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Jan 2022
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EP167: How Faith, Infidelity, and Forgiv...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Sparky tells the story of his mother Mary Sparks and how in a 30 year span, his family had to deal with its sins twice and learn forgiveness. Leslie Leyland Fields is an author and speaker living in Alaska. In this story she shares what it was like when their small fishing town got their first telephone.

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00:00 - How Faith, Infidelity, and Forgiveness Grew a Family Not Once, but Twice

23:00 - Remote Alaskan Town's One Connection To The World

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