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Not long ago, in a spiritual direction session, My companion and I spoke about the relinquishing of baggage. Letting baggage go to give space to my future self. Placing that baggage at the feet of Jesus. Placing that baggage on the altar as a sacrifice of a part of myself to God. Like a good and proper Gestalt pupil, I spoke to the future, my futur…
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Your salvation is not about you. It is about God. Now maybe you're not wealthy. Maybe money is not the issue for you. I invite you to close your eyes for a secondand think. Like think about what are thethings that you lean on to make sure you know that you're okay. What are they? Probably is money for a lot of us. You can open your eyeswhen you wan…
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We all know that divorce happens. It happens to marriedpeople. It happens to siblings. It happens to friends, and neighbors, andcommunities. It even happens to countries. Divorce, or the act of separating ourselves from oneanother, is the result of human error in understanding God's intentions forhumanity. Divorce is a common response to our amnesi…
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In the business world I lived in, When someone said the left hand doesn't knowwhat the right hand is doing, that was not a good thing. That was talking about things falling apartpretty quickly. But here I believe Jesusis speaking with hyperbole, delivering a powerful message for us. To give our attention to whatever we aredoing. What our hands are …
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In his arms, he holds an infant, and he says, "Be likethis." Innocent, and dependent upon one another, unstained by theworld; and open to being formed. Be like this. Curious seekers with BIG emotions. Be creative and adaptable; imitating me. Someone you cantrust. Welcome the vulnerable into your midst, and be like them. For the leader among you is …
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Jesus says, follow me, but be prepared to be transformed.Talk about me, but if you're going to open your mouth and talk about exclusion,if you're going to cancel people, if you're going to kick them out of yourlife, out of this place, if you're going to deny your responsibility for thepeople around you, don't speak in Jesus name. If you're going to…
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Are you beset with gloom? Gloomy because someone like me refuses to accept your dehumanizingdream, crushing his nose for an answer? Oh well, still I rise. Maya audacious,defiant backtalk is a sassy refusal to accept the life restricting consequencesof the denials, discrimination, and oppression by a dominant center andpatriarchal system. Today we h…
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I need to say this, by the way, in this conversation, ifI don't say this, I will be very remiss. Anger and hatred are not the same thing. And many of you were raised, especially women, were raised to believethat anger was bad and you should not have it or keep it to yourself. We were taught that youshouldn't be angry about anything. And you might b…
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We pray that God will take ordinary things. Things like bread and wine and water and oil and use those ordinary elements to convey God's extraordinary grace and love. It matters. It matters that we recognize these gifts from God and it matters too that we acknowledge the reality of evil. I don't envision a return to three years preparation for bapt…
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