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by Jaren Misner | Charlotte Magazine

THE FAMILY of three with a lot to pray for lately is praying tonight for the tacos before them.

Mitchell holds his two children’s hands as he bows his head, his short, brown, spiked hair like a dorsal fin pointing down the length of the table. On his right is 11-year-old Lee, gap-toothed and chatty. On his left is nine-year-old Maryrose, whose wispy, blond hair looks almost white. Mitchell thanks God for these tacos, and they all smile and say in unison, “Amen.”

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Above, Mitchell, a Master of Divinity student, attended Opening Convocation at the Charlotte Campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary September 17.