Week 3 (Year 1, NL)

Luke’s Beatitudes are for the poor. What if Matthew’s are, too?

Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.

These three stances toward God are the beginning of faith.

Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world

Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.

Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.

Poverty of spirit, like any kind of poverty, is unenviable but survivable.

The preacher is still green! Maybe we'll hear something hopeful.

I don’t like this. When I mourn I want to not mourn anymore.

Two refreshing new books place the storyteller within the story he tells.

Readers who found Pastrix to be a long, cool drink will find more refreshment here. Those who have tired of Nadia Bolz-Weber's cranky schtick will tire of it here as well.

To be a follower of the one who promised that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed is to expect a blessed in-breaking of peace.

If you happen to read the Message translation of Matthew’s beatitudes, you’ll notice that instead of saying “blessed” the word is “happy.”

Each week my church includes a prayer for the families of American soldiers who have died. As the names are read, I try to hold them in prayer. But I have wrestled with these prayers.

The Beatitudes sneak up on us.