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The Teenage Years of Jesus: war against the blues

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Oct 22, 2024
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While all of this was going on, of course, Jesus was back at home in Bethlehem, moping around. Despite his inner connection to the Eternal Joy of God and Being—which could of course never be interrupted— nothing seemed to cheer him up, absolutely nothing. His girlfriend was missing; and it took the salt right out of life, making everything odorless, tas…

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