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Stand Firm

We begin the season of Lent by reminding ourselves that we are dust, and to dust we shall return. But it is a cross-shaped reminder, done with conviction that when we bind ourselves to Jesus, we bind ourselves not just to his death, but also to his resurrection … [To read more, click on title]

The Glory is in the Struggle

I think it was at the end of a cricket tour by a Pakistani cricket team. The team had started badly but finished well, and a media interviewer, seeming to want to get at the emotion and relief of hard-won success, asked a senior Pakistani player how he felt at winning a game at last. Long after I’ve forgotten the actual question he asked, I easily recall the cricketer’s answer: …. [to read more, click on title]