Blessing
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When talking about God’s blessing, we are necessarily confronted with the idea that we always seem to start talking about possessions.
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In the sermon on the plain, Jesus outlines a relationship to the Kin-dom that is based, not on virtue, but on our relationship to others.
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How many of us conceive of blessing is predicated on an ancient prejudice. That we are good and deserving and others aren’t.
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The concept of blessing itself challenges our visions of what it means to be given something of real value, even trust.
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In the Beatitudes, we are offered a vision of hope that is certainly unconventional, but it is purposeful. Blessing is for our common thriving.
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The concept of blessing, as we’ve inherited it, has conflicting understandings. In changing our own focus, we change our approach.