Reflecting on the Beatitudes: Prayer for the Church, Our Nation, and Each Other

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Join Curtis Chang, host of the Good Faith Podcast, along with co-leaders Chuck Mingo, Sarah Billups, Russell Moore, Kaitlyn Schiess, and Mark Turman, as they move listeners through a series of guided prayers based on the Beatitudes. This pastoral effort invites the audience to recalibrate their spiritual focus and pray for the church, our country, and one another. Beginning with “Blessed are the poor in spirit” and culminating in rejoicing and gladness, this time of reflection and prayer encourages all-comers to renew their hope, reclaim peace, and follow Christ faithfully in a divided world.

(01:05) - Welcome from Curtis Chang

(03:47) - Centering Silence

(04:20) - Blessed Are the Poor In Spirit: Curtis Chang

(09:50) - Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

(13:39) - Blessed Are the Meek: Chuck Mingo

(14:58) - Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness:Sara Billups

(16:49) - Blessed Are the Merciful: Sara Billups

(17:59) - Prayer For the Church Universal From the Book of Common Prayer: Sara Billups

(19:45) - Blessed Are the Pure in Heart: Russell Moore

(22:14) - Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Russell Moore

(24:08) - Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted: Kaitlyn Schiess

(27:35) - Prayers For the Needs of God’s Work: Kaitlyn Schiess

(28:39) - Rejoice and Be Glad: Mark Turman

(32:12) - Hope and Joy in Christ: Mark Turman

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0:00.0	Hello, listeners, D.T. Slothman here, Director of content at Good Faith. I'm really glad you're
0:08.1	with us for this bonus episode. What you're about to hear is a special time of prayer, where Curtis
0:14.9	and a few friends guided us through the beatitudes. Throughout the recording, you'll notice quiet pauses.
0:23.7	Those silences are intentional, giving us space to breathe, reflect, and truly listen for what
0:30.2	God might be saying to us. So don't worry if you hit a stretch of stillness, especially if you're
0:36.9	scrolling through the episode.
0:39.5	Settle in, take your time, and join us in this moment of prayer.
1:13.1	Thank you. Hello, everybody. Good morning to those of you on the West Coast, and good afternoon to those of you on the West Coast and good for early afternoon to those on the East Coast and everybody in between. I'm Curtis Chang. I'm the executive director of
1:18.1	Redeeming Babel, the host of the Good Faith podcast, and I am so glad you're here for this prayer
1:25.2	time. I also want to sort of welcome you
1:29.4	and on behalf of my co-leaders for this time,
1:33.2	Chuck Mingo, Sarah Billups, Russell Moore,
1:36.0	Caitlin Chess, and Mark Terman.
1:38.6	Now, the reason we've gathered here together
1:40.8	is, well, because many of you asked us to convene this time. There are many
1:45.7	followers of Jesus, disturbed, worried, concerned about what is happening in our country, and wanting
1:53.1	some way to pray as followers of Jesus united together. And we're going to try to provide that
1:58.7	in the next 30 minutes. And how we'll
2:01.9	pray really is an important reflection of a key way to understand this world. And that's the,
2:11.0	we are all citizens of the kingdom of our country, the kingdom of America. But we're also called as followers of Jesus to be first
2:19.9	and foremost citizens of the kingdom of God. And they're not equal. They're not the same. And
2:26.2	the kingdom of God is meant to have first and foremost priority on our hearts. It doesn't mean we
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