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February 15, 2004
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois
Sermon by Cynthia Campbell
President, McCormick Theological Seminary
Psalm 1
Jeremiah 17:5–10
Luke 6:17–26
“Blessed are you . . .”
Luke 6:20 (NRSV)
I see him most days because he works at the garage where I park my car. He is an elderly man with a ready smile and a strong voice. “How are you this morning?” I ask. “Oh, I’m blessed” is his unfailing reply. “Blessed,” I think as I drive away. How is it that he, well passed retirement age and parking cars for a living, thinks of himself as blessed?
