Just as one grooms a field by ridding it of its rocks and boulders, so one grooms the interior life and identifies the events and attitudes of the past that have offended God and the people of one’s community. One names them and acknowledges responsibility for them. This is important. One does not deal in excuses or explanations. One simply accepts responsibility and asks, “What can be done to make this right?” As a child, I called this being sorry for my sins. As an adult, the language became more sophisticated. But it really wasn’t very different. The problem is that, as we get older, we
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