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Hope Springs EternalHope Springs Eternal Author: Alan Bentrup
Sermons from the Rev. Alan D. Bentrup, rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas. Language: en-us Genres: Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Somewhere in this Favored Land
Sunday, 1 November, 2026
What if the Beatitudes aren’t a Hall of Fame for spiritual all stars, or a list of drills to make us try harder?On All Saints’ Sunday, the Rev. Alan [Last Name] turns to “Casey at the Bat” and the Sermon on the Mount to hear Jesus’ blessings the way he first spoke them: as promises to a crowd of the sick, the grieving, and the overlooked. Thayer’s poem ends with joy “somewhere” but not in Mudville. Jesus sits down in Mudville and says that somewhere is coming here.With two baptisms this morning, we watched that promise made: God speaks the blessing first, before the swing and before the stats.
