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Growing up surrounded by an extended family focused my identity and vocation. I was named after my grandfather, Jack. Many a day, I would sit with my grandmother as she told family stories, intentionally focusing on what it meant to be a ‘Seymour’. My grandfather had died when I was five. As a result, my grandmother wanted me to know him and the obstacles he had overcome. She was amazingly truthful about strengths and weaknesses.
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Seymour, J.L. (2012). Religious Education Among Friends and Strangers. In: Avest, I.t. (eds) On the Edge: (Auto)biography and Pedagogical Theories on Religious Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-175-7_16
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