In response to Andy Wade’s Sunday morning reflection at our Celtic retreat, I have been rereading and pondering the Beatitudes in Matt. 5:1-12 this week.
On a Sunday afternoon, after a sedate morning worship gathering, I took a hand-lettered sign and boarded the train to join whatever marchers might be gathering in downtown Atlanta after the latest spate of gun violence and national hurt. I found a crowd assembling in Woodruff Park at the foot of the avenue that leads to Martin Luther King’s birth home and the renowned Ebenezer Baptist Church.
