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Saying Yes

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James Crews
Oct 03, 2025
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Saying Yes

See how one yes can build on itself,

can yield to another yes and another until

it becomes a way of being in the world,

and you decide to name this day The Church

of a Thousand Yeses, where you worship

and pray to the space of every open door.

Yes to the glint of river beyond your window

and the stream of grief running through you

just beneath the con…

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