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 I’m opening this book because it is the recommended reading for my next PALS (Post Seminary Applied Learning and Support) meeting.  The book is actually by a guy that I know, which is always an interesting phenomenon that not many people can claim about the books that they read (at least I can’t).  I don’t know Karl real well, but we’ve talked, and I’ve heard some of what he has to say in this book before.

The book itself is about a topic that is somewhat controversial within my own soul.  It’s about Jesus’ statement about the second great commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  

I don’t have a problem with understanding “Love Your Neighbor”, that seems pretty clear cut to me.  The thing that I wrestle with is loving my neighbor “as myself”.  In order to understand that, I have to understand how I love myself - and that’s a weird conversation to get into. I either feel guilty of hedonism, loving myself too much - or guilty of self-abasement, loving myself too little.  

I’m looking forward to seeing what Karl has to say about all of this.

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