Tag: community
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The Disney/Pixar animated film Inside Out would have you believe you own your emotions. After all, they exist inside your head and respond to your situations. So, that means they’re yours, right? Technically, yes, but only if you fight for them. From the moment we are born, there is a litany of external forces attempting…
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I grew up in the 1960s in small, rural towns and communities. What allowed those communities to exist was a set of social norms, largely unspoken, that everyone was expected to follow. If you made a promise, you kept it. If you made a mistake, you admitted it. If someone called for help, everyone else…
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Belonging and community are topics you’ll see me writing about often because those factors matter more than ever for people who have been marginalized and traumatized. Chances are, if you’re here, you’ve been challenged by others because of your lifestyle choices and sexual identity. Yet, we all look for a level of spiritual belonging somewhere.…
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Fellowship is a goal of almost any type of community or social organization. Certainly, it is a large part of what drives us here at the Church of Steelle. Fellowship is fundamental to our existence. Rarely does life turn out exactly the way we plan, though. I suppose, every great once in a while, a…
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Resurrecting the Church of Steelle was something I never thought we’d do. When we shuttered the previous site in 2005, everything we had built went with it, including most of the relationships, the membership rolls, and all the data. We kept nothing. We had no intention of looking back; moving forward was the priority and…
