Category: spirituality
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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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Embracing Love Over Ego: A Path to Growth
I’m genuinely not trying to push God’s will into my life. There was a moment when I felt brave and excited about pursuing my ordination as an openly gay Elder in the United Methodist Church. However, I’m currently facing some challenges that are preventing me from starting my candidacy, even…
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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 