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Rachel Held Evans Rachel Held Evans was an American Christian columnist, blogger and author. She died on May 4, 2019, at the age of 37, leaving behind a husband, 2 children, and 4 books, which I find well written and worth reading. Here are some quotes: “Faith isn’t about having everything figured out ahead of…

Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia. To read more of her story go to https://www.biography.com/religious-figure/mother-teresaHere are some quotes attributed to her: “People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior…

Frederick Buechner Frederick Buechner (“BEEK-ner”), born on July 11, 1926, is a is an American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian. One of the major themes in his writing is Listening to Your Life, exhorting us to “pay attention, because God is constantly at work in our everyday lives.” The grace of God…