“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God.” –Matthew 5:9 “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” –Romans 12:18 The world seems in short supply of peace. Is it our job to do something or someone else? Someone […]
Yearly Archives: 2023
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“For this is the will of God, your sanctification.” Thessalonians 4:3 “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you.” Colossians 3:15 “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you,” John 13:34 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, I’m glad that the Beatitude […]
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. I’m asking myself what this sixth beatitude means, to be pure of heart and to “see” God. A key element of purity for me is to be transparent. Another is to be honest, especially with myself. My […]
Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service: This January 22, we continue meditating on Jesus’ words of blessing to us in Matthew 5, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” and perhaps in a way that we’ve never done before. As I’ve been preparing for the wholeness service, I also […]
God’s purpose for each of us is that we should open and be healed from our sense of separation and isolation from God and ourselves and each other! We are told in Jesus’ words in Matthew 5 that compassion for human frailties (our own and others’) is the way to be […]