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Sometimes God places seemingly unrelated observations in your head that beg for reflection on whether they are related. That happened to me with bridges.

A reference to a letter by Saint Basil the Great first caught my attention. Basil was bishop of Ceasarea, in modern day Turkey, from 370 to 379. Basil is known as great defender against heresy, but he was also prolific letter writer very involved in the life of his community. In one of these letters Basil urges the provincial governor to build a much needed bridge.

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