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Ash Wednesday, The Holy Eucharist, by the Reverend James R. Smith

My great-nephew Max is two, almost three. He is a compact, wiry boy, with a shock of unruly blond hair. He has lots of energy. He likes to be on the move, which is to say that he likes to run, climb, and jump up and down. He thinks this is dancing. He likes slides, trampolines, and, recently, pools. In the short videos I receive from my nephew, his father, Max does fall now and then in the middle of all the running, climbing, and dancing, but it doesn’t seem to bother him much.
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