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Come, if you are willing.

Come into this place, but be prepared to find yourself sitting next to your worst enemy.

Come into this place, but be prepared to find yourself offering prayer with someone whose values and way of life revolt you.

Come into this place, but be prepared to find yourself.

Be prepared to find in yourself dark places, dark thoughts, that you would prefer to remain unacknowledged.

Be prepared to live in a world that can never match your memories of what it used to be, or dreams of what it might be.

Be prepared to know you are loved, but be prepared also for the outrageous news that every other human being is loved no more and no less, no matter what you or they do.

Come, if you will, but be prepared for an uncertainty that will not quickly be resolved, for a discomfort that will not easily be salved, for a hunger that will not willingly be satisfied.

Come, if you are willing.