Decatur Presbyterian Church Led By Love Archives

Summer with the Beatitudes – Blessed are You

09 Aug 2016

You’re Blessed. “When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said: ‘You’re...

Summer with the Beatitudes – Persecuted for Righteousness Sake

02 Aug 2016

Traci Smith, a pastor who shares a monthly blog post, wrote this past week, “Is it just me, or are we all on edge lately? We have a lot to be overwhelmed about. This is a very tense election season. The stakes are high. Everyone has an opinion they’re trying to boil down to 140...

Summer with the Beatitudes – The Peacemakers

29 Jul 2016

I have not participated in corporate worship for the past three weeks. This is very unusual for me. I miss one or occasionally even two Sundays in a row every now and then, but it has literally been years since I was not in corporate worship for three Sundays in a row. Now, on...

Summer with the Beatitudes – the Pure in Heart

17 Jul 2016

Once there was someone who said such amazing things and did such wonderful things that people began to follow him. “Well, do you follow him?” a little boy interrupted me. It was the opening lines of our Children’s Chapel where we are using Jerome Berryman’s Godly Play approach....

Summer with the Beatitudes – The Merciful

10 Jul 2016

Grief is heavy this week. So is anger. It’s difficult to find words. Mercy is our topic for the day and it’s hard to talk about mercy unless we’re talking about God’s mercy and even then it’s hard to talk about mercy this week. Somehow our idea of mercy seems to challenge our...

Summer with the Beatitudes – Hunger & Thirst for Righteousness

05 Jul 2016

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for right-ness, for they will be satisfied. Wait, that’s not how it goes, is it? Blessed are those who yearn for right-ness? It certainly seems to fit our culture which means it can’t be right. I’ve noticed this climate lately. I’m guessing...

Summer with the Beatitudes – The Meek

30 Jun 2016

Scriptures for reflection: Psalm 37:1-11; 1 Peter 5:1-11 Some of you have discovered the television show “Blue Bloods”. Included in the cast is Jamie Reagan, a young policeman on the streets of New York City. Jamie happens to be the son of the current police commissioner of New...

Summer with the Beatitudes – Those Who Mourn

23 Jun 2016

After the horror of the Orlando shootings last week and the anniversary of the Charleston killings, how appropriate that we come today to the second Beatitude: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” How many of us can recite all eight beatitudes? The...

Summer with the Beatitudes – Poor in Spirit

12 Jun 2016

“Happy are they who are empty of self, because God rules with full power in their lives.” (this paraphrase as well as several points in the following sermon are attributed to Finding Meaning in the Beatitudes, written by Jack Redhead, former pastor of First...

Bless Your Heart!

05 Jun 2016

Bible verses for reflection: Matthew 5:1-11 Pre-scripture: Today we are beginning our summer sermon series on the Beatitudes which are the beginning of Jesus’ first discourse in the Gospel of Matthew called the Sermon on the Mount. From the mountain top the Beatitudes give us a...

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