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Matthew 22:37-40 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the […]
The singalong social is back by popular demand! Come out on August 27, 2023 to learn a few new songs, grab some snacks, and socialize with friends and neighbors in the Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service congregation. Click for details: Songlearning Social: August 27, 2023
“11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:11-12) Blessed […]
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” –Matthew 5:10 Persecution as a blessing is odd! Jesus seems to speak to the disciples in the last two beatitudes when He blesses those who are persecuted and those who suffer for His sake. […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Matthew 5:6 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (who seek virtue), for they shall be filled.” We know that Jesus wouldn’t make such a promise and not fulfill it. But what does ‘virtuous’ mean and how do we become so? Few are familiar with the seven […]
Jesus said “Blessed are the [meek, gentle, and humble], for they will inherit the earth.” No matter how you translate it, to those listening to Jesus then, or to those of us who hear him now, what he has spoken is a paradox, that is, a statement that contradicts itself. […]
Psalm 42: 1-5 and John 16:33 Jesus blesses what we normally think is not bless-ed. We all long to be blessed, and yet we think we are unworthy because we are human and have troubles. In times of discomfort or immense sadness, God’s comfort does not necessarily mean ‘comfortable.’ In our […]
This scriptural passage is packed with questions: What does it mean to be poor in Spirit? Who are the poor in Spirit? Jesus stated the kingdom of heaven is theirs. How do we claim that promise in our present day lives? Spiritual practices, religious rituals, do they hold the keys […]