Lectionary Reflections | Richard's Food for Thought

Blessed and Bewildered: On the Beatitudes

The Beatitudes in Matthew 5 are among the most familiar verses in the New Testament. They are also, on close reading, among the strangest.

Advent is, structurally, a season about waiting. Which makes it countercultural in the best possible way.

The book of Ruth is often read as a love story. I keep returning to it as a story about the kind of loyalty that costs something.

The parable of the prodigal son is usually told as a story about the younger son. I keep returning to the father.