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The ‘other’ army

OVER THE NEXT MONTHS, the sixtieth anniversaries of the liberation of Paris (August 25th) and of Brussels (September 4th) will be celebrated, along with commemorations of liberations and battles (Arnhem, September; the Bulge, December/January) up through France, Belgium and Holland,…

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Turning Point(s)

THE D-DAY LANDINGS COMMEMORATED LAST WEEK have often been used to illustrate lessons for the church's task in the world today. Years ago at Heidebeek I first heard theologian Dr Gordon Fee drawing a parallel between the Normandy events and…

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Tearing down history’s walls

A BRONZE CHARIOT PULLED BY FOUR PRANCING STEEDS and held aloft by the six-pillared Brandenburg Gate guarded the most famous dividing line in the world: the Berlin Wall. Facing towards the eastern sector, the chariot watched over this heavily-guarded checkpoint,…

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A question from Sokol

For decades, Hoxha was a name associated with the dictator who ruled a hermetically-sealed communist Albania. Actually it is quite a common Albanian name. Last week I was in correspondence with a young Albanian named Sokol Hoxha. Sokol became a…

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