A Reading from Matthew 5:1-12 adapted from the Aramaic by (translated by Neil Douglas-Klotz) When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are those who are refined in breath; they shall find their ruling principles…
Sermons from January 2017
Disclaimer…this gets a little political It was a quiet, overcast day…dreary with low-hovering clouds (a day not unlike today). They trickled in slowly and took their spots, some travelling great distances just to be close to this momentous day. The hill filling up with eager souls. They were hoping to hear words of encouragement from…
We spoke last week about baptism, in particular about Jesus’ baptism, in the experience John describes for his followers here in the Gospel of John, with the dove alighting on Jesus. In John’s description however we miss the words of blessing and declaration. In our text last week, we heard and focussed on those words…
God’s gonna trouble, the water… I was never sure what to make of that line in that old spiritual. God troubling the water always seemed to me to conjure up a notion of mistrust about the divine. I didn’t like the idea of God stirring up our lives when it seems like everything is going…