# Taylor Mertins — RSS Amplifier

Everything Taylor Mertins publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory.

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## [Forgiveness Is All There Is](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/forgiveness-is-all-there-is-6c8)

_2026-08-25 · Taylor’s Substack_

A Tribute To (Saint) Dolly Parton

## [Remember Who You Are](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/remember-who-you-are)

_2026-08-24 · Taylor’s Substack_

God is whoever created you, having first created creation for you.

## [We Are The Stories We Tell](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/we-are-the-stories-we-tell-926)

_2026-08-18 · Taylor’s Substack_

Or: God Is In The Business Of Deliverance

## [The First Task Of The Church](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/the-first-task-of-the-church)

_2026-08-17 · Taylor’s Substack_

"The church should look like an outdoor wedding reception that refuses to stop on account of rain." - Robert Farrar Capon

## [10 Reasons To Join A Church](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/10-reasons-to-join-a-church)

_2026-08-13 · Taylor’s Substack_

Without the church the world will never know there is an alternative to the world.

## [Silence!](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/silence)

_2026-08-09 · Taylor’s Substack_

Or: God Is Really Weird

## [The Strange Familiar](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/the-strange-familiar-695)

_2026-08-06 · Taylor’s Substack_

“A theological sentence that does its proper work does so just to the extent it makes the familiar strange.” - Stanley Hauerwas

## [Hear!](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/hear)

_2026-08-03 · Taylor’s Substack_

The more you’ve been looking for… it’s right here.

## [10 Things I Missed About The Church](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/10-things-i-missed-about-the-church)

_2026-07-29 · Taylor’s Substack_

Reflections On Renewal Leave

## [Renewal](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/renewal)

_2026-06-07 · Taylor’s Substack_

Moving at the pace of grace.

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_2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Resting On Grace](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/resting-on-grace)

_2026-06-07 · Taylor’s Substack_

Faith doesn't do anything; it simply enables us to relate ourselves to someone else who has already done whatever needs doing. - Robert Farrar Capon

## [Jesus Won't Save You](https://taylormertins.substack.com/p/jesus-wont-save-you)

_2026-06-03 · Taylor’s Substack_

Andy Squyres and Apophatic Theology