\>
I sat dumbfounded for a moment and wondered __/)
_ about asking another o~\
___________ \ ____________ question;
_.-~/ \ ~. | . .~/ \ ~-._ I was a
~_('( ~~ ) | | : | ( ~~ ) ):_~ bit of an
--_\____/_______/ | : \_\____/_______- outsider
/ . having only
( ) been at these classes ________________
three weeks under this after-school plan . <* Ch1 p8 ccJCM *>
________________ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<* "milestones" *> . and I had been trying to "fit in"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by hiding as much as _
possible and being ____________ \ ____________
on board _.-~ / \~. | . .~ / \~-._
the ~_(' | ~~ ) | | : | ( ~~ )`:_~
Jesus train! --_______\____/_/ | : \_______\____/_-
_.._ . My family had / .
~||~-/- /'\ been religious in almost )
|| / = / : \ ?! no way other than the holidays
~~^~~
and beyond coloring eggs for Easter and of course Christmas cheer (and quite a
outsized portion of that) I knew almost nothing of the Bible or Jesus post-
birth. I knew as much or more about other religions though. For reasons...
I sat dumbfounded for a moment and wondered __/)
_ about asking another o~\
___________ \ ____________ question;
_.-~/ \ ~. | . .~/ \ ~-._ I was a
~_('( ~~ ) | | : | ( ~~ ) ):_~ bit of an
--_\____/_______/ | : \_\____/_______- outsider
/ . having only
( ) been at these classes ________________
three weeks under this after-school plan . <* Ch1 p8 ccJCM *>
________________ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<* "milestones" *> . and I had been trying to "fit in"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by hiding as much as _
possible and being ____________ \ ____________
on board _.-~ / \~. | . .~ / \~-._
the ~_(' | ~~ ) | | : | ( ~~ )`:_~
Jesus train! --_______\____/_/ | : \_______\____/_-
_.._ . My family had / .
~||~-/- /'\ been religious in almost )
|| / = / : \ ?! no way other than the holidays
~~^~~
and beyond coloring eggs for Easter and of course Christmas cheer (and quite a
outsized portion of that) I knew almost nothing of the Bible or Jesus post-
birth. I knew as much or more about other religions though. For reasons...
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