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Contemplating Racial Reconciliation

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Dear God of Love and Justice, 1 Peter 5:3 calls leaders not to lord power over others but to lead by example — and Martin Luther knew that true leadership begins on our knees. At the baptismal font, you declared...

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1 Peter 5:3

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