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Language lessons from Humpty Dumpty, the Holy Innocents and Terry Pratchett
(6 minutes) Toby Lees warns that when we empty language of meaning we destroy others - and ourselves.
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Religious extremism in Africa
(5 minutes) Opposing bigotry and religious extremism in Africa requires cooperation between rationally minded people of all faiths and none, overcoming simplistic narratives, argues Caleb Onah.
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Learning to live in the present
(3 minutes) As the year changes, Katelyn Hannel reflects on her own personal change of decade and what it actually means to ‘live in the present’.
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Carnage at Christmas
(5 minute read) On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me six poems by Richard Bauckham, Monica Sharp, Desmond FX Kon and Joseph Evans.
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In praise of burnt toast
(3 minute read) Nicole Law looks back on the year just gone and learns that the tough moments also had their value.
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Why know when you can wonder? The enduring joy of reading Shakespeare
(4 minute read) On the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s works, Monica Sharp explains why she decided to dive into the great Bard’s plays and the ocean she discovered.
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Us or them: understanding the Israeli-Palestinian war
(5 minute read) Firas Modad attempts to offer an objective, ‘steel-man’ perspective of the position of each side in the Israel-Palestine conflict, without endorsing either.
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Laudate Deum: new arguments to combat climate change
(4 minute read) Pope Francis considers climate change so important that the 86-year-old pontiff has decided to attend in person the COP 28 summit in Dubai, starting at the end of this month. Emilio Chuvieco explains what the Pope has written about this topic in a recent papal document.
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The persecution of Christians: how our silence leads to violence
(3 minute read) Wednesday 22nd November is Red Wednesday, a day to remember the persecution of Christians throughout the world. We republish here last year's Adamah Media article in which John Pontifex says it's time to break the silence about Christians being killed for their faith in the contemporary world.
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Hope for victims of divorce
(3 minute read) Reading Lord of the Rings helped Alexander Wolfe find ways forward for adult children suffering from their parents’ break-up.
