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July 24, 2020 Jason Butler

Memories of our Future

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Implications of the Resurrection: Hell is Closed

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Holy Week was a Political Action for the Common Good

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Jason is the Senior Pastor of Open Table United Methodist Church in Raleigh, NC – a progressive, inclusive, and diverse congregation. www.opentableumc.org.

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Hey friends. Alya and I wanted to share some news with y’all. We’d appreciate your prayers and loving thoughts. Earlier this year Alya and I made the decision to split up. The last three years have been so hard on our family. We tried and tried but realized that there was such deep pain that we both needed a change. On July 1st we separated. For the first time in almost 20 years, we are not living together. Yes, this has been a hard season for us and our kids and is so strange for us all. You live every day with one person and now, you are not. Through it all, our kids are doing ok. They have a sadness of course but we are doing our best to support and care for them in this season. While things have been hard, there is now a season akin to a deep breathe. We have been grieving this for a while and now a new dawn of sorts. Yes, there was a lot of fighting and difficulty but once we came to this decision earlier this year it seemed that we both stepped back and found something new for one another. So often when couples get to this point they take the animosity and pain that brought them here with them, but we have been able to let go of that and embrace a new sort of love. Today, we recognize the beauty of our marriage. We have 3 amazing children together, have shared adventures, drank lots of celery juice, and shared so much laughter. Three years ago the death of my mom wrecked me in a way that I still can’t articulate. It changed me. I’m so different than I was three yeas ago. This change is a big reason why we are here - but family circumstances also ground at us. Things change. Relationships change. But how do we respond? In our case, we are choosing to respond with love. Thankfully, even though we have come to this place we both are dedicated to navigating this separation with love and care and compassion for one another. We are committed to still being family. Alya and I will always be family. There is no animosity here between us. Being human is so hard and we all need to love and support one another as much as we possibly can. Thanks friends.

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