1. The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity  to accept the things I cannot change;  courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;  Enjoying one moment at a time;  Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;  Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;  Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life  and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.

2. Today’s Checklist Reminders: Something to ponder
Rants due on Thursday (followed by group vote)
Mini-test on Friday (World of Jesus)
Something to ponder
If Jesus were born today
Radical teachings of Jesus synthesis
Jesus on the hypocrites
Work on “rants”

3. Radical teachings of Jesus synthesis
Read the teachings of Jesus’ time versus his teachings
In the far columns, write how Jesus’ radical teachings translate to today
“If Jesus walked the world today, he’d probably
be a hillbilly…” – Alan Jackson

4. Jesus on hypocrites

5. Recap

6. The Beatitudes
In your group, you will be given a “Wordle” created from the Beatitudes
Based on what you see and/or what you recall of the Beatitudes, create at least four statements using the words in front of you

7. Work on rants
Once you have written your two paragraphs, connect your rant to a teaching of Jesus
For example, you may connect your rant on bullying to the Beatitudes