S.D. Smith (Author of The Green Ember series)

The Call to Mastery with Jordan Raynor by Jordan Raynor

Apr 30, 202500:49:28Religion & Spirituality

How we can see all our vocations as participating in the “Mended Wood,” why The Lord of the Rings was more spiritually powerful for him than any Christian non-fiction, and the call to “modesty, fidelity, and audacity” in...

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