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Blessed when we don’t want to be
The first challenge in Jesus’s vision of blessing is it counters the common one. The second is that the powerful like things the way they are.
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The fresh hell of new war
Many want to paint war as virtuous, distorting the mercy of God as weak. These would steal your soul and have you thank them.
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Blessed with new sight
In both gospels for this week, we are invited to see things differently—about our world, the people around us, and how it all works.
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The Beatitudes (Epiphany 4A)
This famous list of blessings is both beloved and often ignored. Because it is challenging to our status quo.
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Peacemakers — the blessed children of God
In the Beatitudes, Jesus says “Blessed are the peacemakers”. It is at the heart of what we’re called to do.
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Have you ever laid in the dirt?
A poem for All Saints’ Day about the Beatitudes, the spirit of God, and what it means to be alive in this moment.
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For ever, for ever, for ever, for ever, they shall see God.
Teresa’s story reminds us of the challenge of power. And how Jesus invites us to flip it over. To seek righteousness.
