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An atheist chaplain and a death row inmate’s final hours

By Emma Goldberg
New York Times·
24 mins to read
An atheist chaplain and a death row inmate’s final hours
An atheist chaplain and a death row inmate’s final hours

Devin Moss spent a year ministering to convicted killer Phillip Hancock. Together, they wrestled with one question: How to face death without God.

“God, that chicken.” Devin Moss has a voice that rumbles, low and slow like distant thunder, but this morning it was softer, more contemplative. His hands gripped

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