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Lenny's message is "Dear Revolutionary: it’s time to prepare for a world beyond the church."

This may be right or maybe it’s time to prepare for a world beyond

... a church that is beyond Christendom

... a church that is beyond religion

... a church that is beyond being centered in personal salvation into living a life of love in action.

I am seeing the failure Lenny points out in this excerpt and I also admit to my complicity in that failure. However I imagine "A Field Guide for the World Beyond the Church" will be valuable in the reparations efforts I have been involved in since reading Lenny's insights years ago.

This struggle has made me clear-eyed to the inherited catastrophes, the uphill road that lies ahead, and the improbability of victory. And, who knows, this may lead to future where I support defunding or escrowing of funds for a time, or stepping away from the institutional hierarchy to compel action but I find I will not be alone in that journey and I am finding faith in and with my fellow travellers.

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After reading this tidbit, I find I still have trouble with your disjointed style of writing, and I still cringe at your patriarchal dominance attitude. However, and most importantly your message is spot on! The institutional church of Jesus Christ is over! And the people's church with the Divine Spirit of Christ is bursting into this world.

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Thank you for reiterating what I have been saying to my peers since 1973. I am sure it's been shouted since 1770 and 1863 and most definitely since the 1950s. Yet, their money, privilege and sense of power has continuously trapped them into believing their BS. Since we are still seen as three-fifth humans, ain't nobody listening seriously to us. And if they are, they're checking us with 'what abouts', 'not mes', false character assassinations or plain old lies. I commend you for continuing the fight. You are the great steward of the universe. I know that you are talking about things beyond money, materialism and worldliness, but they don't seem to get it. πŸ™πŸ½βœŒπŸ½βœŠπŸ½β€οΈ, my brother.

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