Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A, RCL)

It is a challenging task to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.

Luke’s Beatitudes are for the poor. What if Matthew’s are, too?

On Christmas morning, he told us: he was considering suicide.

Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.

These three stances toward God are the beginning of faith.

Eight upside-down blessings for a pandemic world

I'm giving thanks for the very personal ways I am blessed by people acting outside their job descriptions.

Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.

Jesus’ hearers are well-acquainted with calamity and crisis.

Not just suffering

Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.

And are we practicing it?

The church at Corinth had many problems. Some simple kindness would have helped.