In the Kentucky farmer and writer Wendell Berrys novel Jayber Crow, Berry has his novels namesake character, Jayber, talk about the quiet work of God’s guidance in our lives: Often I have not known where I was going until I was already there. I have had my share of desires and goals, but my life has come to me or I have gone to it mainly by way of mistakes and surprises. Often, I have…

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