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Meghan’s Lament
GUEST BLOG: What does the book of Lamentations have to do with the recent much-publicised TV interview with Meghan Markle? John Holdsworth wonders how long it will be before this is characterized as…
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Happy Birthday to Us! 🎉
Sacristy Press is a Durham-based publishing company that has just reached a significant milestone. It was founded on 16 March 2011 and is today celebrating its 10th birthday. Over the past…
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A Year Like No Other
GUEST BLOG: We have come full circle, almost a year since the first lockdown commenced in the U.K. on 23 March 2020. We have nearly made it through this winter of uncertainty to spring. #BookOfTheMo…
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Hanging Pictures on the Wall
GUEST BLOG: A good poem is like a picture on a wall, says Richard Briggs. Now I love art galleries. But I have never been good at hanging pictures around the house. I am not speaking of my practi…
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March #BookOfTheMonth: The Geese Flew Over My Heart
Poems for prayer and reflection: our March #BookOfTheMonth is Lyn McCrave’s deeply personal and at times haunting collection, The Geese Flew Over My Heart. This beautiful collecti…
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