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It was early, just after dawn, when my roommates and I made our pilgrimage to the Conservatory Garden. We jogged from our home in Harlem to the top of Central Park, trudged up the Harlem Hill, skipped through a tunnel of cherry blossoms on...

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A Liturgy for New Yorkers

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Oh God of our city, 

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a mosaic of image-bearers, 
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Something Lovely to Rest My Eyes On

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