Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.    Today we read what is probably Jesus’ most famous sermon.  Commonly called the beatitudes, it’s found in slightly different forms in both Matthew and here in Luke. As with so much of scripture, the differences in…

Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   Author Madeleine L’Engle once wrote, “I take the Bible too seriously to take it all literally.”[1] As I read scripture, I often pair that quote in my head with this thought, which I heard expressed at…