This sad story offers a few applications as an illustration. If you search around the internet you’ll find numerous articles about it. Here’s one from local News Limited. Welsh engineers Taylor & Sons, which was established in 1875, got a shock in February 2009 when Companies House, the UK government’s registrar of companies, recorded the …

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Nathan Campbell is a Brisbane based pastor who offers his thoughts on the response to the recent shootings in Paris, emphasising that the Christian’s primary identification is always with Jesus and the cross. I think the central theme that he identifies here should be central to Christians trying to respond to this and other tragic …

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Kevin Vickers, the Sergeant-at-Arms to the Canadian Parliament, was the person who shot the gunman who assailed the Parliament after shooting sentry Nathan Cirillo. The next day Vickers resumed his duties carrying the ceremonial mace into the chamber. The video is extraordinary, particularly after the party enters Parliament. The emotions on Vickers’ face in the …

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This seems so weird, but is based on the premise of being without company, phone, pen, paper, book, music or anything. The whole situation stands at odds with the observations about having too much to do or being overloaded with busyness. The very situation we contend plagues us, we’re actually addicted to. People apparently can’t …

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