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Mary's Diary: SaturdayView
Guest writer Beth created written diary entries for Easter Weekend, from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Listen or read below. Mary's Diary - Holy Saturday by Restored
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Dear Diary: the Easter storyView
Reflect on the Easter story by listening to or reading these diary entries, written from the perspective of Mary Magdalene, from Maundy Thursday through to Easter Sunday.Click below to see the diary entry for each day. Maundy Thursday "It’s Passover. Usually I love this festival- but leading up to today …
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Mary's Diary: FridayView
Guest writer Beth has created diary entries for Easter Weekend, from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Listen or read below.CW: suicide, description of crucifixion. Mary's Diary - Good Friday by Restored
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Mary's Diary: ThursdayView
Guest writer Beth has created diary entries for Easter Weekend, from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Listen or read below. Mary's Diary - Maundy Thursday by Restored
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Mary's Diary: SundayView
Guest writer Beth has created diary entries for Easter Weekend, from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. Listen or read below. Mary's Diary - Easter Sunday by Restored
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How do you solve a problem like Andrew Tate?View
Andrew Tate has been in the news a lot recently, notably for having an online spat with Greta Thunberg and being in a Romanian prison on charges of human trafficking. An ex-kickboxer, he came to fame as a contestant on Big Brother and over the last year or so has …
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Celebrating Our VolunteersView
This weekend, we’re celebrating the Queens’ Jubilee with the rest of the country, but I want to take a moment to celebrate some lesser known, but frankly equally worthy people - the volunteers who make the work that we do at Restored possible.I stepped into my role as CEO of …
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The 4 A’s of Stress ReliefView
Coming out of a pandemic and returning to normal life with all its demands, responsibilities and expectations may feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done.Survivors of domestic abuse often have the extra stress of starting again, managing a new life and potentially sharing …
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Why is ‘the Oscar slap’ so disturbing….?View
Alongside millions of other TV viewers, I witnessed Will Smith, assault Chris Rock live on television.It was a truly shocking moment. Millions of people around the world saw it happen, as did several thousand people live at the Oscars ceremony. Yet after the infamous blow was landed, the show just …
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You made a fool out of meView
There’s an old Motown song sung by Mable John that sums up how many survivors of domestic abuse feel: I should have never let you knowThat I love you, love you soMy big mistake was to let it showAnd you see, you made a fool out of me You make …