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Yeeeee Haaaaaw! Debi is among us! Well, she was among us already in the physical world but cyberly speaking (new term?) it's cool that one more community member is able to post to this thing and put out there who we are. We are branches connected to the Vine - one more branch now on "the vine."
As a "church" we consider ourselves an extended "family." And like any family, we have conflict from time to time - i.e., we get on each other's flippin' nerves. That doesn't feel good, but it's normal and we are committed to dealing with it - with one another - and working through it. We open up about vulnerable things and try to keep the air clear. Some of that "air clearing" went on last night, and although it wan't the most comfortable thing, it was a very good thing. I think the Holy Spirit really "inhabits" times when we open ourselves and just lay it out there. God help us to keep being that way! We are one as a body of believers, and God is working in and through all of us toward the transformation of everyone in the community. We can't hide from this process. If we do, we won't get very far down the path.
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