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Tag Archives: the Church
Take What You Like and Leave the Rest
I was sharing some problems I see in the American Church with a group of people. Several people agreed. One definitely did not. He said “Why be so negative? Just take what you like and leave the rest.” I’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Recovery Programs, the Church, the Way of Jesus, white supremacy
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Remnant
My mother carefully saved remnants from a lifetime of sewing in a closet in her sewing room. There lived a brimming-over bounty of ribbed burgundy corduroy, pajama-smooth flannel, perky cottons, formal wools and tweeds. Many of these cherished fragments came … Continue reading
Spiritual Direction
Words tumble unbidden as I share this gray Novembery sliver of sadness rooted in my absence from the Church. He knows me so well; kind eyes gaze kindly into my pain. “You are a prophet,” he says with rare firmness. “Prophets can’t live … Continue reading
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Tagged prophets, spiritual direction, the Church
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