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What The Penalty Shoot Out Tells Us About Life
It is hard to pity entitled, overpaid footballers. Until, that is, it is reduced to penalties after extra time. Even when you do not care who wins, the drama of the penalty shoot out is so intense and all-consuming that every heart rate quickens.
Is there a more exquisite form of sporting torture?
Sport is laden with cliché, and the refrain, ‘it’s come down to the lottery of penalties’ is an established part
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What can the Church can do to help transform the mental health of a current generation of children and young people? For it is hard to think of a more valuable issue for the Church to be engaged with right now.
A major NHS report in November 2018 into the mental health of children and young people was sobering. Among other findings, it showed that nearly one in four young women has a mental illness, with depression and anxiety being especially common. We know something is not right and it appears to be getting worse for both young women and young men, and symptoms are presenting at an earlier age. Understanding the whole picture is difficult as there are many issues to factor in and the picture itself seems to shift like a kaleidoscope.
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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,