Christian Carnival CCLIII Has Been Posted
. . . at parables of a prodigal world. Go and enjoy!
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Christian Carnival CCCXV Posted
Byhenry… at Ancient Hebrew Poetry. We could call this one the “he did it his way” edition. I’m personally quite favorable to the idea of a bit of variety in approaches to the carnival, including this one.
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