Category: Church
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Misconceptions about God and Christian Identity
The other day, I was chatting with a friend when he learned I was about to head to church. He joked, “Go to church so you can go back to being Holly, because the rest of the week you’re not.” It was all good fun. What my friend said made…
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The indescribable Power of Community
Since my divorce and leaving the United Methodist Church, while starting this new chapter in life–embracing myself as a gay man. I’ve often wished I could spend more time with my family, to drop by my sister’s house in my hometown to enjoy one of her delicious meals. I also…
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A Small Note to My Pastors
My brothers and sisters While worshiping today, my heart was in pain after all that is happening with the undocumented families in our midst. I was not able to raise my hands today because the pain was crushing my soul and spirit. Please keep these families in your prayers, because it…
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The Cleansing Power of Water in Spiritual Renewal (Part II)
The second step in the way of shatterness is water. Everything starts as dust, but it does not end there. Dust by itself stays that way. To make it worthwhile, we need to mix it. In construction, water brings all the ingredients together to form concrete, which is then used…
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Overcoming Shatterness: Faith Lessons to Find God
Lecciones de fe al encontrar a Dios en momentos de quebrantamiento (Parte 1) Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to love me. The question is not “How am I to find God?”…
The Broken Writer 