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What’s it all about? Living the questions

ON SUNDAY 11th September at Open Table Warrington, Warren Hartley, co-facilitator of our first Open Table community in Liverpool shared this reflection on ‘the price we pay for love’, which echoes the words of Queen Elizabeth II in a message of condolence to those affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

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Faith after doubt - Reflections on my first Greenbelt festival

BILLED AS ‘the nice people’s pop festival’ when in began in 1974, Greenbelt is more subversive than it first appeared nearly 50 years ago. The annual celebration of art, activism and belief describes itself as ‘a festival that’s inclusive, open-minded, participatory and generous in spirit’. Moon from Open Table Liverpool shares this reflection on their first visit.

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