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• quoteable quote: radical

  “I don’t know how radical you are, or how radical I am. I am certainly not radical enough: that is, one must always try to be as radical as reality itself.” Lenin

• lent 11

  ‘The hard truth is that most Christians don’t pray very much. They pray at meals-unless they’re still stuck in the adolescent stage of calling good habits legalism. They whisper prayers before tough meetings. They say something brief as they crawl into bed. But very few set aside set times to pray alone-and fewer still think it is worth it to meet with others to pray. And we wonder why our faith is weak. And our hope is feeble. And our [...]

• more this lent

  Lent is the 40 weekday period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Day. It invites a time of humility, repentance, and soul searching as we draw closer to the passion of Christ. But having said that, I often feel really apathetic about how vogue it is to give something up during Lent. And particularly when it’s usually something like chocolate!! I don’t knock those who give stuff up; more to the point I commend you but I want to know why. Does [...]