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Trigger Point

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 ~ David Mercer ~ 2 Comments

My WHOLE LIFE, people have criticized me for not doing it well enough, for not saying it perfectly, for not having tried hard enough.

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Conflict with Daddy

July 11, 2022August 3, 2022 ~ David Mercer ~ 9 Comments

He often said... that I was much weaker than him.  I wasn’t strong enough to work as hard as he did. I couldn’t stand up to pressure like he could. And I believed it.

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Essential Work (101st Post)

April 6, 2020April 7, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 1 Comment

I’m scared like everyone else right now. I have one of those essential jobs where I come out of isolation to sell groceries to people, some of whom could be contagious. The anxiety hangs on me like an extra weight that I carry wherever I go. Sometimes it gets me down but it’s my job … Continue reading Essential Work (101st Post)

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Will God Answer for His Actions?

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 8 Comments

Over my time as a minister, people whispered these questions to me, often ashamed to put them into words. I’m articulating them in hopes of engaging their thinking.

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First Look at the Ocean

December 31, 2016June 8, 2017 ~ David Mercer ~ Leave a comment

  I finally got to show them the ocean.  Photo by David Mercer, 2016 I promised a long time ago I would show it to them.  The older one was in first grade. The younger one hadn’t started preschool yet. I had wanted them to stand next to this mysterious organism to feel its rhythms … Continue reading First Look at the Ocean

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