Whether we know it or not or
admit it or not as fact,
Churches are places of healing
run by broken people
no better and no worse
than the rest of us individually
We pray you will
listen
but we know there
is distance
space between us
which we cannot
change
pain you feel
which we regret.
If you used to
come
to this church,
this sanctuary
if you once felt
belonging,
part of this
family;
but you left
because
of something
someone said
or didn’t say or
something someone
did
or didn’t do,
We apologize and
we ask you for
forgiveness.
We pray you will
hear us
a genuine apology
for
the crack, the
break, in the circle
for the missing
pieces
we can’t change
the past
but we want you
with us.
Please come back;
we need you, with
us
we didn’t mean to
hurt you.
Our life together
will be
richer with you
here with us,
healed of our
brokenness, schism.
We love you and
we are sorry
if we hurt you in
any way
with our words or
our actions
or when we failed
to act or speak.
We are all too human;
we make mistakes.
Whether we know it or not or
admit it or not as fact,
Churches are places of healing
run by broken people
no better and no worse
than the rest of us individually
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edited
October 8, 2014
edited
June 3, 2014
The
Church’s Plea – v3
edited
May 30, 2014
The
Church’s Plea – v2
May
2, 2014
The
Church’s Plea
2
Corinthians 4:1-16
2
Corinthians 4:15
“Jesus
All the Time!”
devotion
by Phil
Robertson
for
April 30, 2014
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April 30, 2014
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