Beatitudes Blog
Joseph’s Forgiveness After the Long Loneliness
Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.... Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God (Matthew 5:7, 9). As colorful as his famous coat, Joseph’s story keeps us on the edge of our seats like none other in scripture. The long...
Seeing Angels Takes Heart
On preparing your heart to see and hear as Isaiah did.
When Forgiveness Is Hard
Hope in the struggle to forgive
Choosing Goodness with No Reward in Sight
As we remember the famous Archbishop Desmond Tutu, let us listen as he remembers one little known who inspired him.
Mary’s Son
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). Mary remembered old, wizened Simeon with hair coming out of every pore, bone-bent, hunched, and creeping toward Joseph and Mary's son like a spider. With childlike delight in his crinkled eyes, he...
Mourner, Reclaim Christmas
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matthew 5:4). Healing processes are not pretty until the end. For example, a cut on the hand takes you through pain, bleeding, scabbing, and scarring before it clears up. Grief, too, goes through awkward or...
The Kingdom You Had All Along
Searching for something or someone to complete you? You’re surprisingly warm…
Agape Love: When Others Fail To Give Back
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:10). In my work as a psychotherapist, I hear a steady refrain or bass line in a minor key: "I give, someone else takes, and I receive less in return." Some...
“All Will Be Well”: Julian’s Witness for Times Like Ours
Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy....Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God (Matthew 5:7, 9) In the late 14th and early 15th centuries, the first recorded pandemic -- the bubonic or “Black” plague -- killed about half...
Jesus and the Rich Man: A Sermon on Mark 10:17-31
Blessed are the merciful, for the will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God (Matthew 5:7-8). The following is the text of a sermon delivered at North Broad Baptist Church in Rome, Georgia on October 10, 2021 Sermon Text: Mark 10:17-31...
When I See Your Face
When I see your face, whether on earth or in heaven, I want to look into your eyes and see the face of God.
Wild Goose Festival 2021: Safe Beneath the Goose’s Wings
A reflection on this year’s Wild Goose Festival.
As a psychotherapist and spiritual director, I bring well-honed insight and skill to these posts; yet, my vulnerability plays a more important part, for more than advice from experts, serious people of faith need resonance with fellow travelers.
In my writing and in your reading and comments, may we face our challenges in God’s compassionate presence rather than in a private dressing room where we try in vain to make ourselves presentable to God at an appointed meeting. God meets us where we are.
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