Heaven on Earth: Realizing the Good Life Now

So often, our view of the good life is the busy, exhausted, driven, and unhappy life. But what if there was a different way to live—now, not when we get to heaven, but now? A short list of “blessings” called the Beatitudes is Jesus’ declaration of what “the good life” is, and an invitation to immerse ourselves in it. If we understand the Beatitudes, we realize they are less about what we do and more about what God is doing—what God values, how He operates, and what He’s up to in our (actual...