(Nurturing Our Faith) The Things We've Handed Down by Steve Shussett

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The Things We've Handed Down
by Steve Shussett

A colleague’s recent retirement dinner was full of humorous recollections, jibes and thanksgiving for this person’s gifts. When it was my turn, however, I had to take a deep breath. After echoing others’ gratitude, I thanked him for not allowing an early encounter, a very uncomfortable occasion, to color our subsequent relationship. What might have been years of awkwardness has instead been normal, occasionally even graceful.

Learn how God’s grace can be something we hand down to others. Read the full text in the January/February 2008 issue of Horizons.

Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the January/February 2008 issue (HZN-08-200; $4 plus shipping).

Steve Shussett is the teaching presbyter of Lehigh Presbytery, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Image by George Diebold/Gettyimages

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Learn how God’s grace can be something we hand down to others. Read the full text in the January/February 2008 issue of Horizons. Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the January/February 2008 issue (HZN-08-200; $4 plus shipping).	The Things We've Handed Down by Steve Shussett A colleague’s recent retirement dinner was full of humorous recollections, jibes and thanksgiving for this person’s gifts. When it was my turn, however, I had to take a deep breath. After echoing others’ gratitude, I thanked him for not allowing an early encounter, a very uncomfortable occasion, to color our subsequent relationship. What might have been years of awkwardness has instead been normal, occasionally even graceful. Learn how God’s grace can be something we hand down to others. Read the full text in the January/February 2008 issue of Horizons. Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the January/February 2008 issue (HZN-08-200; $4 plus shipping). Steve Shussett is the teaching presbyter of Lehigh Presbytery, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Image by George Diebold/Gettyimages Other Articles Online This Issue Two Streams Unite Witnessing to the Promise ¡Canto de Esperanza! National Korean Presbyterian Women This Far by Faith Something to Celebrate! Dispatch from Forbearance Presbyterian Church Nurturing Our Faith Working for Justice and Peace Mosaic	Current Issue JAN/FEB 2008 About This Issue Contents FREE Resource How to Use In Our Next Issue Items underlined can be seen in this Web site, all others appear in the January/February 2008 (HZN-08-200) issue of Horizons magazine. to Horizons, call (800) 524-2612 or this issue ($4 plus shipping/handling)

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