Rural Parish Books | Summaries & Audio

Going to Church in Medieval England

by Nicholas Orme • 2021

9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.

4.19

295

🏛️ Medieval Churches ⛪ Parish Life 📜 Medieval Clergy

Going to Church in Medieval England Summary

Going to Church in Medieval England 88%

9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.

by Nicholas Orme 2021

4.19

295 ratings

🏛️ Medieval Churches ⛪ Parish Life 📜 Medieval Clergy

The Left Behind

by Robert Wuthnow • 2018

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

3.58

650

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide

The Left Behind 88%

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

by Robert Wuthnow 2018

3.58

650 ratings

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide

Divine Renovation

by James Mallon • 2014

When maintenance replaces mission, parishes die. A pastor's field guide for reversing the drift.

4.30

374

⛪ Parish Renewal 🏛️ Church Leadership 📣 Evangelization

Divine Renovation 88%

When maintenance replaces mission, parishes die. A pastor's field guide for reversing the drift.

by James Mallon 2014

4.30

374 ratings

⛪ Parish Renewal 🏛️ Church Leadership 📣 Evangelization

The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read

by Christopher Ash • 2019

Your pastor's well-being is your spiritual business. How to care for the one in the pulpit.

4.36

531

🐑 Pastoral Ministry ⛪ Church Life 🤝 Congregational Care

The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read Summary

The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read 87%

Your pastor's well-being is your spiritual business. How to care for the one in the pulpit.

by Christopher Ash 2019

4.36

531 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Ministry ⛪ Church Life 🤝 Congregational Care

The Rule of Love

by Jonathan Leeman • 2018

Love and authority are partners, not enemies. The church teaches this by drawing lines.

4.21

159

🏛️ Ecclesiology ⛪ Local Church 📜 Church Polity

The Rule of Love 87%

Love and authority are partners, not enemies. The church teaches this by drawing lines.

by Jonathan Leeman 2018

4.21

159 ratings

🏛️ Ecclesiology ⛪ Local Church 📜 Church Polity

The Pastor

by Eugene H. Peterson • 2011

After building his church from scratch, the real work began: six years of unlearning everything.

4.46

4k+

🕊️ Pastoral Vocation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🏔️ Place And Belonging

The Pastor 87%

After building his church from scratch, the real work began: six years of unlearning everything.

by Eugene H. Peterson 2011

4.46

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Vocation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🏔️ Place And Belonging

The Lies of the Land

by Steven Conn • 2023

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

3.98

148

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics

The Lies of the Land 87%

Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.

by Steven Conn 2023

3.98

148 ratings

🌾 Rural America 📜 Agrarian Myths ⏳ Nostalgia Politics

Scouting the Divine

by Margaret Feinberg • 2009

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

4.22

912

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith

Scouting the Divine 87%

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

by Margaret Feinberg 2009

4.22

912 ratings

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith

Soil and Sacrament

by Fred Bahnson • 2013

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

4.17

264

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality

Soil and Sacrament 87%

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

by Fred Bahnson 2013

4.17

264 ratings

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality

Excellent Women

by Barbara Pym • 1952

A clergyman’s daughter hides her feelings, until new neighbors pull her into their marital chaos.

3.91

22k+

😏 Comedy Of Manners ⛪ Church Community Life 🫣 Self-Deprecating Narrator

Excellent Women 87%

A clergyman’s daughter hides her feelings, until new neighbors pull her into their marital chaos.

by Barbara Pym 1952

3.91

22k+ ratings

😏 Comedy Of Manners ⛪ Church Community Life 🫣 Self-Deprecating Narrator

Pastors and Their Critics

by Joel R. Beeke • 2020

Criticism comes with the calling. Biblical habits that turn a threat into a tool for growth.

4.37

391

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🛡️ Handling Criticism 🏃 Pastoral Endurance

Pastors and Their Critics 87%

Criticism comes with the calling. Biblical habits that turn a threat into a tool for growth.

by Joel R. Beeke 2020

4.37

391 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🛡️ Handling Criticism 🏃 Pastoral Endurance

The Unsettling of America

by Wendell Berry • 1977

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

4.33

7k+

🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism

The Unsettling of America 87%

America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.

by Wendell Berry 1977

4.33

7k+ ratings

🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy 🌍 Land Ethics 🚜 Farming Criticism

The Pastor and Counseling

by Jeremy Pierre • 2015

A Christ-centered method for pastoral counseling that goes past the first session into real change.

4.33

953

🤲 Pastoral Care 📖 Biblical Counseling 🐑 Shepherding

The Pastor and Counseling 87%

A Christ-centered method for pastoral counseling that goes past the first session into real change.

by Jeremy Pierre 2015

4.33

953 ratings

🤲 Pastoral Care 📖 Biblical Counseling 🐑 Shepherding

The Reformed Pastor

by Richard Baxter • 2021

Half an hour of personal instruction shapes a soul more than ten years of public sermons.

4.46

137

🕊️ Pastoral Theology ⛪ Puritan Spirituality 🫸 Servant Leadership

The Reformed Pastor 87%

Half an hour of personal instruction shapes a soul more than ten years of public sermons.

by Richard Baxter 2021

4.46

137 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Theology ⛪ Puritan Spirituality 🫸 Servant Leadership

Home to Harmony

by Philip Gulley • 2000

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

3.99

6k+

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor

Home to Harmony 87%

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

by Philip Gulley 2000

3.99

6k+ ratings

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

by Mark Dever • 1997

A healthy church isn't the biggest in town. The biblical yardstick measures what attendance cannot.

4.29

5k+

⛪ Church Health 📚 Ecclesiology 📖 Expositional Preaching

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church 86%

A healthy church isn't the biggest in town. The biblical yardstick measures what attendance cannot.

by Mark Dever 1997

4.29

5k+ ratings

⛪ Church Health 📚 Ecclesiology 📖 Expositional Preaching

Cranford

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1853

In Cranford, the ladies rule: tea first, gossip second, and no misfortune faced without neighbors.

3.83

48k+

🏘️ Small Town Chronicle 👒 Genteel Poverty 🧶 Eccentric Spinsters

Cranford 86%

In Cranford, the ladies rule: tea first, gossip second, and no misfortune faced without neighbors.

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853

3.83

48k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Chronicle 👒 Genteel Poverty 🧶 Eccentric Spinsters

Center Church

by Timothy J. Keller • 2012

Most churches are built for the suburbs. Cities demand a different gospel logic entirely.

4.43

3k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry ⛪ Missional Theology 🌐 Contextualization

Center Church 86%

Most churches are built for the suburbs. Cities demand a different gospel logic entirely.

by Timothy J. Keller 2012

4.43

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry ⛪ Missional Theology 🌐 Contextualization

Small Preaching

by Jonathan T. Pennington • 2021

Twenty-five small shifts to sharpen your preaching, from the opening line to the final amen.

4.25

338

📜 Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation ✍️ Writing Craft

Small Preaching 86%

Twenty-five small shifts to sharpen your preaching, from the opening line to the final amen.

by Jonathan T. Pennington 2021

4.25

338 ratings

📜 Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation ✍️ Writing Craft

The Contemplative Pastor

by Eugene H. Peterson • 1987

Pastoral busyness is quiet betrayal. An unhurried, subversive reclaiming of spiritual direction.

4.38

2k+

🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation ☁️ Contemplative Spirituality

The Contemplative Pastor 86%

Pastoral busyness is quiet betrayal. An unhurried, subversive reclaiming of spiritual direction.

by Eugene H. Peterson 1987

4.38

2k+ ratings

🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation ☁️ Contemplative Spirituality

The Pastor as Public Theologian

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer • 2015

Management replaced theology in the pulpit. The case for reclaiming the pastor's oldest job.

4.09

464

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🏛️ Public Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation

The Pastor as Public Theologian 86%

Management replaced theology in the pulpit. The case for reclaiming the pastor's oldest job.

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer 2015

4.09

464 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🏛️ Public Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Evangellyfish

by Douglas Wilson • 2008

A pastor punches a megachurch star; a scandal blooms, but the true rot stays off camera.

3.94

1k+

🔍 Church Scandal ⛪ Small Church Life 🎤 Celebrity Pastor

Evangellyfish 86%

A pastor punches a megachurch star; a scandal blooms, but the true rot stays off camera.

by Douglas Wilson 2008

3.94

1k+ ratings

🔍 Church Scandal ⛪ Small Church Life 🎤 Celebrity Pastor

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

by Michael Mather • 2018

A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.

4.39

241

🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development 🏙️ Urban Ministry 💰 Community Economics

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Summary

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything 86%

A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.

by Michael Mather 2018

4.39

241 ratings

🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development 🏙️ Urban Ministry 💰 Community Economics

All Things Wise and Wonderful

by James Herriot • 1978

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

4.45

38k+

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories

All Things Wise and Wonderful 86%

From calving sheds to RAF basic training: a young vet learns humans are the difficult animals.

by James Herriot 1978

4.45

38k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural England 🐄 Country Veterinarian 🐾 Animal Stories

Sound Doctrine

by Bobby Jamieson • 2013

The church's most neglected tool is its most practical: doctrine fuels holiness, love, and witness.

4.16

626

⛪ Ecclesiology 📖 Practical Theology ❤️ Church Health

Sound Doctrine 86%

The church's most neglected tool is its most practical: doctrine fuels holiness, love, and witness.

by Bobby Jamieson 2013

4.16

626 ratings

⛪ Ecclesiology 📖 Practical Theology ❤️ Church Health

Preaching

by Timothy J. Keller • 2015

How to preach grace to skeptics: faithful exposition that offers Christ, not good advice.

4.48

4k+

📖 Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Theology 📜 Biblical Interpretation

Preaching 86%

How to preach grace to skeptics: faithful exposition that offers Christ, not good advice.

by Timothy J. Keller 2015

4.48

4k+ ratings

📖 Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Theology 📜 Biblical Interpretation

Church Discipline

by Jonathan Leeman • 2012

Tolerating unrepentant sin lies about God. Church discipline tells the truth about who is His.

4.45

1k+

🏛️ Ecclesiology ⚖️ Church Discipline 📋 Church Governance

Church Discipline 86%

Tolerating unrepentant sin lies about God. Church discipline tells the truth about who is His.

by Jonathan Leeman 2012

4.45

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ecclesiology ⚖️ Church Discipline 📋 Church Governance

Autopsy of a Deceased Church

by Thom S. Rainer • 2014

Churches die from denial, not empty pews. The diagnostic steps to stop the decline.

4.17

3k+

🏥 Church Health 📉 Congregational Decline 🎯 Missional Church

Autopsy of a Deceased Church 86%

Churches die from denial, not empty pews. The diagnostic steps to stop the decline.

by Thom S. Rainer 2014

4.17

3k+ ratings

🏥 Church Health 📉 Congregational Decline 🎯 Missional Church

The Pastor's Justification

by Jared C. Wilson • 2013

Half of pastors want to leave. Five old truths that put the weight back on Christ.

4.54

600

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology ❤️ Gospel-Centered Living

The Pastor's Justification 86%

Half of pastors want to leave. Five old truths that put the weight back on Christ.

by Jared C. Wilson 2013

4.54

600 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology ❤️ Gospel-Centered Living

Hearers and Doers

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer • 2019

A pastor's guide to building a disciple-making church that out-forms the stories of a secular age.

4.20

411

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🌐 Cultural Exegesis

Hearers and Doers 86%

A pastor's guide to building a disciple-making church that out-forms the stories of a secular age.

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer 2019

4.20

411 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🌐 Cultural Exegesis

Pastoral Ministry

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 1995

Scripture, not strategy, shapes the shepherd: a guide to character, study, and pulpit.

4.13

423

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📖 Expository Preaching 📞 Pastoral Calling

Pastoral Ministry 86%

Scripture, not strategy, shapes the shepherd: a guide to character, study, and pulpit.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 1995

4.13

423 ratings

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📖 Expository Preaching 📞 Pastoral Calling

Understanding the Congregation's Authority

by Jonathan Leeman • 2016

The congregation holds the final say in church, and that structure IS the discipleship program.

4.26

294

📖 Ecclesiology 🔑 Church Authority 👥 Church Membership

Understanding the Congregation's Authority Summary

Understanding the Congregation's Authority 86%

The congregation holds the final say in church, and that structure IS the discipleship program.

by Jonathan Leeman 2016

4.26

294 ratings

📖 Ecclesiology 🔑 Church Authority 👥 Church Membership

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

Murder at Holly House 86%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

The God of the Garden

by Andrew Peterson • 2021

He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.

4.47

6k+

🍃 Nature Writing 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🌲 Trees And Forests

The God of the Garden 86%

He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.

by Andrew Peterson 2021

4.47

6k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🌲 Trees And Forests

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie • 1930

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

4.04

219k+

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

The Murder at the Vicarage 86%

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

by Agatha Christie 1930

4.04

219k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

Resilient Ministry

by Bob Burns • 2012

Five years of interviews reveal what keeps pastors going when ministry gets hard.

4.06

370

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🏛️ Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation

Resilient Ministry 86%

Five years of interviews reveal what keeps pastors going when ministry gets hard.

by Bob Burns 2012

4.06

370 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🏛️ Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation

The Western Wind

by Samantha Harvey • 2018

A medieval priest's failure to shrive a dying man sets off village unraveling under dean's scrutiny.

3.44

5k+

🏰 Medieval Mystery ⏪ Reverse Chronology 🛐 Troubled Priest

The Western Wind 86%

A medieval priest's failure to shrive a dying man sets off village unraveling under dean's scrutiny.

by Samantha Harvey 2018

3.44

5k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Mystery ⏪ Reverse Chronology 🛐 Troubled Priest

Understanding Church Leadership

by Mark Dever • 2016

Three offices, one church: how elders, deacons, and the congregation each guard the gospel.

4.38

214

⛪ Ecclesiology 🐑 Church Leadership 🧓 Biblical Eldership

Understanding Church Leadership 86%

Three offices, one church: how elders, deacons, and the congregation each guard the gospel.

by Mark Dever 2016

4.38

214 ratings

⛪ Ecclesiology 🐑 Church Leadership 🧓 Biblical Eldership

Governance and Ministry

by Dan Hotchkiss • 2009

How to stop micromanaging staff, clarify who decides what, and build a church board that governs.

3.91

260

⛪ Church Governance 📋 Board Governance 🎯 Role Clarity

Governance and Ministry 86%

How to stop micromanaging staff, clarify who decides what, and build a church board that governs.

by Dan Hotchkiss 2009

3.91

260 ratings

⛪ Church Governance 📋 Board Governance 🎯 Role Clarity

Pew

by Catherine Lacey • 2020

A silent stranger tests a Southern town's charity as its forgiveness ritual looms.

3.69

14k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤐 Silent Protagonist 🎭 Ambiguous Identity

Pew 86%

A silent stranger tests a Southern town's charity as its forgiveness ritual looms.

by Catherine Lacey 2020

3.69

14k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤐 Silent Protagonist 🎭 Ambiguous Identity

The Road to Little Dribbling

by Bill Bryson • 2015

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

3.73

39k+

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor

The Road to Little Dribbling 86%

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

by Bill Bryson 2015

3.73

39k+ ratings

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor

The Book of Pastoral Rule

by Pope Gregory I

An ancient guide teaching pastors to temper authority with humility and tailor reproof to each soul.

4.17

796

🐑 Pastoral Care ✝️ Spiritual Leadership 🙇 Humility

The Book of Pastoral Rule 86%

An ancient guide teaching pastors to temper authority with humility and tailor reproof to each soul.

by Pope Gregory I

4.17

796 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Care ✝️ Spiritual Leadership 🙇 Humility

The Politics of Resentment

by Katherine J. Cramer • 2016

Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.

4.01

1k+

🌾 Rural Politics 🛣️ Urban Rural Divide 📋 Ethnography

The Politics of Resentment 86%

Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.

by Katherine J. Cramer 2016

4.01

1k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Politics 🛣️ Urban Rural Divide 📋 Ethnography

Deep and Wide

by Andy Stanley • 2012

From the parking lot to the pulpit: the choices that turn unchurched visitors into regulars.

4.28

4k+

🏛️ Church Leadership 🎯 Seeker-Sensitive Ministry 🎤 Sermon Design

Deep and Wide 86%

From the parking lot to the pulpit: the choices that turn unchurched visitors into regulars.

by Andy Stanley 2012

4.28

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Church Leadership 🎯 Seeker-Sensitive Ministry 🎤 Sermon Design

Preaching as Reminding

by Jeffrey D. Arthurs • 2007

Preaching is not invention. It is reminding: waking a forgetful people to what they already know.

3.96

277

📜 Homiletics 🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🍞 Worship And Liturgy

Preaching as Reminding 86%

Preaching is not invention. It is reminding: waking a forgetful people to what they already know.

by Jeffrey D. Arthurs 2007

3.96

277 ratings

📜 Homiletics 🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🍞 Worship And Liturgy

The Great Dechurching

by Jim Davis • 2023

Forty million Americans left church. They're not who you think. And half would come back.

3.85

2k+

🇺🇸 American Christianity 📊 Religious Sociology 📉 Church Decline

The Great Dechurching 86%

Forty million Americans left church. They're not who you think. And half would come back.

by Jim Davis 2023

3.85

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Christianity 📊 Religious Sociology 📉 Church Decline

Letters to the Church

by Francis Chan • 2018

Modern churches traded God's design for comfort. The path back is smaller, harder, and ancient.

4.28

16k+

🏛️ Ecclesiology 🔄 Church Reform 🏠 Simple Church

Letters to the Church 86%

Modern churches traded God's design for comfort. The path back is smaller, harder, and ancient.

by Francis Chan 2018

4.28

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Ecclesiology 🔄 Church Reform 🏠 Simple Church

The Great Façade

by Christopher A. Ferrara • 2002

Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.

4.30

🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church 📖 Liturgical Reform

The Great Façade 86%

Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.

by Christopher A. Ferrara 2002

4.30

77 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church 📖 Liturgical Reform

Analog Church

by Jay Y. Kim • 2020

Churches chased relevance on screens and got audiences who watch instead of communities who worship.

4.14

600

⛪ Church Practices 🙌 Embodied Worship 📱 Technology Critique

Analog Church 86%

Churches chased relevance on screens and got audiences who watch instead of communities who worship.

by Jay Y. Kim 2020

4.14

600 ratings

⛪ Church Practices 🙌 Embodied Worship 📱 Technology Critique

A Year of Living Simply

by Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

3.71

2k+

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse

A Year of Living Simply 86%

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

by Kate Humble 2024

3.71

2k+ ratings

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse

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