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Now I feel sorry for the swineherds...
So Jesus managed to kill the pigs, destroy their keepers’ livelihoods, and caused so much havoc in the village its inhabitants asked him to leave.
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Jo Clifford
1:01
I feel sorry for the pigs...
I've never really liked this story.
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Jo Clifford
1:26
There are demons of rage at work in our hate-filled world...
…We need to learn not to be afraid of them and certainly not to join them…
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1:00
Stilling the storm in the heart
This is how I would prefer to understand the story as a metaphor and not an account of what literally happened.
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Jo Clifford
1:07
Peace falling down on the face of the water
I doubt Jesus spoke sharply to the storm, as the story says.
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Jo Clifford
1:01
let's try to be kind...
Hello, my dears.
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It helps to remember that Someone is always looking after us...
I remember a time when I felt horribly ill.
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Jo Clifford
1:10
This is someone who is absolutely unafraid of death...
How is that possible?
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1:00
Dear Mr. Linehan
Ladies toilets seem to frighten you, Mr.
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The true human is a stranger in this world
And the dead must learn to bury their dead.
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Jo Clifford
1:16
We all need help
(so why is it so hard to ask for it?)
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He spoke to the spirits
There’s something so beautiful about that phrase…
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1:04
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