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Beginner's Heart
sore throats and bad attitudes ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Some days, you wonder why you keep throwing yourself into the fray. You email a friend, or he emails you, and together you whine about the total futility of it all. ‘It’ being, of course, convincing the bad guys you at least have a right to disagree. This is not that certain a given, these…
ashes to ashes… we all fall down ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Two friends who attend my church — or at least what I think of as ‘my’ church, despite not attending it w/ any degree of frequency! — lost their nephew today. Lost him in a pool of dark red blood on a white concrete driveway, the victim of a drive-by shooting. Yesterday his father sat…
Cross-eyed angry or wrathful compassion?
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I struggle with anger. At least 2-3 times daily I blow up. I should clarify that statement. I don’t become angry on my own behalf: I’m okay when people don’t like me, or think I’m too poetic, too crazy, too liberal…:) I become passionate, however (and vocal!), when faced w/ injustice. And yet it’s always…
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