The Beatitude for this morning is a long one. “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account…” It’s similar to an earlier Beatitude Read more →

Well I suppose I should make some sort of comment on the events of the past week, after all a lot of people have been waiting 4 long years for this news. But the U.S. election has turned out to be very different than many of us might have expected. Yes, for those who wanted to see the end of the Trump presidency, it looks as though that will happen, but Read more →

As we continue in our series on the Beatitudes, let’s do a quick reset of the context. Remember that the Sermon on the Mount took place, in Matthew’s gospel account, near the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry. It was his proclamation of what his ministry would be about, what the kingdom of heaven was all about. Read more →

When you think of the word “Pure” what comes to your mind? Maybe you think of Dove soap, which we’re told is 99.44% pure, as long as you consider that any kind of soap, which is mostly made up of vegetable oils and animal fats, is pure. Or you might be thinking Read more →

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Mercy. What exactly is mercy? How is mercy different from another word, grace? Grace might be best understood as the act of endowing unmerited favour while mercy is the withholding of deserved punishment. Read more →