The Rabbit Room

Wow, and amen, and thank you, and wow that art! 

Beautiful. Thank you.

@caleb-fetterhoff That’s a big question. I have done a little bit of everything over the years, from arguing passionately to completely avoiding conflict in all the worst, most cowardly ways. But I am beginning to understand the degree to which people operate out of fear and pain. Dealing with our pain, wrestling with God, feeling our horribly uncomfortable feelings, and receiving Love and Healing are not easy things to do. But I think they may be prerequisites for moving beyond presuppositions and prejudices and learning to listen. “There is no fear in love, and perfect love casts out fear.” When I look at Christendom (and I’m speaking VERY broadly here), I see an awful lot of terrified, hurting people who have no room to hold anyone else’s suffering or anyone else’s perspective. I see a body of people who talk a great deal about the radical, redemptive love of God, but who don’t seem to have experienced it. I cannot bring about that transformation for anyone. I can only be transformed and be honest about my journey. I can be counter-cultural within Christian culture by imagining all the ways God is at work in the messes humans make. I can release my white-knuckle grip and allow God to surprise me. No argument I’ve ever made has been as powerful as allowing God to change me. 

Thank you, Ms. Sorensen!  By the power of God’s love, may we submit to his work of changing us, and may we testify to that change in the presence of others who may be fearful like us.

Thank you!  A lot of this resonated.