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		<title>Light and darkness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Jesus Christ, Inner Light, let not my darkness speak for me” I came across this Taizé prayer only recently, perhaps a month or so ago. But since reading it, I have not been able to forget it, it speaks deeply to me, moves me. I can imagine a community of followers of Christ reciting it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/05/09/light-and-darkness/</link>
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		<title>Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture by ++Desmond Tutu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture                                                                        Congregational Church, Rondebosch                                                     24 April 2012 &#160; God is God’s Worst Enemy Preamble:  It is a very great honour to have been invited to give this inaugural lecture in memory of this outstanding and brilliant young theological leader, Steve de Gruchy and as I extend yet again our deepest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/04/26/steve-de-gruchy-memorial-lecture-by-desmond-tutu/</link>
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		<title>A ritual to gain courage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know a group of friends who have found each other by their mutual enthusiasm for travel and adventure, and who in the process have developed a number of meaningful rituals. One of these they took over from a community in a relatively isolated spot in the South African north-west. During one of their excursions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/04/26/a-ritual-to-gain-courage/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: Nothing is Really Lost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The moving and consoling message of Easter is that the God who raised Jesus from the dead promised that He will always find us. Like Ken Wilber who promised his dying wife Trya that he will find her again, no matter what happens, we may also, during this time of Easter, know that the God [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/04/24/meditation-nothing-is-really-lost/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: The Longing for One Thing Only</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often drive past the airport on my way to Cape Town and remember a childhood fascination, a dream to become a pilot. In the Karoo where I grew up, one only rarely sees an aeroplane overhead, thus my awe at seeing these awkward birds probably lasted longer than for many others. Now, for different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/04/02/meditation-the-longing-for-one-thing-only/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: It is about Our Way of Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen Armstrong started her adult life dedicated to her faith as a sister in a religious order.  At a later stage she left the order and became well-known as an author, writing about faith in a modern age. In a recently televised talk she made the point that true religion is not about correct dogmas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/03/26/meditation-it-is-about-our-way-of-life/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: A Parable for Our Daily Christian Lives and for Lent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a recent visit to the Free State, I was charmed as ever, by the beauty of the wide horizon, the high sky crowned with summer clouds, the soft white plumes of grass.  There has not been enough rain everywhere, but in the main the mealies were high and green, the red cattle gleaming. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/03/13/meditation-a-parable-for-our-daily-christian-lives-and-for-lent/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: The Church of the Streets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Christ died for the ungodly’. These radical words caught my eye on a poster a friend had on her wall. Such extreme sayings often make us feel uncomfortable. We tend to claim God and Christ for ourselves, thinking of him in our own terms only. And surely, we don’t consider ourselves to be ungodly! No, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/03/02/meditation-the-church-of-the-streets/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: Please also Look at Her</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time incidents occur which can leave us feeling extremely embarrassed, almost sheepish, but from which we can hopefully learn some important lessons. Like that evening at a party when a friend suddenly leaned over to me, touched my arm and whispered: “Don’t you please also want to look at my partner while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/02/23/meditation-please-also-look-at-her/</link>
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		<title>MEDITATION: The Magic Circle of Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend who believes that, periodically, moments of silence are vital for a meaningful life. Not only does he faithfully practice such a discipline himself, but he also likes to share his experience with others. A while ago he exposed his two sons and a friend, all three of them still in primary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://christianspirit.co.za/2012/02/08/meditation-the-magic-circle-of-silence/</link>
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