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Janet Peterman's avatar

and the soul felt it's worth... thank you. I won't hear or sing that phrase quite the same again.

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Yvonne's avatar

Well, crap. I feel like this most disconnected Advent season, when I've not been to a physical church or even tuned into a streaming service in months or even read The Corners recently, I'm being called out every time I turn around. You and Kate Bowler are doing a number on me and, though I'm not exactly sure how to move forward in the here, the now, my soul feels its worth. Thanks for the push.

My most recent hymn to strike the proverbial cord is part of the last verse of the version of "Lift up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates" found in The Lutheran Hymnal (CPH 1941), which is markedly different from the version with which I grew up and connects with this idea of grace, imparted.

"Redeemer come, I open wide

My heart to Thee, here, LORD, abide!

Let me Thine inner presence feel,

Thy grace and love in me reveal..."

Also, I've been too chicken to get any tattoos yet, but the ache is real.

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