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Reality is an important issue in many of my posts. Not just what we can see and touch, but also spiritual reality. Make sure we do not live in an illusion.

If the truth were true

There’s this wonderful sentence that has stuck in my mind recently: ‘If the truth were true’. I read it in a book about the many gifts we receive in baptism and one chapter suggested that we should live as if we really believe the truth. This started me off thinking what I would do if … Continue reading If the truth were true

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