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Fulfilling the Law
Getting at what Jesus is speaking to requires we remember the Beatitudes. And placing that above our own logic.
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Salty (Epiphany 5A)
In the passage right after the Beatitudes, Jesus describes his followers as being like salt. And a light, too.
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Still poor in spirit
Before we can talk about being “the salt of the earth” we must remember the Beatitudes and our poverty in spirit.
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Salt—remembering what’s important
In a world in which there is too much salt in our food, can we truly appreciate what salt even does for us?
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In the Mix
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites us to see how they are already blessed by God to be the way the kin-dom comes into the world.
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Between — The Big Crowds and the Big Sermon
We have a way of mistaking the fame of Jesus in the gospels for something mundane. Rather than what it is: a reflection of the mission.
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On Purpose
Drive What drives you? What gets you out of bed in the morning and puts one foot in front of the other, stumbling to the coffee pot? You get up and you move. I wake up and I drink water and shower and dress and get my kids to school. I don’t want them to…
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On the Mountainside
a Sermon for Epiphany 5A Text: Matthew 5:13-20 Going up the mountain Jesus begins walking up a mountain. He invites His disciples to join Him. Finding Jesus up a mountain. We would be hard-pressed to avoid that image here of the holy man and a mountain-top experience. We’ve seen this in books and movies: people…