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I wanted to share a couple quotes with you that have been on my heart this week. They really stuck with me from the recent breakout session that my friend and I led at our Women's Ministries Retreat. It was titled "Loving Well in a Broken World" and it was a beautiful conversation about grace and acceptance. So many people are searching for balance and instruction on how to treat others when their opinions or actions do not line up with our own beliefs, convictions and experiences. I mean, most of us agree that we're supposed to LOVE - but what does that really look like? In this breakout, we started with a deep dive into the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) and examined it from multiple perspectives: The Prodigal (who acted like a jerk, walked out on his family, lived recklessly and got his hands really dirty) The Father (who didn't stop looking out for his rebellious son, even when he had abandoned the family - and celebrated his return, despite his ...