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    Divisions form in the rift of unresolved pain

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    It was interesting to hear my wife’s response to my reflection yesterday. She said “it sounds like you aren’t going to do anything when anyone does something wrong”. I can see how she would have picked that up from what I wrote, but that was not what I was intending to communicate. We were watching a movie last night and the soundtrack featured a song by the band Sparklehorse called “Revenge”. The song captures the dilemma of dealing with injustice. One lyric particularly stood out: “somehow forgiveness lets evil make the laws”. I can really identify with this lyric. Somehow “the Jesus way” can feel a bit like the way…

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