Inside the Church of the beatitudes - the core of my faith

We have just left a wonderful, quiet, time at the Church of the beatitudes in Galilee.

Yesterday someone asked me if there were any passages in scripture that form the core of my faith. Indeed, there are, they are Micah 6:8, Luke 4:17-19, and the whole of the beatitudes (Matthew 5 & 6).

I am so drawn to this gospel, this good news, that has a real practical impact upon the lives of real people with real world pressures and struggles. Justice, mercy, humility and love - these are the hallmarks of Christ's loving Gospel. The teaching and ecample of Jesus echo God's radical hospitality, the hospitality that offers welcome and shelter first, and then only seeks to bring renewal and change.

I love this God, this Christ, and this Gospel, and I love the Gospel way of life.