Category: Welcome/Inclusion
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We Are Family
We Are Family: Accepting this doesn’t mean we become “color-blind. Of course we see differences! But diversity is not allowed to become a barrier. Rather, diversity is affirmed, appreciated, and brought into the manifold family of God.
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Willing to Be Uncomfortable
“How uncomfortable are you willing to become to welcome someone else into your community?” That question was put to me years ago by a wise and wizened preacher, forcing me to think about the boundaries I had set for my own congregation. “Besides,” he said, “it’s not about you. It’s about welcoming those who Christ […]
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
As my friend Betty Ann unpacked her young family in my Deep South hometown, it didn’t take long for the neighbors to arrive with a strangulating dose of hospitality. Their silver hairdos teased to perfection, and smelling of powder and lilac, they arrived on Betty Ann’s front porch with peach cobbler and smiling faces. Of […]