The first few times the Rev. Adam Walker Cleaveland preached from his tablet computer, he carried along a printed text, just in case of computer failure.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve done it enough now that I\u2019m solely relying on the iPad,\u201d said Mr. Cleaveland, minister for youth and young adults at Asbury United Methodist Church in Livermore, Calif. \u201cIf something happened, I would need to rely on the Holy Spirit a little more to get me through it, which wouldn\u2019t be a bad thing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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