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Christmas 2020: Week 4, Day 7: Calling

“I am no longer my own, but yours.” Charles Wesley. These are the opening words of a prayer written by […]

I’m a sucker for good princess stories. I love the idea of being special (who doesn’t?). I love royalty being

I write this on Christmas Eve, 2020, in the UK where a new lockdown has been declared to manage the

It’s funny how crime and throwaway culture go hand in hand. Take fast fashion. It’s not technically a crime, but

“Family is the first community you know.” I was listening to a British Asian woman speak about her experience of

The Greek word ‘skandalon’ is the root of our English word ‘scandal’. It means ‘stumbling block.’ But it should mean

The song we’re looking at this week is called the ‘nunc dimittis’ in Latin. And for some reason, I’ve always