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Karen: Did your church really have Pagans in worship in your sanctuary on Sunday?
Pastor Sarah: Oh yeah. They wanted to celebrate yule but they didn't have a place of their own.
Karen: But IN the sanctuary?
Pastor Sarah: It IS designed for spiritual services.
Karen: But they made offerings to Pagan gods.
Pastor Sarah: Those gathered also created a sacred spae through gratitude, let go of things we wanted to leave behind in the New Year, planted seeds of hope, and honored our female ancestors.
Karen: Wait, you went?!
Pastor Sarah: The Neo-Druidic community invited me… and the church.
Karen: To make you Pagan…?
Pastor Sarah: No. As a gesture of hospitality and radical trust. Remember, our ancestors are responsible for forced conversions, extreme violence, and cultural genocide against Pagan believers. It took a lot for them to meet in our church, to begin with. If Neo-Druidic Pagans want a place to hold a service, of course, we'll offer our sanctuary. It’s a tiny gesture of good will and reconciliation. And, if they’re courageous enough to open their sacred rituals to Christians who want to listen and learn, members of my church will show up to do just that.
Karen: That’s actually kind of cool.
