In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus looked out at a crowd that was weary. The land was occupied by an empire, and they were desperate for a sign that their existence carried weight in the eyes of God through Jesus. He didn’t offer them a political stump speech or a shallow platitude. Instead, Jesus offered the Beatitudes, a revolutionary declaration that the very things the world ignores or exploits are the things God blesses.

The landscape of today feels strikingly similar. We see the halls of power in the United States often serving the personality of an office rather than the people under its care. We see a devaluation of life that has become so pervasive it threatens to numb our very souls.

We see and experience a hunger and thirst for righteousness. It is time for those of us with this experience to speak up and stand for justice.
God bless,
Rev Leon
Matthew 5L1-12