8 Persecuted Archives

The Comforting Challenge

May 14, 2024 | 8 Persecuted

Surprising comfort from the most challenging Beatitude.

What Shadows Belie J. Marshall Jenkins In him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it (John 1:4-5). The more light shines in my long memory, the more shadows proliferate. For an...

Life in Kairos Time

Oct 17, 2023 | 8 Persecuted

Would Jesus’ teachings and promises draw crowds today? Would his promises satisfy our yearning? Would we care?

On the Road with Paul: Buechner on the Apostle with Angel Eyes

Dec 13, 2022 | 8 Persecuted, Frederick Buechner

Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you (Matthew 5:11-12). If...

Temptations of the Beloved

Mar 1, 2022 | 8 Persecuted

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God....Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:8, 10). Read Luke 4:1-13 At his birth thirty years before, angels roused shepherds and rushed them to see the...

Choosing Goodness with No Reward in Sight

Jan 4, 2022 | 8 Persecuted

As we remember the famous Archbishop Desmond Tutu, let us listen as he remembers one little known who inspired him.

Agape Love: When Others Fail To Give Back

Nov 9, 2021 | 8 Persecuted

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:10). In my work as a psychotherapist, I hear a steady refrain or bass line in a minor key: "I give, someone else takes, and I receive less in return." Some...