"Here all fear of one another, all timidity about praying freely in one's own words in the presence of others may be put aside where in all simplicity ...
Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer ~
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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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