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He leaned back in his chair, its squeak distracting him from what he wanted to say. He leaned forward, his hands folded on his desk next to his little sign: President So And So. He was that important, I don’t even remember his name.

Gosh this is formal, I thought.

“Well Janell, I called you in here because I’m concerned about what kind of Bible you’re using.”

Oh. Right. This again.

Fresh out of my private Christian high school in the fall of 2001, I willingly and knowingly admitted myself into an Independent……………………………………………………………