Jill Woodliff: In the Birth Canal

We are giving birth, and it hurts. Our cushioned environment has given way to turbulence. Language is the primary currency of institutional and interpersonal trust. Words carry meaning. We came to the realization that not only our common language of worship, but also the words of Jesus have radically different meanings within our church, and we lost our common currency. The assumption that we were speaking the same language drained away, and with it much of our trust.

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