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Surprised by God

The word God is a heavy, clunky little syllable. It drops like a lead weight into otherwise cheerful conversations. It sticks in the throat like a lump of undercooked dumpling. It comes up over the horizon like a sudden cloud, blotting out the sun. The very sound of the word in English (and in German, where the hard Gott has the same effect) reflects the way most people in modern Western culture now think…

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