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Book Extracts
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What is Resilience? And Why Now is the Time to Practise It
Several years ago when Meg Warner began writing the drafts for Joseph: A Story of Resilience Brexit was only a 'pipe dream'. Later, in the editing stages Brexit had become the greatest challenge to have struck the UK for many decades. In March 2020, the book entered the final stages of publishing and the coronavirus pandemic had threatened to overshadow Brexit dramatically. Meg writes that although she does not know what context we will be in when we pick up this book, '...the pressure on every single one of us – individuals and communities alike – to be resilient and to practise resilience will have grown exponentially'. You will now find in this blog post two extracts from the book, one on what resilience is, and one on your resilience journey.
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What is it like to be a young carer?
Today marks the start of Carers Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. According to the last census, there are 166,000 young carers in England, but recent research suggests that the actual figure may be as many as 800,000. In this extract from Lights for the Path by Madeleine Davies we hear of the real-life experiences of young carers.
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'Now is the time for the Church to shine a light on the darkness of racism'
What can the Church do? There has been much conversation and discussion on what the Church should and shouldn't do. In the last chapter of We Need To Talk About Race, Ben Lindsay shares 'practical ways in which we can all strive towards racial reconciliation, unity, inclusion and integration in the UK Church'. Read this chapter, entitled Let's Push Things Forward in the following blog post.
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Tears, Locked Doors and Doubt - an extract from God and the Pandemic
Today sees the publication of Tom Wright's new book God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and its Aftermath. In this extract from the book Tom Wright draws parallels between the tears, locked doors and doubt that are present in the Gospel of John with the tears, locked doors and doubt that we are experiencing amidst this pandemic.
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He is Our Anchor of Hope, an extract from Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and we're sharing an extract from Rob Merchant's upcoming book: Broken by Fear, Anchored in Hope. Drawing on his own experience, Rob shows how healing starts when we acknowledge and accept our vulnerability. Knowing our place before God and surrendering wholly to Christ, we can discover forgiveness and always find hope. This extract draws on the feeling of hope.
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