Merianna Harrelson

I am the Pastor of Garden of Grace United Church of Christ in Columbia, SC and the Director of Consulting at Harrelson.Co. I am always looking for a good cup of coffee and a great book.

Let the walls come down

I Corthinians 9:22: “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some,” has long been my personal mantra. Although I do believe that it caught my attention from an outside influence, I can’t even pretend to blame the flawed theology that I personalized on anyone but myself. I …

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Einstein and the Theory of Relativity

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM] “Whose interpretation is correct?” “Einstein tells us that they are both correct within their own frame of reference.” In arguing whatever end of the world situation I had encountered at Middle School in the car with my dad on the way home, I would almost always end up in tears and almost always end …

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Impressions

Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon is the perfect piece to describe where I am. Impress with your dress and don’t mess up. Impress with how put together you are and give the impression of the perfect Christian. Impress on others how much they have to work on and work up to. Don’t let people look too closely …

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Be what you is

My Memaw always said, “Be what you is and not what you ain’t. Cause if you is what you ain’t, you ain’t what you is.” My Mimi used to say, “Remember who you are.” You would think I would have caught on by now, but it’s just beginning to come into focus. It had a …

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