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  • Troubled Times

    It won’t have escaped your attention that we live in troubled times. The sense of uncertainty and unease is palpable even for those of us lucky enough to live at a distance from the world’s conflict zones. The world is suffering and we all know it. Every few days a new shock, a new event seems to edge us closer to even worse disaster. All the while human beings are suffering. We feel moved to respond in some way, but we often feel powerless. Increasingly human beings, communities and institutions are being driven apart. It can be easy to become disheartened, to conclude (as many have done) that human beings are…

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