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โ€œThe Christian mystic is one who has made the leap from loving jesus to loving everything because they see jesus in everyone and everything else.โ€

โ€” Heather Hamilton

About

Heather Hamilton

Heather spends her time asking probing questions about God, humanity, and the universe. She writes about her thoughts so that her readers know they arenโ€™t alone with the hard questions.

She strives to connect the dots between us.

Heather lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband and three children.

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View fullsize London ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Memories 1. Statue of Handel in Westminster Abbey. Many famous people who’ve made great contributions to our world are buried here. Perhaps the most surprising to me was Charles Darwin. The church here does not have