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“We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.” quote by Karen Thompson Walker — Download Open image

“We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.”

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