"What they came together for"

Wendell Berry's fictional barber, Jayber Crow, isn't exactly a religious character, but he still had an appreciation for the church and its place in the lives of the community he loved. Here's hoping you find this appreciation for church as well:

What they came together for was to acknowledge, just by coming, their losses and failures and sorrows, their need for comfort, their faith always needing to be greater, their wish (in spite of all words and acts to the contrary) to live one another and to forgive and be forgiven, their need for one another's help and company and divine gifts, their hope (and experience) of love surpassing death, their gratitude.

From Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

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