Comedian Stephen Colbert on the Gift of Suffering

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Comedian Stephen Colbert on the Gift of Suffering

An interviewer for the New York Times Magazine ran the following story about the faith of talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert:

In 1974, when Colbert was 10, his father, a doctor, and his brothers Peter and Paul, the two closest to him in age, ...

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