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Advent for Adults: Web Round-Up 2

By 2 commentsAdvent, arts, blogging, church calendar, crisis pregnancy, fine arts, hospitality, music, poetry, social justice, social media, spirituality

Is it just me, or is Advent all over the internet this year in a way it hasn’t been in the past? If online resources nourish your spirituality, there are plenty of them out there. Here are some of the best things I’ve found over the last week or so. Let me know if any […]

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Matters of Life and Death: Euthanasia

By 14 commentsbioethics, depression, disability, emotional well-being, euthanasia, grief, hospitality, pastor, preaching, science, social exclusion, spirituality, well-being

‘It is a tragedy when the human spirit dies before the body. But the answer is not to kill the body too, but to revive the spirit.’ Ā So saidĀ Prof Margaret SomervilleĀ at a conference on euthanasia held in Wellington a couple of years ago. On Sunday I tried to canvass the arguments on both sides of […]

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