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Advent in Art with He Qi: Nativity

By 3 commentsAdvent, arts, Bible, childbirth, church calendar, developing world, fine arts, hospitality, kids and spirituality, motherhood, refugees, spirituality, war

A warm welcome to this year’s Advent in Art series, where we join thousands of others in contemplating artistic works while we wait, wait, wait for Christmas. For an introduction to this series, and He Qi, the artist featured in 2014, please see the first post, on the Annunciation. Week 3: Nativity Jesus is born […]

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Child Marriage, Child Death and What You Can Do

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Trigger warning for discussion of rape and child marriage. The tragic, terrible death of an eight-year-old Yemeni girl made international news this week. You might have read reports that a little girl died from injuries she received during wedding-night intercourse with a 40-year-old man who had just married her. Coming from a much more fortunate […]

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