Going into the world with gifts to give and gifts to receive

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As I've gotten older,

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I've come to see that there is
a colonial way of seeing things,

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an imperial way of seeing things

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and there's a non imperial way
or maybe we call it a post imperial way.

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The imperial way says we're
right and you're wrong

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and you either change
your mind and join us

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or we will conquer you.

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So this imperial way,
of holding our religion

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always sends us toward
the other in conflict.

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But there's another way.
We could call it a post imperial way.

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And this way says, look, our assumption
is that God loves everyone.

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The spirit of God is ubiquitous,

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omnipresent, at work everywhere.

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And so when I go into
the world instead of going in

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sort of checking you out
to see if you're right

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and that way you'll agree with
me and join me, join my empire.

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Or wrong, and that way I'll
either convert you or conquer you.

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No. This way says I assume
Gods at work in the world.

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I'm sure God is showing
you some things.

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The Spirit of God has
helped you see some things

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and the Spirit of God has
helped me see some things.

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I'm going into the world
with treasures to share

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and gifts to receive.

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That way, it seems to me
is both a sensible way

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because I think it lets us
look into the future with peace

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rather than conflict and
war and ongoing colonialism,

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imperialism and so on.

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But I also think it just,
it rings true with a heart.