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We Want to Believe, to Put Our Trust in Something….or Someone.
Yesterday, March 9, 2011, I posted about “Ash Wednesday” and the sacred season of Lent, in hopes, thinking and believing reader, that whether you consider yourself a Christian, of another faith tradition, or believe yourself to be “not a religious … Continue reading →
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