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He opens with the hymn “Abide With Me,” played in a reverent manner.

The singer Seph Schlueter watched his reverent ballad “Counting My Blessings” take off on Instagram in Brazil before catching fire in the U.S.

Daily nourishment can be uncomplicated; reverent eating doesn’t need to mean overabundance.

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In 2005, he even honored his heroes with a reverent version of “In My Life.”

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We witness reverent preparation, much ceremony and more blood than any slasher film, and eventually absorb the unmistakable sense that this macho performative world exists almost defiantly against anyone’s notion of “progress.”

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