| Rev. Christopher Marlin-Warfield

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Be a Blessing: Encourage Others

It is hard to be blessed. It is hard to be a blessing. It’s hard to do that for an hour on Sunday morning. And it’s hard to do that everywhere, all the time.

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Be a Blessing: Work for Justice

If all you have are solemn assemblies and grand festivals; if all you have noisy songs and delicate melodies; if all you have are the trappings of religion. Well, then God hates your show.

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Be a Blessing: Have Courage

Courage is about what we do when we see that there is something greater than fear; something more important than fear; something holier than fear. Courage is about the having the willingness to triumph over fear for the sake of that vision.

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Be a Blessing: Do Good

That is when we know if we are following Christ. Because if we are, then the fruit will be good.

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Be a Blessing: Be Kind

They just weren’t curious. Because if they had been curious, they would have asked questions. Questions like, “Have you played a lot of darts?”

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Be a Blessing: Be Joyful

Joy is a little act of resistance against the world as it is. It is a little glimpse of the kingdom of God.

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Be a Blessing: Give Thanks

There are blessings all around us. There’s steadfast love and constant faithfulness. There might even be enough and more than enough.

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Be a Blessing: Practice Peace

Even if I erased every trace of those events in the history books, my presence here would still be a living testament to them. That’s not guilt. That’s not shame. That’s just a fact.

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Be a Blessing: Pray Often

I do not fear God and to not respect the people and I do not care about the cries of some little old lady. But she’s never going to stop. So I will give her justice.

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Be a Blessing: Lead With Love

There are more love songs than anything else. If lyrics could make us do anything, we’d all love each other

Rev. Christopher Marlin-Warfield

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