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    Rosemary Hannah

    Church starts (IMHO) when one can admire the qualities of those with whom one disagrees. But it is a trick balancing act (thinking of yesterday’s news) to admire and not capitulate. To reach across and keep one’s footing. To be rejected and to stay open,and yet not internalise the objections.

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