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There’s much to be said about the idea of “choosing” to follow God, to open the door to Jesus. Yet in my own experience, it seems as though God keeps battering at my supposedly safe hiding place; and once God breaks in (a sacrament?), I find myself enmeshed in the claws of Christian service. There’s nothing to do about it. Readings for the upcoming weekend speak of this perseverance even and in spite of the disciple’s reluctance.

The opening of JEREMIAH, 1:4-10, tells of the young prophet being told by God, “You can run, but you cannot hide, Jeremiah! Now don’t give me excuses, like ‘I’m only a little kid’, but I’ll give you the words to say.” “You shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you.” “…we find ourselves grasped by a God passionate for the fate of human beings…. God’s passion for goodness and wholeness becomes our passion as well…” (Sally A. Brown, not Charlie’s sister, in FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:367) Jeremiah was in for a full life of disappointments, suffering and tears of frustration. Who would go there, ‘cept for being held in God’s talons?

The author of the Letter to the HEBREWS (12:18-29) reminds her readers of the tenacity which God confers on these representatives: “See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will WE escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!” The ancients were well-familiar with the holy terrors of Mt. Sinai–now that they’ve come to the treasures of Mt. ZION, why should they negate or avoid the clutches of God which place them there?

LUKE’s story of the seriously-bentover woman (13:10-17) has many gems for our perusal. What grabbed my eye was the enormous change when Jesus touched her: “When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.” In the hands of Jesus, her world changed and she could rejoin her friends who had shunned her all these years because of her difficulties–which many had attributed to God’s displeasure. The leader of the synagogue had equated healing with WORK; but Jesus presented healing as God’s good pleasure.

Too bad we don’t have an historical follow-through on some of these folks who’ve experienced being clutched by God. Jeremiah’s life has been chronicled, and so has my own…at least to me, although I’m reconciled to being but a footnote in a Journal. And maybe we all are. Yet being clutched by God is not a walk in the park! In retrospect, I’m really glad that God didn’t give up on me…

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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Admittedly, I’m odder than some–yet I suspect that we’re mostly geared in our behavior to what we think is expected of us. As a participating citizen of this country/community, I obey the speed limits. (Well, mostly.) I vote and I don’t pilfer stuff from my neighbors’ yards. You get the idea. Why be “good”? Is it out of fear of being caught; or just because I’m such a good guy? Or, is my behavior instilled in me through the expectations of my parents/grandparents/little town where everyone knew my name? Readings for the upcoming weekend challenge the devout to celebrate Grace & Forgiveness, while perhaps expanding their picture of God…

ISAIAH of Jerusalem pictured the analogy of God as a frustrated vine-grower (5:1-7). In this Song of the Vineyard he described the careful preparation, the watchful protection of an owner determined to do everything right…and when it came harvest time, the grapes were wild/sour. Enraged, he planned to tear down the walls and the hedge, to cause it to be a dry wasteland. “For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!” Bitter stuff, but it needs to be said.

The writer of the Letter to the HEBREWS (11:29-12:2) continues the litany of the “great cloud of witnesses”, saintly leaders who’ve received the vision but as of yet haven’t seen the Promise Fulfilled. This cloud calls the contemporary disciple to “lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely” and continue the (human?) race just as God expects. Even in the wreckage of a divinely designed vineyard.

LUKE 12:49-56 does in the “gentle Jesus, meek & mild” picture! This passage needs to be read forcefully, with gritted teeth. Followers of Jesus must accept that there ARE swords and fire and family divisions involved in the Christian affirmation. Grace, of course, prevails; but on the way…sheesh! Jesus expects “the crowd” to recognize the seriousness of the moment: “You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?”

These are not scriptures to lull us into a pleasant state of gracious living; rather they’re forceful reminders that God is very serious about the Creation. In a word, God expects Righteousness. Yet financial exploitation and racial profiling continue; millions are spent on sporting events while some folks sleep under bridges; I’m proud of the acceleration of my air-conditioned care at the same time many walk shoeless on the burning pavement… The Good News is that a hopeful God will continue to plant and maintain this vineyard in the expectation of good fruit soon.

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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It will be quite a feat for the Chief of Cynics to write a blog about Faith! Perhaps God is speaking more to me than to you with these readings to be heard on Sunday. For the last several weeks, we’ve been exploring how the abundance of possessions can and often does separate the would-be disciple from the depths of God: wrapped up as we are with getting, we can put holiness on the back burner–“Even if there IS a God, he’ll never know what I’m doing.” So, fellow materialists, join with me in shuffling our feet when confronted by these prophetic words…

The beginning of ISAIAH of Jerusalem’s oracles (1:1, 10-20) is directed against the hometown crowd, as he identifies them as Sodom & Gomorrah. He speaks for God (“prophet: one who speaks for God”) and decries the offerings and incense, the cultic festivals and the fancy talk. “Trample my courts no more; bringing offerings is futile.” Then begins an ongoing list of the faithless evils God perceives: the lack of justice, the persecution of the oppressed, the exploitation of widows & orphans…doesn’t say anything yet about rockets & racism–or does he? The “attack is on the bizarre disconnect of people praising God while desecrating God’s commandment to love.” (Paul Simpson Duke, in FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:319) BUT no matter how badly you’ve screwed up, no matter how bloody your hands, “if you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.”

Moving on a bit to the Letter to the HEBREWS, 11:1-3, 8-16, we read what has come to be the working definition of Faith: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The disciple is willing to go forward believing in a holy promise of a homeland SOMEwhere. We hear again about Abraham and others who staked their lives that such a promise is true, even though they never saw it. Rainbows & bluebirds? What’s beyond our daily lives, if anything? Or is our homeland a state of Godly activity and daring to believe that God will fix a scarred Creation?

LUKE’s account (12:32-40) is another interruption of Jesus’ final trip to Jerusalem. Here is an opportunity to say again that God delights to give us the kingdom! But our treasures are to be ethical and spirit-filled, not measurable or accumulated. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” I need to confess that my spirit-life was much stronger when I had less junque to stand between me and God. The task, then, is to live as though a loving and generous God isn’t keeping score of our wrongs (heaven help us) but is providing all the treasure necessary for a wonderful life.

John Wesley is reported to have told his newer pastors, “preach faith until you have it”. Good advice–yet the further I go in ministry, the more elusive faith appears. In seminary we learned that “Faith is a response to Grace”: I believe what I can experience, just like Thomas. In the meantime, while waiting for signs, I’ll TRY to upold the downtrodden, to welcome the marginalized and to vote against those who’d desecrate Creation and its God. Perhaps a merciful God will overlook my questions and let me live anyway…

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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I remember in college that a bunch of us middle-class White kids learned this song from PORGY & BESS. Looking back, it seemed rather incongruous. Yet scriptures for the upcoming weekend revolve around an everlasting problem of economic injustice: I was gonna call the blog Too. Much. Stuff. Most of us need to be smacked around for having overflowing closets and garages. Storage units? Acres & acres! Our wallets are fat and so are we–while we give our little bits to the Church and maybe Oxfam or Heifer International… Shame on us! We’re missing God’s Kingdom.

Our reading from the Older Testament comes from the oracles of HOSEA, arranged as Chapter 11, verses 1-11. But this isn’t about humans, it’s about God’s steadfast love. This is a soliloquy of a disappointed parent, remembering how cute the nascent Israel was; and now the child has gone from home and run amok! “My people are bent on turning away from me…” YHWH is practicing his angry-speech in front of the mirror–but he’s not good at this: “I will not execute my fierce anger…For I am God and no mortal, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.” Do we take advantage of God’s leniency?

The Letter to the COLOSSIANS, here 3:1-11, is very Greek in that it divides Creation into “earthly” and “heavenly”, separating God from the dust which God called “good”. The author does, however, speak of ridding ourselves of antisocial habits: “anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth”. He rightly accuses us of having too much un-Christly baggage, things we shoulda thrown in the dumpster long ago.

LUKE 12:13-21 continues the long journey of Jesus to Jerusalem, as he’s met with human needs and offers heavenly answers to them, often through parables. This story of his is well-known, though seldom practiced. A successful grower worried about where to stow his bumper crops, his Stuff. But God told him that he couldn’t take it with him… The fellow has two counts against him–a) his barn is overflowing while many are going hungry; and b) having lots of Stuff to care for derails him/us from thinking about and serving God alone. Some folks are “rich in things but poor in soul”.

I’m writing this in my fan-cooled comfortable study, surrounded by books I’ll never read again and my stamp collection. I’ve just finished breakfast where I’ve had a choice of cereal & toast. Before that, I had to choose between three pair of shoes, six sets of slacks and many shirts. Sure, I tithe and a little more, plus give regularly to NGOs. All of which sets my worth at….nuthin’! Who wants our Stuff? It’ll probably just sit here, doing good to no one, until we die and our kids throw it out… Too much baggage to be a disciple.

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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J. Philip Newell has commented, “To look to God is not to look away from life but to look more deeply into it.” (LISTENING TO THE HEARTBEAT OF GOD, Paulist Press, p.48) Too many in our pews try to separate the Holy from the Secular; readings for the upcoming weekend seem to address the concept of God in All Things. Our prayer-life is a matter of basking in the holiness in and around us, tasting the joy of the morning blackbird’s song and being at one with the sea crashing “around the old eternal rocks”.

The prophet HOSEA can be a problem to read. Chapter 1 deals with his God-commanded marriage to a promiscuous woman and the ultimate birth of three children, each symbolically named. These represented the tawdry prostitution of the Israelites and their broken covenant, for which evils God planned to destroy them. “Hosea’s marital drama models the emotional life of the Lord’s experience with Israel, in sorrow, anger, and longing.” (Willis Jenkins, FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:270) Nature’s morality can’t be separated from that of YHWH. Gomer’s/Israel’s lovers to compete with God were many; have they changed over these centuries? BUT–verse 10 indicates God’s plan to someday restore these, that they’ll be called “children of the living God”.

I can understand why COLOSSIANS 2:6-19 could be called PSEUDO-Pauline. The passage reflects Paul’s theology of the crucifixion and resurrection, but gives very little instruction for our daily living. The disciple is encouraged, though, to put aside the footnotes of dietary habits and special secular festivals. The bottom line is that Christ Jesus IS in all things and continues a royal presence even in our own backyard!

How then shall we pray? Is there a special formula, a cache of holy words? Must we come at God with sweetness and soft tone (“O Dear Lord” or “I just wanna suggest..”)? Jesus’ disciples saw that other religious teachers taught their followers a learned prayer pattern–so Jesus taught them what we know today as “Our Lord’s Prayer”. Here was a reference to the unity of Creation: “on earth as it is in heaven”. Here also is acknowledgement of our basic needs, our “daily bread” measured out for today. Here too is an admission that the Tempter, the Evil One, continues to prowl around with enticing phrases…

Western (European-rooted) theology insists (durn ya, Augustine) in splitting the earthly from the heavenly. Yet there’s something holy in ALL things–a baby’s face, the morning fire–and these are worthy of being praised. The need, then, is to drop our own agendas and careful plans in order to fully appreciate God-in-all around and within us…”Lord of All, to Thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.”

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

Join me at horacebrownking.com every Tuesday as we’re confronted by scripture passages to be read on the upcoming weekend.

You’re probably aware of the Frank Sinatra Syndrome: “do-be-do-be-do”. It often leads to those heavily into a Work Ethic putting down the mystic contemplative ones who choose to bask in the Holiness of Creation all around them. Synods have been called and wars fought over the seeming divide between Faith and Works. Scriptures to be heard this weekend are reminders that the disciple can (should?) be BOTH: there are times to change the world AND there are times to watch the clouds…

AMOS 8:1-12 is an ethical rant against the corrupt business practices of the Northern Kingdom–and also against Israel’s leadership that promotes and passes over such corruption. The root of the problem was that these leaders had so far gotten away with it: “What does God know? We’ve been very successful!” Yeah, so far. But sooner or later, the piper must be paid, and such retribution will be like the ending of a bitter day. In retrospect, we can see how the Assyrians invaded that Northern Kingdom and dispersed the Ten Lost Tribes to the ends of the earth… But can the hearer make the leap from Antiquity to Right Now?

The author of COLOSSIANS 1:15-28 has chosen a hymn that may already be part of that congregation’s liturgy to speak of the riches found in Jesus. These riches are contrasted with the “evil deeds” once done, and the congregation is challenged to make a definitive decision for Christ. This congregation seems to have been named as the poster-boy for world-wise deeds: even the Colossians can find redemption if their hearts keep right! And you?

Which brings us to the Gospel of LUKE, 10:38-42. On their way to Jerusalem, Jesus & Co. stopped at a village nearby (sometimes identified as Bethany) to be the guests of old friends, Martha and her sister Mary. Martha’s OCD got the better of her, and she fussed at Mary for listening to Jesus instead of helping put a meal on the table for all those people. Yet Jesus said that Mary had chosen the good portion; i.e.,kwitcherbellyachin’.

We sometimes beat up on the Martha’s who want to make sure everything is as perfect as possible. Or we grouch at the Mary’s who want to sit in God’s Presence and recognize that all things have been created by God and pronounced “good”. These readings suggest that we can be BOTH hearers and doers and that the world needs both the sky-watchers AND the movers & shakers! F’r goodness sake, go outside and play!

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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Frankly, gentle reader, I have no idea about how this is gonna come out. The weekend’s scriptures present us with three seemingly disparate readings: an out-of-town prophet gets threatened; Paul’s team exhorts the Colossian congregation to not worry about “the rules”, for Christ is all you need; and Jesus’ well-known story about the Good Samaritan. Help me look for a holy thread that may run through the texture of these lessons…

We need a backstory on the Divided Kingdom before adequately hearing AMOS 7:7-17. After David & Solomon, the North (Israel) pulled away from the South (Judah). The tribes of Benjamin and Simeon remained with their capital at Jerusalem (mnemonic device: Judah/Jerusalem), while the other tribes, soon to be known as the “10 Lost Tribes”, established their capital at Shechem and their chief shrine at Bethel. Here is where Amos, the sheep-herder and fig-farmer from Tekoa–SOUTH of Jerusalem!–was sent to call back the Northern Kingdom from its pagan ways. “Go home!” said the high priest, Amaziah. But Amos continued to speak God’s wrath to the leadership of the soon-to-be-overrun Northern Kingdom.

“Paul & Timothy” wrote appreciatively to the COLOSSIANS (1:1-14) about their love for each other and for Christ. Somewhat disturbing to me is the phrase, “for all the saints”. But what about the rest of us? The bulk of the text deals with the sufficiency of Christ, who creates and reconciles all things. The hope of the passage is that knowledge of this Christ will produce spiritual “fruit” to those of this congregation and those whom they touch. “God’s universal reconciliation of the cosmos through Christ becomes visible and embodied in the daily life of the church as it is animated by the word of the gospel.” (Susan Grove Eastman, in FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:245)

Interesting that Jesus, traveling toward his death, is met by one asking about life (LUKE 10:25-37). “Two rules,” replies Jesus, “love God and love your neighbor”. Which led to the story of the kind Samaritan (insert here any nemesis of your own: terrorist? teenager? Proud Boy? Russian spy?) who stopped his own agenda and tended to the discarded wounded traveler. It’s easier to read this in antiquity than to actually DO it in the here’n’now: I can come up with LOTS of excuses to walk by on the other side.

We’d do well to think deeply about whose side we’re on in these stories of contrast. But it’s difficult for me to identify the pagan practices and the beautiful days in the neighborhood of the minority. It’s difficult to really see and appreciate my Neighbor. “Please, won’t you be my neighbor?” Thanks, Fred.

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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The Greeks had a word for it: ACEDIA. “The devil of the noon-day sun”. It’s good, once in a while, to lie back and watch the clouds roll by–but sooner or later we’re called to Get to Work. Scriptures to be read this upcoming weekend urge the hearer to get on with it: there’s lots to do, and God is sending each one by name to proclaim that the Kingdom has drawn near.

II KINGS 5:1-14 is one of my favorite stories. Naaman, the leprous general from Syria, heard about the prophet Elisha’s healing power, and he knew what he had to do. When he came to the prophet’s home, the SERVANT came out and gave the prophet’s instructions: “Dip seven times in the Jordan”. “Phooey!”, said Naaman, “I’ve got bigger rivers than this at home!” Nevertheless, since he was there, he did what he was told–and his leprosy vanished! Key to this passage is the role of the assistants in setting things up for God to work: Elisha’s servant, the Israelite serving-girl of Mrs. Naaman, and Naaman’s lieutenant who convinced the general to at least try it… The message is about doing what God speaks by the prophets, strange as it may seem.

There’s lots of good stuff in GALATIANS 6:1-10 (some recommend adding vv.11-16). The verses that jumped out at me were ##2 & 9: “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ….So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.” With news about abortion denial and looser gun restrictions, a European war that grinds on and on, plus racial violence and ethnic distrust–yeah, I feel like giving up! What good can come from little me? It would be nice to not be involved and to lie back in the noon-day sun… This is Independence Day weekend: have we a community responsibility to be Godly?

The Gospel reading is from LUKE 10: 1-11, 16-20–Jesus sends his followers out in pairs, “like lambs in the midst of wolves”. “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” They were to travel light, trusting in what hospitality they could find. Their message was one of Wholeness: “The kingdom of God has come near to you.” Jesus has seen an abundance of possibility, while others bemoan scarcity. Jesus continues to identify the gaps in worldly armor through which goodness may trickle in. The disciples’ job is not to create these gaps but to fill them with an alternative to Business as Usual. “We are called to be open to this growth; to plan, organize, and work in a way that anticipates, rather than impedes, such growth.” (David J. Lose, in FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:217)

The Founding Fathers must have been overwhelmed, at times, with working out a new nation. There must have been those days when they would’ve preferred to sit in the sunshine and drink lemonade. The real patriotism then and now is to see the possibilities and announce them–and often to speak Truth to Power when it’s dangerous or inconvenient. Where, today, can we take care of God’s Business?

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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“Where’re we going?” “I don’t know.” “When’ll we get there?” “I ain’t certain…All that I know is I am on my way.” Scriptures read this weekend urge the brave ones who will hear to leave their comfort zone and plug on toward God’s horizon. Paint Your Wagon and come along!

II KINGS 2:1-14 is the famous story of Elijah and the Fiery Chariot. Elijah has been mentoring Elisha in the ways and dangers of being a prophet (speaker for God), and now gets ready to leave for heaven. Both men realized that new horizons involve grief that things aren’t the way they were. Elijah is taken away by the fiery chariot, leaving Elisha alone to ask, “What’s God’s purpose for me now?” Still faithful, he was grappling with understanding his own role of striding out with God’s continued message. We may well pack our prayers for the journey, wherever it may lead! An interesting footnote–Elijah’s earthly body was never discovered, nor was that of Moses, linking the Law & the Prophets… FWIW

GALATIANS 5:1, 13-25 has instructions for the Holy Traveler: what to pack and what to discard. The author urges the pilgrim to put aside “fleshly things”, i.e. things which make for so much comfort that we’re content with a permanent camp. Earthly desires include fornication, idolatry, sorcery, anger, quarrels, envy, carousing, “and things like these”. (Might also include arrogance, racial abuse, and militarism.) Yet the “fruits of the Spirit” include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control. J. William Harkins reminds us that “bondage takes many forms, and we must be courageous in naming them.” (FEASTING on the WORD, C 3:186) The Good Stuff comes when we risk community with others on our journey.

LUKE’s Gospel, 9:51-62, tells of some encounters with Jesus who is on his way to Jerusalem (“his face was set”). Jesus discouraged these folks from being disciples because they were concerned for the comfortable (“Foxes have holes…but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”) and the necessary (care for parents and family). Couldn’t they have done both? These rather callous rebuffs are included to remind the reader that the Journey can’t wait for a better time: the moment for commitment is always THIS one. (A personal note: God has always been patient with my excuses, coming back yet again–and again!–to aim me at the horizon, wherever it may be…)

And so the Journey is before us. There probably will be some detours–we’re far from perfect. But as we go on to Perfection, our eyes may be open and our other senses attuned by the grace of God’s Spirit, and we disperse the spiritual fruit of a holy message to those others we encounter along the way. Have a wonderful trip! Vaya con Dios.

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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Scriptures to be read this weekend have two great adventure-action stories plus a philosophical musing about the meaning of life. Who could ask for anything more? Those who hear these lessons are urged to see God’s design and handiwork in all sorts of places–maybe even where they themselves hang out.

Like all good storytellers, whoever reads us I KINGS 19:1-15 should provide a background. Just before this narrative, we found Elijah confronting the prophets of Baal–Queen Jezebel’s favorites–and challenging them to a duel. Whoever got YHWH or the Baal to consume an offering with fire would prove that their deity was better (see chapter 18). So Elijah prevailed and had all the Baal prophets killed, and Queen Jezebel was livid! Elijah beat it out into the desert: discouraged, he asked YHWH to relieve him of his prophet-job. “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life…” God’s response was to provide sustenance for a long trip! Elijah went to Sinai/Horeb, where it all began, to hand in his resignation face to face. “What are you doing HERE?” asked God. After hearing the silence of a quiet voice after the fire & earthquakes, Elijah, clothed in God, was sent back to keep on keepin’ on…

Read GALATIANS 3:23-29 with thought, and pay particular attention to verse 27: “As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” An early Church tradition was to provide new clothes for the recently baptized, symbolizing the New Life that they put on in Christ. Our “former imprisonment” was our system of categorizing the rich & poor, the college-kid & the highschool dropout, the old family & the recent searcher for a fresh start… There’s always room for diversity, yet we all wear the commonality of baptism.

Again, while reading LUKE 8:26-39, the reader/preacher needs to explore the strangeness of the situation: Jesus & Co. were on the East side of the Sea of Galilee in the gentile country of the Gerasenes. Does God work there, too? And a herd of pigs was greatly disdained by kosher Jews; everyone but the farmers laughed about the demon-possessed drowned swine! (My colleague Paul Reed claims that a good title for the sermon is “Devilled Ham”–wish I had said that!) After all the excitement, the townsfolk crept back to see for themselves and found the former demoniac “clothed and in his right mind”. What happened, and where’d he get his clothes? Seems as though there should be a Biblical spectacular about the continued life of “Legion”.

“I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy,” goes the song. Or a fireman, police person, soldier or band-member. We identify ourselves and others by what we wear. The bottom-line for today is knowing that we’re all part of the Jesus-team; and acting that way.

In the process of unfolding, Horace Brown King

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