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April 14, 2019
Grinnell, Iowa
The memorial for Orensen was held on a Saturday at Grinnell College’s historic Herrick Chapel. The building could seat seven hundred, and every pew and space in the balcony was filled with colleagues, students he had touched, old friends, relatives, and some of the New Gnostics Ramsey recalled from the meeting. They sat together in a small group beneath a stained glass rendering of Heinrich Hoffman’s The Ascension.
Ramsey looked over at Paige. “I’m a little nervous.”
She smiled reassuringly. “You’ll be fine.”
He wasn’t sure she was telling the truth but it felt good to have her by his side. Although Paige was staying at Ramsey’s house, after the first night they decided not to sleep in the same room. Something needed to be worked out. Both said they w
