However, I have friends that are devout whom I respect greatly. Jack is a lifelong friend trying to follow a path of love.
"what about helping at an AIDS or abortion clinic? Again, not to beat them over the head with a Bible, but to actually practice a life of Love and Grace. Of listening and befriending them. Of actually caring about them as people that have the same needs and wants and desires as ourselves. What kind of impact would that make when people are no longer afraid judgmental Christians? What kind of impact would that have on those communities and us?"

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Celtic Odyssey: Daily Gospel Reflection – 30 September 2011
Daily Gospel Reflection – 30 September 2011. Matthew 8:1-17 (CEB): Now when Jesus had come down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. A man with a skin disease came, kneeled before him, and sa…

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