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Wess Daniels: Lady Wisdom as Mid-Wife: During one of our periods of open worship God reminded me of the role of a mid-wife. We all know what a mid-wife does and that maybe this is the language, and the image, that we in the church need to start considering. Because here we are in the middle of troubling times. I think we have a lot of rubble that is being created all around us, more rubble continues to form. We are in the middle of huge changes and transitions. Things really are changing. I don’t think in 10 years the church is going to exist in the way it does now if we don’t start to really consider some of this...

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