As the Church, the Body of Christ, we need to lead the way in the
\nhealing that must begin after such a long and contentious political
\nseason. How can we do this? We can first recognize that as the Church
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Over at Presbymergent, Leon Bloder has posted an open letter to his congregation, First Presbyterian of Eustis, Florida.\u00a0 In it, he urges calm among congregants who are either ecstatic or in despair over BO\u2019s election victory.\u00a0 Money quote: As the Church, the Body of Christ, we need to lead the way in the healing that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-emergent-church","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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