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10 – 16 September
Faith is daily renewal—shedding old masks of fear and control to embrace compassion, forgiveness, and gratitude. In Christ, love becomes the measure, humility the path, and prayer the breath that unites us with all. Leadership is not power but service, a witness that God’s mercy transforms weakness into hope and division into communion.
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Why organized religion has lost relevancy
Millennials and younger generations, Smith argues, grew up seeing religion as discredited or irrelevant. For them, faith didn’t add up. This generational shift has accelerated the cultural disengagement that left organized religion looking more like an antique than a necessity.
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Heart and spirit respond differently to virtual church
Religious attendance has long been linked to better health and happiness. But researchers are now asking whether virtual services, increasingly common since COVID-19, offer the same benefits. Duke University’s small study suggests the online experience falls short on several personal and communal measures.
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3 – 9 September 2025
Faith is not theory but a living power shaping daily life. Paul reminds us that true belief matures in endurance, gratitude, and love, reconciling what is broken and transforming relationships into communion. In Christ, even suffering carries hope. To live in this freedom is to trust God’s Spirit quietly at work—renewing, forgiving, and making all…
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August 27 – September 2
Saul’s fall, Paul’s zeal, Herod’s struggle, and the psalmist’s vision all remind us that faith is never static. Transformation can be humiliating, exhilarating, or unsettling. Yet each story urges us to embrace change with honesty, curiosity, and imagination, trusting that God’s presence reshapes us from within.
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20 – 26 August
Reading biblical stories isn’t enough—they need to lift from the page and live within us. Art can open unexpected doors, as in Johann Christian Brand’s 1769 painting of the vineyard workers, where creativity and scripture meet, mingling to work from the inside out.
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August 13 – 19 – 19th week Ordinary Time
What if the thresholds of our lives—loss, leadership, longing—are not endings but invitations? Moses’ solitary death, Joshua’s water-crossing and the quiet joy of inner creation, these reflections ask us to go deeper. To trust the unseen, tend the spirit, and walk together into the unknown. The journey begins within.
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August 6 – 12 – 18th week Ordinary Time
Dreams, water, and sacred memory stir something deep. From Daniel’s visionary slumber to the longing that ripples through Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water, we glimpse truths emerging from the shadows. Could our own dreams—like scripture—hold echoes of the divine? These reflections invite you to slow down, listen inward, and honour the mystery.
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July 30 – August 5 – 17th week Ordinary Time
Exploring rest, reality, renewal, and responsibility. Leviticus and Numbers reveal a God who speaks honestly, expects struggle, and offers second chances. Ecclesiastes reminds us that meaning isn’t in legacy, but in presence. Nothing is lost—there’s always space to begin again.
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War makes the World sick, literally
Ukraine’s war introduced antibiotic-resistant infections now surfacing worldwide. Shortages and casualties have stretched healthcare thin, making sepsis a death sentence for some wounded soldiers. The long-term global risks show how war’s damage knows no borders.
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