It's the second Sunday of Advent, and we're lighting the candle of Peace. Peace is not polite.
It’s prophetic.
And it starts with us.
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There’s a reason so many of us flinch a little at the word “king.”
It carries baggage—of conquest and control, of thrones built on backs instead of justice, of power used not to serve but to dominate.
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They say you can’t fight for peace, that peace must come quietly, gently, without the clash of conviction. But anyone who has ever tried to love a wounded world knows better. #BeUMC #HepingZhanshi
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#BreakTheBinary
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What We Do Next: A pastor's response to TN SB227/HB11 and HB/0032
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Right Response Ministries thinks "apostate" churches should be seized. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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They said, "You can't withstand the storm."
But maybe the call isn't to survive it.
Maybe it's to become it.
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Full reflection at revsheseesfar.substack.com. #beumc #holyresistance #HepingZhanshi
Love your neighbor ...
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