August 2, 2020 | "Happy are the hungry" says Jesus in Luke's gospel. "Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness" says Jesus in Matthew. As we'll see, these two are closely connected realities.

July 26, 2020 | Happy are the meek... for they shall inherit the earth. What is meekness? What is Christian meekness?

July 19, 2020 | Happy are those... who... grieve? How? What do our most broken moments reveal about life in God's Kingdom?

July 12, 2020 | We finally turn to the beatitudes of Jesus. How does Jesus identify what "happiness" or flourishing looks like? Poverty?! Jesus' beatitudes only make sense in light of God's Kingdom.

July 5, 2020 | We conclude our Old Testament beatitudes with Psalm 146. God is identified as the God of the oppressed and beaten down, setting the stage for Jesus' beatitudes in Matthew 5 and Luke 6.

June 28, 2020 | Proverbs 20:7 helps us see some important features of a beatitude, and invites us to think about the legacies we leave.

June 21, 2020 | How is wisdom tied in with being "on the right road"?

June 14, 2020 | This week we look at Psalm 32. "Happy is the one who is forgiven."

June 7, 2020 | We begin our summer sermon series titled, "People of the Road," in which we will be looking at the beatitudes together, as well as the foundation for the beatitudes in the Psalms and Proverbs.

May 31, 2020 | In our final week in the book of Isaiah, on Pentecost Sunday, we look a text that Jesus read directly: Isaiah 61. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me..."