David
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You're not meant to go it alone
My younger sister is four months into her first go at motherhood.
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You can't choose your family
When I meet someone new, one of the first things I like to find out is how many siblings they have and what position are they in the pecking order. This is because I have always been very conscious of my own situation and the effect it had on me growing up.
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Do you hear me?
One of my \"Dad jokes\" is that I have trouble talking (due to a longstanding stutter) and my wife, Delma, has trouble hearing (due to a congenital problem), hence 38 years of marriage bliss, I can\'t talk and Delma can\'t hear!!
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The remarkable life of the ordinary
You slip into the back seat of a church as the worship is winding down from a frenzy. People begin to take their seats as a speaker starts his talk on \'Radical Discipleship\'.
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Rights groups will picket Oscars over lack of ethnic diversity in awards nominees
Civil rights groups are calling for a boycott of Sunday\'s Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles to demand more diversity among Academy Awards voters after no actors from ethnic minority groups earned nominations this year.
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Opposition parties urge India's PM Modi to 'walk the talk' on religious tolerance
Opposition parties are urging India\'s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to \'walk the talk\' after his statement on religious tolerance in India.
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Human rights situation in China last year was the worst since 1989, report says
A human rights group in the People\'s Republic of China is expressing concern over the worsening human rights situation in the country, saying that 2014 was the worst year for human rights in China in 25 years.
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Pope Francis gives LGBT Catholics VIP seats
An American advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Catholics were given front row seats at Pope Francis\' address on Ash Wednesday.
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UN to investigate Islamic State organ harvesting claims
A key Iraqi diplomat yesterday accused Islamic State militants of harvesting and trafficking organs to help finance its brutal operations in the Middle East.
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Rinse and repeat – consistency in discipline
In a matter of single digit weeks, we are expecting our first child. In some ways this is obviously a very exciting time, and in other ways I have no idea what I have signed myself up for.