Why We Need to Tear our Hearts Instead of Our Clothes
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Why We Need to Tear our Hearts Instead of Our Clothes

What to tear In Bible times, people showed anger, sorrow, grief, despair, or torment by “rending” their clothing. To “rend” is to tear something into two or more pieces. While this can be construed as just a ritual, for many people it was a sign of showing sincere remorse, grief, or regret. Anyone can tear…

Serenity – Doing or Not – and Knowing the Difference

Serenity – Doing or Not – and Knowing the Difference

Serenity in being and doing. Serenity. In my Anabaptist heritage, there is a lot of doing that is a result of being. I grew up watching being and doing take place, and I witnessed serenity. Sometimes the being gets lost by the doing, but the quality of becoming who we should be is there, shimmering under the surface. When there’s…