{"id":2770,"date":"2012-09-07T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T11:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2012-09-07T21:25:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T21:25:54","slug":"true-love-compliments-of-louie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2012\/09\/true-love-compliments-of-louie.html","title":{"rendered":"True Love, Compliments of &#8220;Louie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who still believe in true love, and for all my single friends traversing the landmines of today&#8217;s crazy dating world, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tqhQGYwZYB4\">recent clip<\/a> from Louis CK&#8217;s new comedy television series, &#8220;Louie,&#8221; shared by fellow saint and sinner Paul Dover, touched me.<\/p>\n<p>In a moment of raw vulnerability with his platonic friend Pamela, \u00a0Louie confesses his love for her.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose the scene is also a metaphor for thinking about how God in Jesus loves us. \u00a0I can think of nothing less risky or vulnerable than a God who comes to us in our own skin, gives us the freedom to say &#8220;that&#8217;s nice but I&#8217;m not interested,&#8221; and even lets us crucify Him over and over again.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louie sick in love\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqhQGYwZYB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who still believe in true love, and for all my single friends traversing the landmines of today&#8217;s crazy dating world, this recent clip from Louis CK&#8217;s new comedy television series, &#8220;Louie,&#8221; shared by fellow saint and sinner Paul Dover, touched me. 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