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HaPpY dirty, messy, disheveled Easter Pastor.

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Nadia, your words and theology help me retire from the long time pastor's role. . . from a colleague whose inner (and sometimes shockingly outer) mantra for 35 yrs...has been "fucking bullshit"...and I still kept trying to tell the Story. Bless ya' sister.

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This is exactly the right type of (human) magic that I need to have in my spirituality, thank you.

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You are a gift because you constantly remind us of the gifts we have been given...the ones we take for granted.

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I’m so grateful for the gift of being able to believe in another’s belief when I just can’t. Or when I just don’t. Thanks for the reminder on a very good today to be reminded that I don’t ever have to do this alone. None of us do. Love to you and to all.

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Warm hugs and love from a tattooed, sometimes-often vulgar but never profane, LGBTQ-loving, just-as-broken-as-everybody feminist LDS bishop. You're an inspiration.

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And this is the Easter story that is transformational. Thank you!

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Thank you, Pastor Nadia. This, in all of the dirt, grime, and grittiness, is something truly beautiful. This is what today should really be all about.

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Thank you for once again, for making that connection to the everyday...the here and now. The messiness of the tomb really resonates with me, and being nudged to remember that I am not alone in this. I too can ask for help to make better choices, and be thankful for the opportunity each day to do so.

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Thank you, Nadia - you are a lifesaver. Hairdo of broken glass, barbed wire inside, soul on flat and sad tires: yup, that's me, today of all days - when I should be jumping up and down like a happy Easter bunny with pink ribbons around my ears. Not so.

Happy Easter and many blessings to you all.

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You're writing and insights were right on target for me. Thank you so much ;)

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Today I pray that, as we all step into the scary, shitty darkness, there will be those willing to stand at the edges and continue to sing out, "Emmanuel." ♡

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Pastor, I so needed to hear this today. Thank you.

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Thank you for breaking down resurrection in a way that I can get behind it! ✌🏼&❤️ to you and all y’all!

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But Mary is the woman with the past! 7 demons are 7 demons, and as we know, one of them is lust! How much she loved Her Jesus! As much as I love Him, because He did the same to me - let' s stop covering the truth, and admit: His love is beyond our understanding, and the truth is the truth. Mary Magdalene is His precious woman, because she is a woman with a terrible, sad, and painfull past, just like I am...Hallelujah!

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Amazing article, exactly my point of view.Love Jesus with all the love He gives me, with all the passion of His, my love- I have

none, and it is the only way to live (and love), my hero, my brave and crazy sinners' friend, my beautifull brother, lover, my Saviour, my God! Yes, He reaches into the pits, yes, He touches, embraces us in dirty rugs, He doesn' t care about smell or look, our Knight in shining armour, our gardener with dirty fingers, our blood stained beautifull hero...

My heart is filled with His love....and I am imperfectly, drasticaly, crazily, funnily, clumsily.....new! Thank you, God!!

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