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Walking on prayer
Published: 15th Mar 2013
“I JUST CAN’T sleep tonight” croons Canadian singer, Justin Bieber. Reason for his insomnia? “Knowing that things ain’t right”. What does the megastar do? “I close my eyes and I can see a brighter day, I close my eyes and pray.”
He’s not the only star to claim enlightenment through prayer. From Lady Gaga...
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Greater than Gatsby?
Published: 8th Mar 2013
LEONARDO Di Caprio’s recent movie, “The Great Gatsby”, is set in New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of wild living, jazz parties, and shady business dealings making a lot of money.
Mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, played by Di Caprio, is a man following a dream. Gatsby has devoted his life to the pursuit of wealth. But for...
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Baptised at 77
Published: 3rd Jun 2012
DEFYING the stereotype of a quiet old lady, at 77 years old, Pam Selmes was born again and now has people at her house "all the time".
Pam was born in Derbyshire, but her father worked with the railway so the family moved around a lot. "My mother never minded moving," she recalls.
Her family brought her up as a Quaker, so Pam was born as a "birthright...
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God help us!
Published: 13th May 2012
MOST people pray in a crisis or in danger. As the expression goes "There are no atheists in the trenches".
It is no surprise, then, that when premiership footballer, Fabrice Muamba, collapsed on the pitch recently with a massive heart attack, many people's response was to pray for him.
Supporters of both teams clapped him off the pitch and waited with baited breath...
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Winning the war - by praying
Published: 18th Sep 2011
RACHEL: How do you engage in prayer, Huw?
Prayer and life are very closely connected. Prayer, at its heart, is simply a walk with God. Yet as we journey into this, we find it is also ruling with God - directing His authority towards situations that need to change. The first kind of prayer is directed "upwards", the second "downwards", and both are...
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