Barefoot and vulnerable (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Being a part of a community requires allowing others to care for us, even the parts we hope to keep hidden.
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The months following my separation and subsequent divorce several years ago felt like an impossible exercise in reinvention. From everyday tasks to emotional feats, I had to relearn how to do many things for myself that I had grown used to relying on someone else for. And at the time, I only knew two people in the town we had moved to together.
