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Here’s a powerful article from Julia Baird about the value of empathy in the time of Musk.

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In a time of strongman politics, mad dictators, power-hungry oligarchs, and fear-mongering journalism, I do doubt this. Lord, help my unbelief.

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Love this quote from Joshua Johnson. The Kingdom of God is the right-way-up. We're living in the upside-down world now, yearning for all to be set right.

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One of my favourite actors; one of my favourite films. And The Conversation, Bonnie & Clyde, Unforgiven, Scarecrow, Mississippi Burning, Hoosiers etc etc.

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When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word. — Garrison Keillor

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On idolatry.

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Dogs against DOGE. After attending a protest rally, my friend Rebecca's daughter wanted to play protest with her Bluey toys when they got home. Train up a child in the way they should go...

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True story!

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For the Christian, protest is also an act of defiant discipleship.

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Prayers for a world unraveling.

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The Halpin family, who lost everything in the LA fires, sing a hymn in the rubble of their former home. What faith! youtu.be/nsQ_VHj1NgI?...

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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ — Mr Rogers

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This isn't normal. There's no denying that rising temperatures and changing weather patterns contribute to longer fire seasons and more extreme fire behaviour. We need to wake up.

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How on earth was January 6 not a deal-breaker for America?!?

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Teach your children well.

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Do you want to know what’s more predictive of violent or terrorist behaviour than ethnicity , religion, or citizenship? It’s a history of domestic violence.

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My wife shared with me this old prayer by John Wesley to consecrate the beginning of a new year. It’s a brave soul who would pray a scary prayer like this.

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Ringing in the new year in the sleepy Southern Highlands where the locals asked me to wish you a Happy New Year.

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A truly Aussie Christmas lunch. Hope you all had a wonderful day. I’ll be back here stirring up trouble in the New Year. Peace.

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God is for us. Merry Christmas, all.

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Jesus the homeless asylum seeker. Artwork @kellylatimoreicons

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The Adoration of the Magpie by Michael Leunig (1972). I know it’s meant to be cute (magpie instead of magi), but it’s a lovely truth that even the most lowly of God’s creation will adore him. As Jesus said, “If you keep quiet [about my coming], the stones will cry out.”

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 20

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Gisèle Pelicot endured a decade of rape at the hands of over 80 men orchestrated by her then-husband. Her courage in standing up to these men, and defiantly pursuing them through the courts earns her Person of the Year in my book. [Artwork by Wendy McNaughton]

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God can't be kept out. God shows up. #advent

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 19

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 18

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In 1855 abolitionist minister John Sullivan Dwight translated the French hymn 'O Holy Night' into English and included this radical verse, which was for many years banned in the American South and in countries like South Africa. It seems that trying to ban the "woke" gospel is an age-old tradition.

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That moment when you’re taking a selfie with a book you want to promote and a colleague comes to your door just as you hit the white button. Awkward. Still it’s a great book. “Reviving Mission” is rooted in an infectious optimism about the unfurling of the kingdom and the church’s role in it.

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 17

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 16

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Did it ever occur to you that Joseph may have used that gold, frankincense, and myrrh to fund his family’s escape to Egypt; that the refugee Christ-child might have been literally saved by the kindness of strangers?

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 14

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I felt like I was in a Christmas movie this morning.

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 14

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 13

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Last night, Jarrah (4) whispered to me in all seriousness, “Popsie, are you really Santa?” So to clear things up we took him to meet the genuine article so he could see us in the same room at the same time.

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 12

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Some people are distressed by this photograph because of their belief that Mary gave birth without pain. They believe that because Mary was inaugurating the new creation she would give birth painlessly, since the pains of childbirth are one of the effects of sin in the first creation. Thoughts?

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 11

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I’ve been enjoying posting the covers of my most memorable novels each day, but it’s killing me not also posting a comment about why I love them. Anyway, here’s the first ten in case you’ve missed any. So much beauty and wonder here.

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 10

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 9

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I wrote a blog about this painting some years ago and I still get asked about it regularly. It’s Cogniet's “Scene of the massacre of the Innocents” (1824) and if it’s not the greatest of Christmas paintings, it must be one of the most haunting and affecting. mikefrost.net/greatest-chr...

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 8

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 7

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 6

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TWENTY BOOKS IN TWENTY DAYS Choose 20 novels that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚 Day 5

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I’m nothing if not predictable. But then he is the greatest living singer-songwriter of our time. #SpotifyWrapped

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