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Why the audacity to start a new non-profit when there are so many respectable non-profits you could work for doing basically satisfactory spiritual work to serve the downtrodden in some way? https://www.gomurphcenter.org/blog/28sept26 monthly 0.5 2026-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/697327382959ec2ceacf3e02/ace0c66a-22af-466d-8bb6-ca3276a3e31c/873ea02c-8ba0-42bb-a749-dfb3fbb08dcd.webp Blog - Presidential Ponderings: 9-28 - I have such a clear memory from when I was 6 or 7 years old in the early 80s. Family was visiting from Danville, IL and I was happy while I played down around their knees. At one point, my mother guided me out of the kitchen and into the dining room… https://www.gomurphcenter.org/blog/16sept26 monthly 0.5 2026-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/697327382959ec2ceacf3e02/3e23b16a-38cd-41f7-896e-b40c6fbe22e9/20170913_193719000_iOS.JPG Blog - Presidential Ponderings: 9-16 - But what about Jesus? El Gordo was passionate about Jesus. 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