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When Your Faith is a Punchline – Nevermind
I don’t like being laughed at, do you? It’s one of our greatest fears and dislikes, to be the object of ridicule and mockery. It puts us back on the playground, feeling shame, fearing exclusion, desperately wanting to be like everyone else, safely standing with the crowd and not exposed, surrounded by mockers. “Everybody’s laughing …[ read more ]
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This Isn’t a Moment for Mocking
Our world has become one large Colosseum. Individuals are released (or release themselves) before the masses in the stands and await judgement. Will they receive thumbs up? Be cheered on? Become heroes? Will people toss laurel wreaths at their feet and boo all who oppose them in the ring? Or will the crowd mock and …[ read more ]