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I\u2019ve watched the events of the last 24 hours with awe and excitement, unable to think of anything to blog that would be adequate to the occasion. <\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>But I do want to mention that Rev. Sharon Watkins<\/a>, who will be preaching at the National Prayer Service tomorrow, is not only a Butler University graduate<\/a>, but as the daughter of a professor at Christian Theological Seminary, she essentially grew up on and around the Butler campus<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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We have much to be proud of as a country, and plenty of people are talking about various aspects of the significance of this moment in history. As we move beyond inauguration day, a day in which groups<\/a> consistently<\/a> omitted<\/a> from<\/a> mention<\/a> in the past were<\/a> included<\/a> in the moving address<\/a> made by a man himself part of a group once excluded, I thought I\u2019d mention the Butler connection to the first woman<\/a> to lead the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the first woman to lead the National Prayer Service<\/a>. <\/div>\n
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