Tom and I have just returned from a very challenging breakfast talk by David Batsone who is in Australia to promote his book Not For Sale. Seems strange that we travel half way around the world to be challenged by someone who lives in San Francisco. His book is about modern day slavery [...]
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We have just entered the season of the church calendar known as Epiphany which began January 6th. This is when we are meant to celebrate the revealing of Jesus as God. We rejoice in the fact that through his entry into human history Christ’s lordship over all creation is revealed, made manifest and unveiled. [...]
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Tom & I have been reading the daily scriptures from the Book of Common Prayer and I must confess that I have been feeling a little depressed as I have read about the judgment of God in Amos & Haggai so the scriptures that we are focusing on in this Johannine synchroblog have been quite [...]
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Yesterday I visited the Ten Thousand Villages store near us to buy a wedding present. I was impressed with the rich array of goods available from this wonderful store in which everything is fair traded - from the beautiful plant pots (obviously one of my weaknesses as I am a keen gardener) to the scarves [...]
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