In this sermon from January 29, 2017, Rev. Cari compares the “alternative vision” of the Beatitudes to the “alternative facts” circulating in the commons in these days. Lifting up Jesus’ shocking words in Matthew’s gospel (ch. 5:1-12) using the paraphrase written by Eugene Peterson, The Message, Rev. Cari offers a passionate call to Jesus’ vision of God’s “kindom.”
 
Early in the sermon, she also quotes a short passage from an article published in the New York Review of Books by Masha Gessen entitled Autocracy: Rules for Survival