Collective imagination: The church can build what it first imagines
You might remember the 1980s baseball movie, “Field of Dreams.” In the movie, Kevin Costner’s character has a wild dream to build..
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Marked
Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return. WE ARE MARKED, EACH ONE OF US, with the sign of the..