To be compassionate is, if we take the word to bits, to suffer with another, to feel their suffering ...

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In the front gardens, even in the rain, I notice the first signs of spring and the greyness of winte ...

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There is a kind of tribalism in us all which can make us feel uneasy, even threatened at times by di ...

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William Shakespeare wrote of the seven ages of man, starting with the puking infant and the whining ...

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So, as we continued walking through the city, I played a game, trying to separate what I thought was ...

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Monsters, unfortunately, sometimes refuse to stay dead. Diseases once eradicated can creep back and ...

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Last week, I was in Bruges. We were standing in front of yet another unbelievably stunning painting ...

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The debate on gay marriage is making me uncomfortable. Columnists tell me breezily that I should wel ...

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But social security carries a risk: the risk that some will abuse the system, taking without giving. ...

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Though it may be a small incident, it does raise the issue of personal responsibility and respect to ...

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The argument on how to get the balance right between the right to privacy in private life and the im ...

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And of course that's just where the problems lie. Though people on both sides appeal to what is natu ...

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Few of us want to appear dependent: witness the rugged determination of many older people to resist ...

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I'm hesitant here to quote anyone from the Bible because recently when I mentioned a saying of Jesus ...

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Surely nothing tests the faith of the believer as much as this - the sudden, frightening, violent de ...

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As things are, I see two dangers and they are linked. The first is that if the Church is quick to as ...

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In the past, religion's contribution to this debate has been from a moral standpoint about the quest ...

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The Passover season is well and truly on us.We're preparing our homes for the festival of freedom, w ...

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Some time ago at a buffet lunch in a church hall - not quite a fine dining event - I recall a lively ...

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The road to peace and reconciliation is a complex and painful process, whether in national or indeed ...

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