On Church Garbage ~ Brad

On Apr 24, 2015, at 11:38am, juliecairns@rogers.com wrote:
OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Please, please let me use this as your story!?!?!?!?

On Apr 24, 2015, at 11:18am, brad@nexuschurch.ca wrote:
Yeah, I get that, I do and I know you will honour them well, that is not what 
I am concerned about. Of course it takes time, but sharing anonymous means there is still fear of being exposed, which in turn means people are still afraid this community might hurt them, betray their trust. I get that trusting a community like Nexus takes time, I do, I know, but it makes me desperate to communicate - YOU ARE SAFE HERE. 
With everything in me I won't let Nexus become that kind of church. But I know it is not in my power to decide what Nexus is and is not to people. Just frustrates me. I feel like my job at Nexus is cleaning up the mess other churches have made – and there are many days when I am just tired of being the one picking up the trash – and I am scared 
of the garbage I am going to leave behind for someone else to pick up.   Brad

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:07am, juliecairns@rogers.com wrote:
We don’t. They’ve been given the choice. A few steps at a time. I asked when it was sent and s/he said you could. It was written by [removed to protect anonymity] Just because they aren’t being read, does not mean they won’t be valued and appreciated and honoured equally, just in a different way.

On Apr 24, 2015, at 10:50am, brad@nexuschurch.ca wrote:
Geeze, how do we move some of these from anonymous to named?

On, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:43am, brad@nexuschurch.ca wrote:
Oh man. This is killer. Damn, I really wish these could be read out loud. They deserve air time.   Brad

On Apr 24, 2015 at 10:39am, brad@nexuschurch.ca wrote:
WHOA, only part way through and I came across the story of the person who has communion with their sister every time they visit their childhood church. Wow, that packed a punch. Who submitted that?  I know it is anonymous but it is killing me. Can you ask them if I can know? That really hit me in the gut… Brad

On Apr 24, 2015 at 10:07am, juliecairns@rogers.com wrote:
Hey Brad - You have seen a couple of these, but there are a bunch of stories here you haven’t read. Julie