Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Things that defile

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  It is not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defined by what comes from your heart. Mark 7:15 (NLT) 1 When we lived in Bo...
Monday, May 25, 2026

The time of the prophet: the Sermon on the Mount (2)

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  One or the Other? You cannot serve both God and money. —Matthew 6:24 Is it true that if I love God I will hate money? Is the line stretc...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

No rats in heaven: the Sermon on the Mount (1)

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  Salt You are the salt of the earth. —Matthew 5:13 A grain of salt is too tiny to be of use, but when joined with other grains an ene...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Poems of Passion Week

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The Stones Talk It over … if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out. Luke 19:40 All was quiet on the street and in the city hall. Why ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Blessed are the poets of peace: poems of the Beatitudes, part 3

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    Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (for they will see God) Matthew 5:8 Blessed are those who see the best, who refuse to judge vagrant or n...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

A longing that burns in the gut: poems of the Beatitudes, part 2

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Blessed Are the Meek (for they will inherit the earth) Matthew 5:5 I was a shy child and an awkward adolescent. In a group of over four pe...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

This rag-tag crowd: poems of the Beatitudes, part 1

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  The Mountainside Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside…. Matthew 5:1 I love your classroom, Lord. When I was a ki...