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Love is the only way out

There is literally only one way out. Love. Every other option is closed. Right now it seems like greed is in charge of everything and the whole shebang is headed straight for a cliff. I think in our hearts we know it but most of us just sit, buckled in our seats, mesmerised, waiting for the end. I’ve lost count of the sleepless nights I’ve spent worrying about the future of the human race and our planet Earth. Everywhere I look it seems clear to me that our race and our world are in dire danger.…

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The Parable of the Talents

In one of Terry Pratchett’s books about young witch Tiffany Aching – a denizen of Discworld – he repeatedly makes the point that the world is full of omens. It is up to us pick the ones we like. Like many seemingly off-the-cuff remarks that Pratchett peppers through his stories, this one resonated with me. Because I am often stopped in my tracks by events – often peculiar-seeming coincidences – that make me wonder if somebody, somewhere, is trying to tell me something. And the next question that always occurs is what I should do about…

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Why do some Christians like Donald Trump?

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matthew 7: 15-20 The “prosperity gospel” first hit me between the eyes when I was about 11 years old. My grandmother, who had been a very devoted Christian all her life, was dying in hospital. We were visiting her, and so was a local pastor. What I remember about this man was that he was slickly coiffed and highly polished and that…

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