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Salvation happens every time someone with a key uses it to open a door he could lock instead.

Barbara Brown Taylor

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Barbara Brown Taylor
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
Anglican Priest
Priest
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Keys
Doors
Instead
Open
Lock
Use
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Salvation
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