The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes
Luke 6.12-26

Let us imagine that you are a schoolteacher. One day, you go out into the school playground, where there are dozens of children kicking footballs around. You go over to where they are, and call for them to gather round. Then you begin, slowly but surely, to select eleven of them. You don’t need to say a word. Choose your eleven and lead them off somewhere else. Everyone will know what you’re doing. You’re picking a football team...

Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright