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> "....THE DYING THIEF OR THE CONDEMNED PRISONER BECOMES A METAPHOR FOR THE HUMAN CONDITION DEPENDENT ON THE MERCY OF GOD FOR LIFE OR DEATH." THESE WORDS ARE PART OF OUR WESLEYAN HERITAGE AND EXPRESSED IN SOME OF OUR HYMNS. THEY REMIND ME OF THE REALTY THAT EVERY PERSON IS NAKED IN HIS/HER GUILT BEFORE GOD. FURTHERMORE THE PRISONS OF ANY COUNTRY ARE A WITNESS TO OUR FAILURE AS A SOCIETY TO FACE UP TO AND REDEEM OUR HOSTILE AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OF PERSONS BOTH IN AND OUT OF PRISON. THEREFORE, WE MUST BE BORN AGAIN INTO THE HEART OF PEACE, LOVE, GOODNESS.....AND IT IS A LIFE-LONG PILGRIMAGE.
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