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Why The Wimbledon 1975 Men's Final Has A Message For The Speed Addicted
Whether it is writing in the dust or lobbing over the net, there is wisdom in taking our time over the Cup Final decisions for which we will be remembered. Back in 2006, the British Council carried out research on how quickly people hurry about their lives. Previous studies have shown that the more advanced and urbanised the population, the quicker people walk. More social, less
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Life And Death On Lampedusa
The wordless documentary, Fire at Sea, will never be bettered in its genre .TMI. It’s the abbreviation of our
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The Repetition Of Palatable Lies
As the word of God slips from shared memory, shriller voices hold sway. Truth is becoming a commodity,
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The benefits of looking someone in the eye and making a connection are out of this world
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The strength of a city is not measured in its economic output but in the quality of its relationships
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As we age in Christ, some have to battle for their ...
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The Day The World Should Have Ended
Think you’re having a hard day at work? Imagine being Stanislav Petrov on September 26, 1983.
Think you’re having a hard day at work? Imagine being Stanislav Petrov on September 26, 1983. Petrov was on duty in the early hours of the morning when the Soviet Union’s early warning systems detected an incoming nuclear missile from the United States. He was duty bound to report it, but chose not to, believing it was a false alarm. In the course of the following few minutes, a further four missile launches were detected and Petrov had to make the decision all over again, with much more evidence stacked in favour of a sequential launch.
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Have we become so protective of personal autonomy in following Christ that we no longer submit to external discipline?
Day Seven
When God calls us to rest, he shows us what he can do while we sit back
You shall carry out an audit. If one commandment were to be added to the ten by our generation,