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Conversion

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During this Lenten season this year, I have been focusing on Conversion – turning around, looking at a life situation from a different perspective, moving on.   I’ve seen several different examples, some in surprising circumstances.   For example, I viewed one of my favorite classic movies on TCM network recently – National Velvet .   It is the story of a teenage girl, played by twelve-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, who believed a rogue horse she won in a lottery could win the Grand National.   At the end of the movie, her mother, a very wise woman, told Velvet she was proud of her because she recognized that she had pursued her dream, but now knew it was time to move on.   There is a season.   If you’ve never seen this movie, it’s worth a trip to the local library or Netflix to find the DVD.   There are multiple examples of conversion in the movie. Watching the NCAA tournament this past weekend I realized that 68 teams and coaches began the journey pursuing the dream of winning