Re: "I prefer to believe that grace builds on nature, and that the gift of the Spirit doesn't erase the many differences between us at every level."

So true, Monica. Yet wouldn't it be good if we could use those differences, those different points of view as places for learning from each other?  

Polarized positions are so "in" these days...and each side knows it has the superior position.  Perhaps we desperately NEED respectful diversity, today more than ever, so that we might see God, world, and each other from all different points...even so that we might see our own fear of being different.
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