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Chimayo, New Mexico, is a place of raw beauty. 200 years ago the mission friars found a miraculous crucifix. These days, people travel from across the world to experience the healing dirt in the chapel.
I drove my sons to visit the chapel, and my oldest boy, 12, asks some hard questions.
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Chimayo, New Mexico, is a place of raw beauty. 200 years ago the mission friars found a miraculous crucifix. These days, people travel from across the world to experience the healing dirt in the chapel. I drove my sons to visit the chapel, and my oldest boy, 12, asks some hard questions.
