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words fail me
That is perhaps not the most optimistic title for a word-based bloggage! But there are times when words do fail us. They can fail us when we are overwhelmed – by awe, by joy, by generosity, by tragedy and by grief – by emotions that are more powerful than words can express. In the tragic circumstances…
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I never knew there was so much in it
There is a publication that tells us the times of TV programmes that had the title of this bloggage as its advertising strap-line. I regularly find myself saying something similar about the Bible. Yes, statistics tell us that there are 66 books, containing over 770,000 words (depending on translation) divided into just over 31,000 verses (to help…
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all by myself?
My wife and daughter have abandoned me. Temporarily. They are staying with her Mum for a few days during the half term holiday. I know it’s silly and irrational but the house feels very different when they are away. Even during the daytime, when Sally and Hannah are at work and school respectively and I’m,…
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