a beautiful thing
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the way of Jesus
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Play Ball!
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congregational discernment process
– We learn to hear God’s voice together.
– We maintain our unity in Christ.
– We are passionate in loving God and others.
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Our American Baptist regional policies
– We cannot perform same sex weddings.
– We cannot knowingly promote a candidate for ordination who is living an openly gay lifestyle.
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wily adversary willful betrayer
the heat is on
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“she did what she could”
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kalon – a beautiful thing