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Why be Christian?

I was invited to the rectory of Mary Queen of Peace parish this evening to offer a talk to a group of young adults about the topic “why be Christian?” I’m going to post a summary on Adventus.org, and when I’m done I’ll put up an update.

UPDATE: Done!

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