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Kent Nerburn

Kent Nerburn's most recent books are Simple Truths and Letters to My Son. This article is excerpted from his forthcoming book Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace. © 1999 by Kent Nerburn. Reprinted by arrangement with HarperSanFrancisco, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.

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