The Beatitudes and the kingdom of heaven have been on my mind this weekend.

Not because I’m on a spiritual high. Actually, it’s more like my heart is being reshaped.

Recovering from direct and indirect wounds, I’m more inclined to respond in kind than bless, rage a war on kingdoms built in God’s name that do not bear the image.

War doesn’t bless; war would be a perversion of “your kingdom come.”

Maybe it’s not reshaping as much it’s yeast at work. The mixing and kneading is the kingdom of heaven slowly rising.

The song, the prayer, the promise, the hope is the simultaneous blessing and nudge, “Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward.”

Welcome yeast. Usher in the kingdom.

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