In July 2014, I started the Beatitudes Blog to encourage people in emotional pain. Every brief post sheds light on the Beatitudes and invites readers to let the blessings flourish amid their suffering. Whether you have been following all along or...
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Overwhelming and Belief: A Sermon on John 6:1-21
After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the...
Love Wears Down Walls
On moving out of our comfort zone to get to lasting peace.
Taking Wind As Love
Taking Wind As Love J. Marshall Jenkins I remember the wind that caressed my brow when I could not yet walk well. Sitting in the stroller in hot, sticky Montgomery, I watched the air until it moved, which I took as love without hands, without a face, without words,...
Knowing Wind (poem)
Knowing Wind for Wanda by J. Marshall Jenkins The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit (John 3:8). You teach me much about trees,...
On the Road with Paul: Buechner on the Apostle with Angel Eyes
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...
Two Books On Telling For Those Who Mourn
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matthew 5:4) Telling and Healing The first Beatitude blesses the poor in spirit who give thanks like beggars for receiving all they need from God (Matthew 5:3). In a sense, it blesses those who face reality...
“Lord, Teach Us to Pray”: Petition As Contemplation
"Lord, teach us to pray." He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come....
Realizing Hope: Sermon on Romans 5:1-5
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our...
Seeing Angels Takes Heart
On preparing your heart to see and hear as Isaiah did.
Blessing and Deliverance: God Is Up To Something Good
On going beyond counting your blessings….
Own Your Poverty: Thomas Merton on Understanding God’s Love for You
You own your poverty by grace, and while it instills a sadness and longing of its own, it is strangely freeing.