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Donald Miller's 'Confession Booth'
The scene on my poster board is set at Reed College, the college that is notorious for being the place that students are most likely to ignore God. The college was then celebrating Ren Fayre, a weekend where the campus is shut down exclusively so that the students can spend the weekend getting high and drunk. The author, Donald Miller, along with a few friends have decided on building a booth that was to be labeled “Confession Booth”, its purpose was so that students can come in and hear about Jesus’ unfailing love and not for them to actually confess their sins. Surprisingly, the booth actually becomes the beginning of many students on campus turning to God. The main point in the book that the author is trying to convey is not necessarily<
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