| Topic: |
Religions > Bible |
| User: |
"Ninure Saunders" |
| Date: |
04 Nov 2004 07:39:59 AM |
| Object: |
(~) Subject: Admitting It |
(~) Subject: Admitting It
Community requires the confession of brokenness. But how remarkable it is
that in our culture brokenness must be confessed. We think of confession
as an act that should be carried out in secret, in the darkness of the
confessional, with the guarantee of professional priestly or psychiatric
confidentiality. Yet the reality is that every human being is broken and
vulnerable. How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide
our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to
expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires
the ability to be affected by the wounds of others. But even more
important is the LOVE that arises among us when we share, both ways, our
woundedness.
Source: "The Different Drum" by M. Scott Peck.
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
The Lord is my Shepherd and He knows I'm Gay
http://Ninure-Saunders.tk
Take my polls
http://ninure.100megsfree5.com
My Yahoo Group
http://Ninure.tk
My Online Diary
http://www.ninure.deardiary.net
-
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
http://www.MCCchurch.org
The Bible Site - help provide free scripture
http://www.thebiblesite.org
To send e-mail, remove nohate from address
.
|
|
|
Related Articles |
|
|
