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belém revisited

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  I recently revisted the port city of Belém, at the mouth of the mighty Amazon, which was the quixotic goal of the journey recounted in my book To Belém & Back. Invited to teach a short course at a Calvary Chapel in the city, I arrived on a Friday […]

belém!

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As I tease the reader at book’s start: “Belém, a decaying colonial city at the mouth of the monstrous Amazon River, the capital of Pará, and one of Brazil’s oldest ports. I like places that time has passed by, for no better reason than I identify with them.” [To Belém […]