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  From Genesis to Exodus: New beginnings at this most unusual of New Years

  Irene Lancaster | Fri 1 Jan 2021 11:34 GMT

  As the world ushers in 2021 it reflects on a year like no other.

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  How to ensure 2021 is as good as we're hoping it will be

  Niki Hardy | Fri 1 Jan 2021 11:05 GMT

  It's safe to say 2021 isn't going to miraculously get better overnight, so, I wonder, can 2021 be all we're hoping it will be and if it can, how do we ensure that it is?

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  Four powerful ways you can help stop child slavery in 2021

  David Westlake | Thu 31 Dec 2020 6:07 GMT

  With the UN General Assembly declaring 2021 the Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, this year is a chance for each and every one of us to join together and make freedom possible for all children everywhere.

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  For pastors too, funerals bring pain - but they are always, always a privilege

  Rob James | Wed 30 Dec 2020 13:15 GMT

  No one wants to plan a funeral over the festive season but sometimes that is what pastors must do.

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  Most people who have never married still have hopes of tying the knot - poll

  Jennifer Lee | Wed 30 Dec 2020 12:42 GMT

  Hopes of marriage are still common despite increasing numbers choosing not to wed, according to the results of a study by Gallup.

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  After a year of pandemic, here are five things I'd like to see in 2021

  Peter Crumpler | Wed 30 Dec 2020 6:02 GMT

  I've been looking ahead to 2021 and thinking about the five top things I'd like to see in the year ahead. What would you put on your list?

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  Thomas Becket and the costly sacrifice of Christian witness

  Catherine Pepinster | Tue 29 Dec 2020 6:19 GMT

  Martyrdom is not something of the past. It remains the price that Christians pay for their witness in the same way Thomas Becket did 850 years ago.

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  Kalley Heiligenthal thanks supporters for kindness a year on from daughter's death

  Jennifer Lee | Tue 29 Dec 2020 6:12 GMT

  Bethel worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal has thanked friends and fans for their kindness in the year since her two-year-old daughter Olive died.

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  2020: the year for good news – if you know where to look

  David Robertson | Mon 28 Dec 2020 10:02 GMT

  It fast became a journalistic cliché – that 2020 has been the worst time since the Second World War. But has it been that bad? Perhaps we need to dig a bit deeper, because there has been good news as well.

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  Singing to premature baby helps mothers bond and reduces anxiety - study

  Right to Life UK | Mon 28 Dec 2020 8:39 GMT

  Researchers at the University of Helsinki observed 24 mothers who sang or hummed to their baby while holding them during skin-to-skin contact in hospital.

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  Here's why Christmas movies are so appealing this holiday season

  S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate | Sat 26 Dec 2020 12:25 GMT

  Holiday movies are popular not simply because they are "escapes," as my research on the relation between religion and cinema argues. Rather, these films offer viewers a glimpse into the world as it could be. This is particularly true with Christmas movies.