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October 23, 2022–Lord Have Mercy

Steve Peterson, Saulk Rapids, MN Warm-up Question Has there been a time in your life when you longed for someone, or God, to have a little mercy on you?   Lord Have Mercy Sometimes we experience a tension in life.  We want to see ourselves in a position of superiority, thinking of ourselves as better than “other kinds of people”.  But we also feel a pull toward humility and a stance of shared humanity with all people.  Resentment may come into play.  We are tempted to dehumanize those we resent, maybe even punish them. We think ourselves justified in considering…

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