does not gather with me scatters” (Luke 11:23). We might still be “with him” even if we have fallen off to sleep or feel isolated in a hard place.