Tag: the world
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Righteous Rebellion
One morning, I came across a message shared in a WhatsApp group, and it made me pause. The writer was talking about resisting the constraints that society and culture place on us as human beings. About how no one should decide the “appropriate” dress code, or tell us what to do with our lives; that…
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Face to Face with Reality
I was recently asked what serving in a village was like, and all I could say was that it made me realize the weight of the work we have to do on this earth. For years, I’d been told about how many people were waiting for me to rise and take my place in Christ,…
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Mary Contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contraryHow does your garden grow?With silver bells and cockleshellsAnd pretty maids all in a row. The first time I heard the phrase, “Mary contrary”, I pictured a willful girl who would always disagree with whatever you say. If you say the sky is blue, she would insist that the sky was more…
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