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I struggled with this one...
Spirituality in Community
Here's something I wrote for our Island's Newspaper Is Spirituality a Personal or Community endeavour? Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash
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I bet this was a struggle to write but I cannot better the description of my neighbour - fairly new to the church - in the 3rd pew who leaned over and said "Bloody brilliant."