Taking up the mantle (Transfiguration B; 2 Kings 2:1-12)
Elisha is unsure of himself at first.
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I’ve been a fan of Star Wars since Episode IV, the first in the series, was released in 1977. I began reading the Harry Potter books because kids, even those who hated reading, were devouring them, and parents were concerned about gossip they were hearing from others—others who hadn’t read any of the books—that they were heretical, filled as they are with witches and wizards and spells.
