In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolence Jesus Podcast," Dear sits down with Sr. Joan Chittister to unpack the Beatitudes as bold, countercultural ways of living that challenge systems of ...

Zondervan, $12.99 (214pp) ISBN 978-0-310-27817-7 The seven deadly sins and the New Testament’s seven beatitudes spoken by Jesus play against each other in this philosophy professor’s first book.

The Beatitudes, where blessedness is found in weakness and humility, can provide valuable lessons for today, particularly for people who are growing older.

The Beatitudes do not describe the world in which we live. They tell us how to live in this world so as to seed one yet to come. ... (17:7). The person and ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

User’s Guide to Sunday, Jan. 29: St. Thomas Aquinas comments that the happiness described in the beatitudes is a stable happiness not easily unsettled or taken away.

The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw us to the one who alone can fulfill it." They ...

4. Jesus: Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Mother Teresa: “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” “I prefer you to make ...

I was invited to a destination in June. I really wanted to go. Problem was the wedding was in Amsterdam. Destination weddings are on the rise and might be really fun, but not always practical, at ...