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How falling back moves you forward.  

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Any Given Sunday: How falling back moves you forward. In Springfield, Massachusetts there exists a small community of Latinos, mainly Puerto Ricans that attend the Hispanic Baptist Church of Springfield, which is located in the center of the city. The church is composed of different types of Puerto Ricans, Peruvians, Guatemalans, and Dominicans. They are different in many ways like in the way they talk, dress and what they eat but, what they all share is faith and how they go about it. Although not biblical, a small group of the elders at the Hispanic Baptist Church of Springfield (HBCS) believe in performing certain routines and attitudes establishing a person as "Spiritual". These elders are said to come from "La vieja Guardia" (the old school), their beliefs come from the Pentecostal Protestant movement in Puerto Rico or the countries mentioned above. Their traditions are steeped in African traditions, which they have successfully...

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