Opinion
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A child's power to choose: rethinking child sponsorship
When we show children that we believe in them it builds their self-esteem - a belief that they can reach for the stars.
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Why keep Lent?
Most things in the Church's year are festivals and we happily talk about celebrating them. Lent is very different.
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Political leaders urged to set differences aside to tackle drug crisis
The call comes from Rev Brian Casey, of Springburn Parish Church in Glasgow, who has conducted hundreds of funerals for victims of the crisis - including three people from the same family.
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Dante 700 years on: the lessons on Hell are as relevant as ever
2020 marks the 700th anniversary of Dante's masterpiece "The Divine Comedy", a poem charting his journey through Hell.
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When education slips into indoctrination, parents have a right to be concerned
School pupils in Primary 1 are aged between four and five, so reading to them requires careful selection of material. The P1 pupils at Glencoats Primary in Paisley were recently treated to a story time with a sexually explicit drag queen with the stage name of Flowjob.
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I may be a Jew but there was no way I could support a Holocaust memorial next to the Houses of Parliament
Turning the worst turmoil in our history into a tourist attraction and a money-spinner for vested interests is crass and insulting.
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Regardless of Jean Vanier's actions, the organisation he founded must not be tarred with the same brush
The work these wonderful communities do is exemplary. Please don't let this revelation detract from that.
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Suicide: a subject that cannot and should not be ignored
I didn't know Caroline Flack, but I have known and loved people like her. Those who have felt isolated and hopeless, who have struggled with pain and suffering and have chosen to take their own life.
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Dear Lord, can I have a word?
A letter to Jesus from a contemporary clergyman
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Wherever there is supernatural healing or power, there is also temptation
If God uses us, it's because of His grace and not our merits.
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2020: an important year for pilgrimage in England
2020 marks 850 years since the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170, and 800 years since the translation of his body to Trinity Chapel on 7 July 1220.
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What can Mary Poppins's adventures teach us about Lent?
I once heard a man describe Christianity as 'Disney'. No one who has read the Bible, with whatever degree of scepticism, could embrace the Disney comparison.