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Is Jesus At Church?
Yesterday the church I attend was broken into. I started asking the typical safety and security questions, “Was anyone hurt?” (No.) “How did they get in?” (In military terms – ‘a soft perimeter.’) That led to the more important questions, “Who was it? What did they want?” The short answers were, “A meth addict. Money, food.” Those are the short answers. The longer answers require greater introspection. Allow me to share our journey. Seventeen years ago, our oldest child suffered sexual trauma at thirteen years old. The perpetrators were not caught as they were never accused. College men who never spent a day in jail. Our daughter was left broken.…


