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Finding hope amid despair: reflections on faith and community in Durban
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|April 01, 2026
'HOLY WEEK'
"It was the worst of times; it was the best of times.
My Street Lit colleagues will be delighted that (even if I inverted the order) I have turned to Charles Dickens for my opening quote. That is because all the Denis Hurley Centre’s homeless booksellers are great fans of the Victorian novelist who wrote more evocatively of the complexity of cities than anyone else.
Readers might immediately concur with the first half of the quote. After all, when reading or watching the news, or doom-scrolling through social media, you could easily conclude that we are living in an age of misery.
Driving past a fuel station today and seeing the astronomical new prices might be the final confirmation. So on what basis can I claim it is also "the best of times"?
This story is from the April 01, 2026 edition of Post.
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