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Make room for the sacrifice of love

It can be said of human nature that we tend to hurt the ones we love. Also, it is easy to take for granted the very things we need the most, like air and water.

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Time well spent

Since transferring from the Pastoral Services Team to the Safeguarding Operations office for a brief sojourn, many of my friends and work colleagues have commented that this is a big change.

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The art of savouring

We’ve just said farewell to the Year of Jubilee 2025 and we have begun 2026, mostly untouched and unwritten. There is something sacred about this moment, not unlike the afterglow that lingers when the sun has set, that peculiar light that remains even after its source has disappeared below the horizon.

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Taking time to memorise

How many phone numbers do you know? Except for a few long defunct landline numbers from my childhood, I know my mobile number. That’s it.

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A missed opportunity

During a recent visit to Loxton, my friend Alison was clearing out her house in readiness for sale. It was the house that I once shared with her and the young man who was to become her husband when we were in our early 20s. At the time I was working as a cadet journalist at The Loxton News.