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Gideon Heugh's avatar

Great piece, Grace, and an important challenge. Thank you. Reminds me of a meme I saw recently that feels quite apposite -

Jesus: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.'

Member of the crowd: 'Who is my neighbour?'

Jesus: 'It's whoever you were hoping I wouldn't say.'

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Grace Pengelly's avatar

Exactly! It's annoying but true :)

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Liz Curran's avatar

Important, challenging reminder. Thank you.

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Grace Pengelly's avatar

Thanks Liz. I’m feeling a bit battered by the weeks events. X

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Sarah Linnell's avatar

Grace , I continue to value your writing ,and dare I say Friendship , hugely.

Along side this I plan to contribute a bit.

Not by signing a regular subscription . This is a one off , I ll send. Sox

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evan's avatar

on loving the ‘enemy’ - reminded me of this post, worth a read: https://substack.com/home/post/p-172087759 . thank you for the uncomfortable reminder Grace (uncomfortable bc there are people it is much easier to vilify than love, but this is part of the work)

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Grace Pengelly's avatar

harry just sent me that essay too! will take a look x

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