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Joanna Penn Cooper's avatar

Love this piece, Rebecca. It feels so human. So Rebecca! :)

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Joanna, "so human" being adjacent to "so Rebecca" made me feel all kinds of happy and affirmed. Thank you.

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Jenn's avatar

Oh my goodness this is beautiful.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Oh Jenn, thank you.

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Kellie Brown's avatar

It's beautiful, Rebecca, how you bring together disparate objects and experiences and show us how they are connected, and that by your showing us how they complement each other, we find new meaning in them.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Kellie, thank you 🥰

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Rebecca Moon Ruark's avatar

I really love this. Jesus on the car floor with the candy wrappers and dog hair (or, that's what He would find on my car floor). I feel this kind of laughter. We need it. Thanks!

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

We do need it, don't we?! Laughter that's expansive and doesn't take the wrong things seriously. I wrote a poem during Lent about how I need more images of Jesus laughing.

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Rebecca Moon Ruark's avatar

Oh, yes, absolutely! I'd love to read that poem. Laughter and fun doesn't signal disrespect, and conversely (is it the converse--I don't know this heat has melted my brain!) uber-seriousness doesn't necessarily mean respect or reverence.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Agree, very much agree!

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Megan Willome's avatar

"stopped hiding my desire." -- This is the moment everything changed for me. I love knowing it was your moment too.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Megan, I love that we have this in common.

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Janna Y. Barber's avatar

#2 was my favorite paragraph. It made me tear up.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Oh Janna, thank you for telling me that.

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