This is great, and so are you my friend! I am so thankful for your words and your heart. They speak the truth with a Christ-like-ness that resonates deeply.
Thank you so much for this, Corey. I’m still processing how much I needed this word at this moment— I’d just woken up from a nap where my dreams were full of anxiety and despair, guilt and grief. In the dream, my mom (who passed away almost 2 years ago and was my best friend and buffer against all the scary religious guilt I carry) told me I didn’t have to feel that way (so scared and guilty and fearful of damnation). She said I’m going to show you something (or tell you something or give you something— I can’t remember exactly. Dream haze.) but I woke up without seeing it.
I don’t know how anything works (cosmically, etc) but it doesn’t feel accidental that right when I woke up I went to my email and clicked on this essay. I thank God and my mom and you Corey for all the grace you’ve spoken (written and sang) into my life throughout the years! You’re such a blessing and a true pastor friend from afar.
I love this and needed to read it today.
This is great, and so are you my friend! I am so thankful for your words and your heart. They speak the truth with a Christ-like-ness that resonates deeply.
Thank you so much for this, Corey. I’m still processing how much I needed this word at this moment— I’d just woken up from a nap where my dreams were full of anxiety and despair, guilt and grief. In the dream, my mom (who passed away almost 2 years ago and was my best friend and buffer against all the scary religious guilt I carry) told me I didn’t have to feel that way (so scared and guilty and fearful of damnation). She said I’m going to show you something (or tell you something or give you something— I can’t remember exactly. Dream haze.) but I woke up without seeing it.
I don’t know how anything works (cosmically, etc) but it doesn’t feel accidental that right when I woke up I went to my email and clicked on this essay. I thank God and my mom and you Corey for all the grace you’ve spoken (written and sang) into my life throughout the years! You’re such a blessing and a true pastor friend from afar.