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The Editor writes:

Heather Fenton

Welcome to 'Stand', which follows 'Sit' and 'Walk' in this Quiet Spaces series. In this issue, we examine various aspects of standing. There is an amazing variety of possibilities when exploring this theme, as our contributors demonstrate. So sit down (or maybe stand to attention) so that you can join them in considering it.

We begin with Jennifer Rees Larcombe, who was for many years confined to a wheelchair, writing of the importance of not only standing up physically, but also standing up for some things and against others, as well as alongside those who need us to do so.

Gordon Giles, musician and frequent contributor to Quiet Spaces, writes on the hymn 'Stand up, stand up for Jesus'. What we do with our bodies in worship has meaning: we stand when we are singing God's praise - but there are also other reasons for standing and Gordon Giles considers some of these.

I look at a passage from Ephesians 6 under the title '... and having done all, to stand'. Here I think about the idea of spiritual warfare and consider the armour that Paul describes in his letter to the Christians at Ephesus. Tim Blewett talks of the discipline of prayer. Tim Blewett served as an army chaplain in Iraq, and so he knows firsthand what it is like to be a soldier fighting in the theatre of war.

Bethan Scotford contributes some imaginative prayers after considering the 100 standing statues to be found at Blundellsands, Merseyside.

Margaret Harvey, in 'Margaret's space', writes about the challenges of just standing still, as illustrated by chapters 3 and 4 from the book of Joshua.

Tony Horsfall has his usual column. This time he looks at the final part of the life of Watchman Nee, who knew to his cost what it was to stand up against the Communist government in China, and paid the ultimate price for doing so. As he reflects upon Nee, the author of the book Sit, Walk, Stand, after which this series of Quiet Spaces has been named, he asks us some serious questions.

Other material includes a short piece about Charlotte Elliot, a Victorian hymn-writer who stood firm despite facing the challenges of chronic illness; some material for prayer in a small group; some ideas about a quiet corner; and some other goodies. So don't just stand there, get reading!

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