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“Stability is good advice, but sometimes, like Jacob, we end up with a life that, in the rearview mirror, looks much more erratic than we might [have] originally intended. The greatest consolation for the geographically displaced is.. Jesus... He left home and its happiness with abandon, even delight.”

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Book:Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home
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