The contest has got increasingly bitter over the last few weeks with a war of words between Ken Clarke and Iain Duncan Smith over subjects like race and Europe, of course, I'll be speaking to Iain Duncan Smith in just a few moments but first Steve Norris.

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The way of Jesus involves engagement with his (often difficult) teachings as well as looking for those unspeakably beautiful moments in time when, for just a few seconds perhaps, we apprehend the timeless moment in time.

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Williams agreed with what Ahmed Rashid said just a few moments ago, that the battle has been won in the southern village - for now - but the war, he thinks, is far from over.

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Maybe it opens the door to opportunity (best case scenario) or maybe it just quiets your mind and gives you a few moments of zen clarity in an otherwise overwhelming period of your life (still not a bad deal).

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If even for just a few moments, it's an opportunity to pretend that you're in a bygone era where computers, portables, and miscellaneous gizmos held a mystique that has long since been replaced by the monotony of modern ubiquity.

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