Robert Alter | Gathering up https://wjhoward.co.uk Sun, 17 May 2020 12:12:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 Lenten reflection: ‘warts and all’ or Facetune? https://wjhoward.co.uk/lenten-reflection-warts-and-all-or-facetune/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lenten-reflection-warts-and-all-or-facetune Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:55:01 +0000 https://wjhoward.co.uk/?p=333 Christchurch Parish News, March 2019 In 1656, when sitting for his portrait, Oliver Cromwell insisted that the painter, Samuel Cooper, depict him ‘warts and all’. This stringent command would appear to be in sharp contrast to the prevailing zeitgeist of our own time, when many of us fine-tune our online appearance using filters and specialist… Read More »Lenten reflection: ‘warts and all’ or Facetune?

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How God’s grace and mercy in the story of Jonah challenge us in our faith today.

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