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\u201cYou can\u2019t just be a spiritual consumer. You have to be a spiritual producer because other people need what you have.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Father Lou DelFra (quoted in\u00a0Got Religion?\u00a0<\/em>by Naomi Schaefer Riley<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"