Pause for Thought – 27 May 2020
Pause for Thought is available to watch here:
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Pause for Thought is available to watch here:
https://youtu.be/lEw3nPFzepk
John 13:31-35 I’m well aware that whenever I go away to any course or conference, there are some people in the church who are dread this, simply because they worry about what new ideas I’ll have come up with. I think that’s rather how the disciples were feeling in this week’s reading. We’re eavesdropping on…
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