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Dust Off The Sword
Written by Dave Lenehan You’ve got to admit that swords are cool. Maybe it’s because we don’t see them in use on a daily basis (and that’s probably a good thing). Perhaps it’s because our first memory of seeing or even holding a sword likely has a cool story to go along with the blade’s cool factor (watching Braveheart, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings or Narnia included). When I was in high school, I won newspaper Carrier of the Year from our local Cape Cod Times through Parade magazine; that award carried with it an all-expense-paid trip to Spain for 10 days. I had only flown a few times in my life and never out…
Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted For Righteousness’ Sake
This is the Lord we serve who calls us blessed, for even in the face of death we are safe in His arms and nothing can separate us from His love. This world is not our home and Christ has…
A Bike Shop & A Sand Dune
As you go through this first semester of the school year, be on the lookout for ways you can show the love and care of Jesus to others. It might be a conversation, a cup of coffee or a slice…
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
In the Anglican tradition and others that are like it, there is in fact a specific portion in the service dedicated to “passing the peace.” While some may view this as an opportunity to shake someone’s hand with a smile…
The Immorality of Private Revenge Pt. 2
Jesus eliminated the Old Testament allowances for private revenge by redeeming the land of Israel and the sins of the whole world through the shedding of his blood. He replaced the principle of blood vengeance with forgiveness, as seen in…
Blessed Are The Pure In Heart
Jesus draws near to us when others push away, and the very tools we use to keep people back are the instruments that Jesus uses to see and call to our inner self. And like Nathanael all we are able…
The Immorality Of Private Revenge Pt. 1
Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong…
Blessed Are The Merciful
Only in the Kingdom might we find ourselves immersed in the kind of economy wherein mercy is the gold standard. Show me a merciless individual and I will show you the man who hates himself.
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger & Thirst For Righteousness
Aristocrat and commoner, child and grown-up, we all know hunger. It would have been easy enough to have just said "desire," "long," or "yearn," but there's a very distinct feeling that hunger opens up in us - a craving, a…
Blessed Are The Meek
The Kingdom that Jesus comes to bring is one that is a reversal of the structures of the age, antithetical to the economy of Rome. This kingdom is open to all, those who find themselves without power, prestige, protection and…
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
As we awaken to the state of things, as we are sensitized, we are receiving the heart of a compassionate Father whose heart was on vivid front-row display those three years.
