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Going Against the Norm by Ben McMechan from International Justice Mission How would you define unfairness? Your sibling taking charge over the T.V. remote? Something you were blamed for but didn’t even do? Covid-19 cancelling holidays, seeing friends and just generally messing up your plans? This year, the phrase I have heard the most has been… “I can’t wait for everything to get back to normal”. In the case of all the changes that Covid-19 has had on our lives, I personally look forward to getting more back to normal. It will be great to see my friends and family more again, to get stuck into 5-aside on a Monday evening and to wear a face mask less! But, this season has also allowed us time to think about how ‘the normal’ isn’t always okay? Let me explain further with 3 everyday items. Chocolate, a phone, and an item of clothing. All three of these items can relate to something that is deeply unfair and, unfortunately, has been considered ‘normal’ in today’s world. I am talking ...
Who would have thought? When celebrating the end of 2019 none of u realised that we were counting down the days until the world would be crippled by a global health crisis. Yet, while we celebrated many great minds were already focused on a novel pathogen that presented a significant potential for harm globally. Immediately the scientific community jumped to action to determine what the world was about to face. Despite inevitable political intrigue, scientist had rapidly discovered the genetic code of this novel virus and distributed it publicly for global researchers to get a head start to which they took full advantage off. Now as of writing this, various vaccines are now in phase 3 trials in less than a year and numerous clinical trials are under way. So a question I find intriguing, as we cautiously pause mid-way to reflect is; how can so many people be surprised that something so small, so biologically “narrow minded” has caused so much devastation and yet the scientific community...
Pause Well guys, here we are, we've made it! We are now 2 days into the final month of 2020. In just 29 days it will be a brand new year, 2021 will begin and we will have a whole new 365-day story to write. Today's Wednesday Wisdom is a little different to our previous weeks. Today we want to invite you to take some time to stop, yes stop what you are doing, pause, put your phone turn, turn off the music and just spend a few moments with God. As I was preparing to write this short introduction I came across this quote, “In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day’s business.” The Christmas season is a time when we look forward to gathering with friend and family, exchanging gifts and eating ridiculous amounts of food., but most importantly it is the time when we remember the birth of Jesus all those years ago. God’s...
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