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<DIV>We need to save and use the prayer at the bottom of this email—an excerpt
from this book. I found it powerfully moving and deeply religious (my kind of
religion, that is). </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Dawn
Hewitt<BR>Office assistant<BR>First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta,
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=info@blacklivesuu.org>Black
Lives UU</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 31, 2023 9:03 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=fuusm@suddenlinkmail.com>fuusm@suddenlinkmail.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Thank You for Amplifying Black Voices</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">changing
above, whirling around us.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Yes,
in the loose strands, </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">In
the rough weave of the common</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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threaded with our DNA on the hubbed,
spoked</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">spinning
wheel that is this world, solar system,
galaxy,</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">universe.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Help
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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Another.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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us that as the oceans go, so go we.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">As
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">As
other life forms on Earth go, so go we.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">As
our planet goes, so go we. Mysterious
Muse</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
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inspired “In the beginning was the
word…,”</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">edit
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</SPAN></P>
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our actions the afterlives of our
words.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>
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