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New Year 2025

I often feel defeated by New Year greetings. Most years bring a mix of delights, surprises, challenges, losses and change. This year – wondering how to respond to greetings of ‘Happy New Year’! – I wrote this: May you this…

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Sequel to the prequel

Thought I’d better just say a few words about compost! It surprises me how little the church needs to do in fact to soften the soil.Just being nice can be enough.  No, really.  Friendliness, openness, humility.  Being involved in the…

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