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<\/a><\/p>\nFaith is different. Faith is not trying to change the world. Faith is not trying to change God. Faith isn\u2019t trying to change the order of things. Faith isn\u2019t trying to maintain your position. Faith isn\u2019t trying to make less of the other. Faith is asking God to change you. You are the subject of God\u2019s love, and in accepting that, you can transform yourself and release yourself of these appetites that are almost always at someone else\u2019s expense. \u2014 Stephen Colbert<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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