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Is it possible to be Galatians’d out? We didn’t think so either—but we admit we needed a break this week. But don’t worry though, this talk is still all about Paul and Jesus. What brings up this pause in our Galatians series is that Jay had some other topics on his mind, and those topics are grace, and nuance. Are we losing our understanding and nuance when it comes to communication? All of us have difference experiences and stories from each other, we have different understandings and different paths we all walk—that is why we need to always remember that nothing is cut-and-dry. Things are complicated and we all come from different walks of life, different upbringings, different journeys. This is why we need grace with each other, and ourselves. We have to remember to think of things in grey terms, not just simple black and white thinking. Binary thinking. Boiling everything down into just black and white is something we did as children, now that we’re grown ups shouldn’t we put that type of thinking away? We have to remember to be patient with others and patient with ourselves. We preach grace not only because we believe in it, but because we’re not always the best at it. So this talk is just as much for us as it is for you. We’re all in this together.


This talk was given on April 28, 2024 from Seattle, Washington.


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