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December 2025 Edtn
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With Those Who Waited: An Advent Journey

Michelle Young

Advent—the threshold of the Christian Year—invites us to remember what it means to wait. Among those who recognised and welcomed God in Jesus were two who waited, Simeon and Anna.

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November 2021 Edtn
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Learning from the Beguines

Michelle Young

A few years ago while I was on holiday, a friend put before me an article and encouraged me to read it. It was a single page at the very back of a magazine, an unpromising placement; but it would find a permanent home in my mind and my imagination.

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June 2020 Edtn
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Christ in Revelation

Michelle Young

Each June I revisit the image of the Church gathered around Christ in Revelation 1-3. I do this as I prepare to teach our Residential Fellows; I also do it because it is good for me.

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April 2020 Edtn
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The Psalms of Hallel

Michelle Young

Today I sat in the garden at Cape Horn thumbing the pages of my Bible, my mind preoccupied by this strange time that we find ourselves in.

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