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Scripture quotations are taken from:

Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, (NIV)® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

The New Revised Standard Version Bible (NRSV). Copyright ©1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Merton quotes courtesy of The Thomas Merton Foundation.

Quotations from Quaker Faith & Practice are copyright © 1995–2014, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

All opinions given in this blog, and any errors of fact, are entirely my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or practices of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) or any other organisation

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Acknowledgements

Scripture quotations are taken from:

Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, (NIV)® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

The New Revised Standard Version Bible (NRSV). Copyright ©1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Merton quotes courtesy of The Thomas Merton Foundation.

Quotations from Quaker Faith & Practice are copyright © 1995–2014, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

All opinions given in this blog, and any errors of fact, are entirely my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or practices of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) or any other organisation

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