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Seeing Beyond Appearances
This morning, I was reading… Saul has been a disappointing king of Israel. The prophet Samuel, tasked with finding the next king, goes to Jesse’s house. Jesse has eight sons. The eldest, Eliab, is a good-looking young man. Samuel’s God says to him: ‘The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People…
Interrupted by Silence
…Reading Howard Reid’s ‘Dad’s War’. In 1943 Ian Reid was wounded and captured in North Africa and taken to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. He escaped and survived… Nearly sixty years later his son Howard followed his father’s footsteps across Italy… Howard’s writing from a farm in Tuscany, ‘A wonderful calm place’. I read: ‘The raucous…
Responding to the Call
…St Patrick: Today is St Patrick’s day. Born in Britain, sixteen-year-old Patrick was captured by Irish raiders. After six years as a slave he escaped and returned to Britain. He heard a call from his God to return to Ireland, where he preached, bringing Christianity to Ireland. Patrick responded to the call… …Soldiers: Reflecting on…
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