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Read MoreFor people in their Young Adults in DFW, it’s normal to be a Christian. In fact, for many, it’s normal for faith and spirituality to be an incredibly important part of their lives. Thing is, it’s not normal to talk about it.
In the summer months of 2001, a five-year-old boy named Enel Previl was brought by his family to a local church. His parents had been told that by doing so, the boy’s photo would be taken and perhaps with the help of some foreign friends, the school could pay its teachers for the coming year.
So I’m reading straight through the Bible this year, which is all fun and games as long as you’ve got miracles and floods and plagues and such. But then you get to Leviticus and the bottom falls out. Leviticus is where Bible reading plans go to die.
I have a habit of sorting Biblical redemption stories into two categories. The first kind of story is about someone who is down-and-out, someone who needs rescue because life has dealt them a lousy hand.