Comments on: We Wear the Mask http://perilousrealm.net/2008/10/08/we-wear-the-mask/ Looking for Rivendell in Rochester, NY Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:17:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Poem of the Week: 11/16/08-11/22/08 » The Ethereal Voice http://perilousrealm.net/2008/10/08/we-wear-the-mask/comment-page-1/#comment-27204 Poem of the Week: 11/16/08-11/22/08 » The Ethereal Voice Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:23:13 +0000 http://www.restlessreformer.com/?p=702#comment-27204 [...] This week’s poem of the week is We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar [...] [...] This week’s poem of the week is We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar [...]

]]> By: lonelypilgrim http://perilousrealm.net/2008/10/08/we-wear-the-mask/comment-page-1/#comment-25049 lonelypilgrim Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:53:37 +0000 http://www.restlessreformer.com/?p=702#comment-25049 Country comedian Ray Stevens sang a song a few years ago which said in it "We get all dressed up to sing Just As I Am." It certainly seems that one thing that is forbidden in many churches is struggle. We want to be the finished product, and want others to be the finished product, without the process. So, we end up wearing the mask. Country comedian Ray Stevens sang a song a few years ago which said in it “We get all dressed up to sing Just As I Am.”

It certainly seems that one thing that is forbidden in many churches is struggle. We want to be the finished product, and want others to be the finished product, without the process. So, we end up wearing the mask.

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