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Maren C. Tirabassi's avatar

Well, as someone who has been preaching 45-50 sermons a year for forty-one years, he's flipped that particular scripture on its head anyway since it is originally that when one finds a treasure unexpectedly one should sell everything and buy that field, but also that it was a callous way to treat poverty even in those days. Pass me some Dickens, please.

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Dan Szczesny's avatar

Yeah, even by the standard of his days, the essay is pretty dark. I was surprised to hear how popular it was, and still appears to be!

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Jeanni's avatar

Once again, you've given us a lot to consider. I like your first choice, too. And you have done just that, with all your investigations of NH and the area with Tough Cookie and now with Little Bean - or on your own. And you've obviously read a wide range of material! Thank you for giving us ideas of consider and maybe follow, and a look at writings we may not have even known about.

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