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\u201cIf we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2015 Mother Teresa<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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You know that feeling that everyone is hanging out except for you?\u00a0 Confession time, Sistas.\u00a0 I think everyone is having gourmet dinners over mason jar candles with \u201cAll Saints and Daughters\u201d playing in the background, except for me.\u00a0 Somehow my text invite got lost in the cloud.\u00a0 Shalom in community is acknowledging some of these fears and insecurities with one another and then working through the hard together.\u00a0 There\u2019s this great saying in the Bible that says, we have been reconciled to God through Jesus so that we can be reconciled to each other.\u00a0 Shalom in community is the ongoing practice of reconciling to one another. These are my favorite posts so far on belonging:<\/p>\n
\u2018And So\u2026I Joined A Bible Study That Scares Me\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cThird Way Thrival: A Reflection on \u2018The Zimzum of Love: A New Way of Understanding Marriage\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cHow Not to Freak Out When You Have Guests Coming Over\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cShalom in the Waiting: When Your Child Is Not Ready to Follow Jesus\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cSistas Squad Up: The Four Friends I Needed What My Son Was Called the N-Word\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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