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  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

You’re Invited to an Open Online Lenten Class with Diana Butler Bass & Tripp Fuller

What does it mean to take up the Lenten journey when Jesus may come with more baggage than blessings and occasions bigger questions than confidence? De/Constructing Jesus is a pop-up lear

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Friendship

Powerful Bible Verses About Friendship By Jorie Nicole McDonald No matter if your friends are near or far, these encouraging Bible verses will help you feel connected with them in a new way. L

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NY Times

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  • Woody Allen Is Not Sorry About His Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein

NPR

  • A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
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  • Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  • For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend
  • An exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a volcanoes-Black Death link

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Snopes.com

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