Rude. There I was, at the front desk, struggling to keep the phone receiver to my ear. The caller? Another angry woman with more expletives in her vocabulary than the urban dictionary. I was nearing the end of the call, getting ready to tell the woman exactly what she didn’t want to hear: “No, ma’am …
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You need to be brave! I’m sure you’ve heard that line a thousand times over. Those are words that ring the strings of our heart when every bit of courage gets lost in the drain. Those are times when the word ‘brave’ becomes complex. By the time you’ve read through Exodus you will get the …
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