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838            <p>As the Season of Creation draws to a close, Kate Rigby reflects on ecological conversion of hearts, minds and lives, and the practice of contemplation that can prepare us for this.</p>
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849            <h3>Church of Sanctuary (part three)</h3>
850            <p>In the third part of his series on sanctuary, Brian Curnew explores its meaning with reference to place, worship and Christian life.</p>
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862            <p>Julia Chalkley reflects on her experience of the largest plastic pollution incident in Northern Europe near her home in Tyneside, and the ongoing issues and questions such an event raises.</p>
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874            <p>In the second part of his series on sanctuary, Brian Curnew reflects on the enduring power of the Christian faith, drawing on Ghana’s history of slavery and the message of the cross to ask how Jesus sees each of us.</p>
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898            <p>Brian Curnew reflects on the meaning of welcome, hospitality and loving the stranger, drawing on his own experience of arriving unexpectedly in Ghana and on the Christian and Jewish traditions that shape our understanding of welcome.</p>
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1134<script id="jquery.wp-smartcrop-js" src="https://www.sjp.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/wp-smartcrop/js/jquery.wp-smartcrop.min.js?ver=2.0.10"></script>
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1174<script>
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