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Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life Quotes: every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.
         

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.


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