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“Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old.”

Quote by Rowan Williams

Book:Choose Life: Christmas and Easter Sermons in Canterbury Cathedral

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Choose Life: Christmas and Easter Sermons in Canterbury Cathedral

This book compiles sermons that offer spiritual guidance and reflections on the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter, presented in the historic setting of Canterbury Cathedral. more

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According to limited information, Rowan Williams is a poet born on June 14, 1950. Specific biographical details and representative works are not readily available. more

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