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Month: January 2019

Our Need for Radical Humility

January 22, 2019

Originally posted on The Modern Monastic Order Of Saint Simon of Cyrene:
I had the privilege to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Service at Mount Nebo Baptist Church on Sunday, January 20th at 7 pm.  The event was sponsored by the West Point Ministers Association.  For some reason or another, I was…

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