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August 19, 2022

The Prayers of My Junior High Math Teacher Have Sustained Me Far Beyond My School Years

August 19, 2022/ Shemaiah Gonzalez

Touched by the reaction from my jr high classmates on this essay I wrote on our math teacher. A call to prayer for our own children caught in today’s spiritual crossfire.

Read my personal essay for America Magazine.

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america, family, faith

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