The Layman

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Contemplating a paradoxical faith and an eroding world. Striving to be unafraid to wrestle, unafraid to be wrong.

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About C. Wayne Bratcher

Forester in the US southeast by trade.
Bible nerd by nature.
Disciple of Jesus by grace.

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