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Thomm Quackenbush, Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft Quotes: My faith is a tool I employ, a metaphorical context I find apt, but it is inert until placed in a hand that needs it.
         

My faith is a tool I employ, a metaphorical context I find apt, but it is inert until placed in a hand that needs it.


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My faith is a tool I employ, a metaphorical context I find apt, but it is inert until placed in a hand that needs it.
         



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