Category Archives: Beatitudes

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Nine Attitudes that Lead to Happiness Now

Cultivating Specific Attitudes and dismantling harmful bastions of belief

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What makes a person happy? That’s a question, men and women through the ages have tried to answer. We, like those who came before us, try to live a life that will marked by happiness and contentment. But how can we find some assurance that the way we are living will actually bring us happiness? […]

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Toxins in the Heart

Finding happiness through not being polluted!

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When Jesus told us “Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God” (Matthew 5:8), he was clarifying a method for experiencing God as well as a clarion call to find God in a new way. Religion can become so polluted. They pathways to God can become very congested. Jesus brings clarity to […]

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Re-Thinking Mercy

Is it selfish to show mercy to yourself?

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“Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy.”—Matthew 5:7 When we think of a merciful person, images of Mother Theresa squatting by a dying man under a bridge in Calcutta may come to mind. It’s rare to see a merciful person in politics, business or even church life. We live with a dogged […]

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Meekness: A Forgotten Way to Live

Exploring the Beatitudes as an Other Way to Live

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“Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.”-Jesus “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are-no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought”-Jesus in Matthew5:5, The Message Meek? There is not much place for meekness in today’s world filled with clinching […]