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An Australian website<\/a> asks people to fill in the blank. The answers have been shared not just on their website but by churches, as in this photo from St. Matthew's Church in Manly<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Their willingness to let proposed answers appear in all their diversity, rather than only presenting ones they might be expected to approve of, is refreshing.<\/p>\n

What would you write in the blank? What would your little square say?<\/p>\n

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