While listening to one of my enthusiastic brethren urge us all to be able to 'express the Gospel in a nutshell' I was assailed by the following unhelpful thought:
The Return of Joy
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One of the images used throughout Isaiah to describe Israel's exile is the
loss of vineyards. This was both a literal loss, the physical destruction
expe...
7 hours ago
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Oh I don#'t know - Mother Julian of Norwich managed it.
Francis of Assisi didn't do that bad. Unfortunately, we aren't Francis.
Of course, anything that is supposed to be infinite will have trouble coming down to the size of a nutshell. Maybe we all need to learn how to quickly compose an elevator speech tailored to the situation?
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