Inspired

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Elections in Zambia – A job well done

Elections in Zambia – A job well done

Zambia's recent general elections challenge anyone whose ever said that democracy is a lost cause in Africa. The media coverage had pretty much written off the outcome before a single vote was cast. The world should prepare for a rigged vote, warned the Economist. The...

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A Franciscan Benediction

A Franciscan Benediction

One of my favourite ways to start off the day is watching a visual liturgy from The Work of the People. I read this beautiful Franciscan Benediction this morning. It’s tempting to try to tune out what's happening around us at the moment but, more than ever, we need to...

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“What I will say is that what I have learned for myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else; and that myself is good enough; and that when I am being true to that self, then I can avail myself to extraordinary things. You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.”

 Lupita Nyong’o