https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/07/05/an-apology-and-an-epiphany/ A Global Immersion Site Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/07/05/an-apology-and-an-epiphany/#comment-301 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:20:24 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1366#comment-301 Oh Hannah, as I read this I am moved in my body, in the place right between my lungs and my heart where the Spirit often stirs in me. Your reflections on how city mice might come across to country mice (so to speak) is helpful, humbling and full of gentle wisdom. And I would not want that gentle wisdom of yours lost in the outrage we came into contact with in the world outside rural Ohio. A Sermon I heard recently looked into Jesus self-description of being “gentle and humble of heart.” I see that Spirit in you, and as the preacher noted, “gentleness is Strength restrained.” I have been dwelling on this myself as I feel fire in my belly and rage in me and am wrestling with how to bring the stories we witnessed down South to my neck of the woods-meets-city. Your reflection inspired me with your courage to face the unknown, and to discover that God meets us in the unknown with what we need, and who we are, to bring it back to our particular places.
Can’t wait to witness how YOUR gentle, humble, brave voice rings more clear and true on behalf of justice in a language that Rural Ohio can hear.

]]> https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/07/05/an-apology-and-an-epiphany/#comment-298 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 19:11:38 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1366#comment-298 Hannah, I love this! I love that your epiphany is that you don’t have to be a different person in order to be a peacemaker in your context. You already MATCH your context, and the right person to walk with them through this. Even if you don’t know all of the details yet, I love your growing confidence that you are there to do the work!

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