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Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about where we shall land, but rather on the belief that we shall land.
Carter Heyward
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Carter Heyward
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 22
Anglican Priest
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Isabel Carter Heyward
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