Postcard: Winchester

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The students riffed on transubstantiation, the historical roots of incense and why it's not O.K. to pour Communion wine down the drain ("You're not going to flush Jesus," noted Rhonda VanDyke Colby); other weeks, the conversation runs the gamut from politics to premarital sex. "The first task is deconstructing what people think they know," she says. "A rigorous faith is going to serve them well. A rigid one is going to break when the first strong wind comes along." Several past participants have joined new churches; others say they've come to a deeper understanding of God. In some way, most are still searching, a process their leaders hope continues. As Rhonda puts it, "Maybe the greatest sin of my generation is certitude."

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