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Missiles may have destroyed much of our hospital in Gaza but let it be known that we are not defeated. Already our staff are clearing up and finding ways to get the damaged facilities up and running again. They really are unstoppable.
April 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Today is 80 years since the Nazis executed Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was imprisoned for his part in the plot to assassinate Hitler. His words have never been more relevant and we need his moral clarity and courage more than ever before.
April 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Democracy dies with Jeff Bezos.
January 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Democracy Dies in Bezos
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Democracy Dies in Bezos
The latest in anticipatory obedience.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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My article in the Christmas edition of the Church Times:
‘Return to the Four Last Things: thoughts from Israel/Palestine www.churchtimes.co.uk/252771
Return to the Four Last Things
How can Advent and Christmas be contemplated in a time of war, asks Richard Sewell
www.churchtimes.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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I saw this. It tells the awful truth of Israel’s settler expansion in the Jordan Valley and the brutal impact on Bedouin farming communities. For anyone not familiar with these issues, it’s an education. Worth seeing if you can, even if you know the issues.
mubi.com/en/films/the...
TRAILER - The Shepherd's Keeper (2024)
Bedouin shepherd communities who live in the magical spaces of the Jordan Valley have to deal with a variety of pressures and threats. The film follows the complexity of the ‘human layer’, that distur...
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December 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM
My thanksgiving treat was to finish reading Mike Vance’s The Devil’s Lease, an historical crime novel. Great job Mike!!
November 29, 2024 at 3:11 AM
To counter the post election angst, I’m rereading (audio version) one of the funniest books of the 20th century-A Confederacy of Dunces.
November 16, 2024 at 5:47 PM