Study Guide for next week’s readings in Matthew (Chapts 8-16) follow the sermon. The Gospel According to Matthew: Chapts 5-7 Study Guide for Chapters 5-7 The Beatitudes: “Poetry and symmetry are not the least marks of Matthew’s nine Beatitudes, organized into two stanzas of four each, with the ninth in a somewhat different form […]
Sing With All the Saints
All Saints’ Sunday November 6, 2011 Matthew 5: 1-12, Revelation 7: 9-17 It was not unusual for my Father’s parents to spend a large part of the winter with us, driving from snowy Springfield Illinois to sunnier Arizona or Southern California until the spring. It was my grandfather’s habit to sit down at the piano […]
Blessed Are You
4th Sunday after Epiphany January 30, 2011 Matthew 5:1-12 This may be one of the most familiar Bible passages of all time. It’s right up there with the 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer. Remember the rules about narratives, and looking at the first thing the hero has to say? Well, this is Jesus first […]