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I am sure of it. And if the roses in your garden sang a weird song, you would go mad. And suppose the stones in the road began to swell and grow before your eyes, and if the pebble that you noticed at night had shot out stony blossoms in the morning? Notice that Machen said that if you encountered a singing rose you would be overwhelmed with horror rather than fear. Fear is a primitive emotional response—an instinctive reaction to perceived danger that we share with other mammals. But horror is a uniquely human state of mind that depends on sophisticated cognitive capacities of a sort that only human beings possess. But marry the two components in a single thing—a singing rose—and the result is something horrifying. It is disorienting and threatening because it transgresses natural boundaries. Singing roses, talking dogs, and budding pebbles all seem, impossibly, to belong to two mutually exclusive categories at once. Dehumanization In David Livingstone Smiths Less Than Human.
Reflection by Rev. Repentance begins with the acceptance that my convictions and choices have been wrong.
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They have caused hurt to others and myself, division in my community, and disruption in my relationships. As I change my mind, I will change my behavior and make restitution for the damage my previous thinking caused. The apostle Paul knew that the act of confronting individuals with their deliberate or unintentional error brings grief. Grief is appropriate, but not all grief is the same. There is grief that leads to despair, cynicism, and blame. This worldly grief produces death.
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However, there is grief that leads to a changed mind and different choices. Godly grief leads to salvation without regret. We are inviting you to be grieved into repenting for the sake of changing Lesw mind, going in a different direction, and amending your life. As you pray through this experience, you will be invited to consider the influence of chattel slavery and systemic racism on the choices you and your church have made. The intent is to expose specific things about which you need to change your mind.
In Matthew 6Jesus spoke about the way we practice our righteousness. He called his disciples to examine the way they giveprayand fast As you start this project of repentance, would you begin with a sober assessment of your giving, praying, and fasting? To whom are you generous?]
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