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The Embrace at Reims Cathedral

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On July 8, 1962, two old men stood side by side in the great cathedral at Reims, France — the very city that German shells...

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Psalm 85

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When Psalm 85 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.

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