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A long history of oppression leads to refugees adrift at sea
Partners Relief and Development continue to advocate for the Rohingya as
their plight, adrift on the Andaman sea, reaches mainstream media. Rohingya are a
persecuted Muslim minority living in Burma. Denied citizenship by the Burmese
government, an estimated 25,000 have…Read
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Bible translation gaining speed with local involvement
This story originally appeared in the print edition of ChristianWeek.
View it here. New technology and indigenous translators are allowing organizations like
OneBook to get Scriptures into the hands of language groups at unprecedented speeds.
OneBook president Wayne Johnson says…Read
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New movie
highlights coffee injusticeA new movie from Hugh Jackman and World Vision, Dukale’s Dream, is
highlighting the injustices in the coffee industry. Jackman, a World Vision ambassador
for Australia, travels to Ethiopia and learns the trade of coffee farmers and the
shocking challenges…Read
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No Bible verse is an
islandThis story originally appeared in the print edition of ChristianWeek.
View it here. Whether it be in church or on your Facebook feed, it seems there is a
short and pithy Bible verse to solve every problem. Do you feel…Read
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Ordinarytime: Loving the daily divine
Finally, we come to the last and longest season of the Christian Calendar
year called Ordinarytime, which spans from the end of Eastertide to the beginning of
Advent. Ordinarytime is the season to attend to the holiness of our daily…Read
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Why
the ‘least of these’ includes animalsOTTERBURNE, MB—Recently appointed a Fellow at the Oxford Centre for
Animal Ethics, Michael Gilmour is one of only a few faculty member of a Canadian
university to receive the appointment that brings together scholars from around the
world. “The appointment…Read
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