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The Healing of Humility

"Pounds like thunder within my breast All the anger, all my humanness. And, though I call you Lord, I must confess I''m a stranger to your holiness A stranger to your holiness" --Steve Camp in Stranger to Holiness (1985) "*Reads news* *Looks in mirror* I will not despair.  I will defiantly identify in myself that  Which I hate in others and I will be kind" --Nadia Bolz-Weber @sacrcasticluther 7/16/16 “God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth. God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied. God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:5-7, 9 NLT We live in unprecedented times.  The degree of violence, mistrust, deception, and division within our communities seems like it has been building and building and there is a sense of an impending explosion.  We have seen tragedy upon tragedy