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		<title>Atlantic Rainforest &#8211; can it ever return?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 09:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the year, Michaela and I sat down to think about what we would seek to explore in our work for the coming year, and we chose something that is so important to us that perhaps it &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/05/30/atlantic-rainforest-can-it-ever-return/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wilderness retreat 2026, Camas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with our May bank holiday tradition of making a &#8216;wilderness retreat&#8217;. It is something that precious community has formed around- a combination of friendship, authenticity, spirituality (of a very non religious kind,) &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/05/14/wilderness-retreat-2026-camas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>In search of Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a copy of today&#8217;s post on the Proost blog, the final one of a wonderful collection of posts, art and poetry from a wide collection of contributors. This one is mine, so I thought I would share it &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/04/05/in-search-of-easter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What will we be if the Church is no more?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wrote this article for the Iona Community magazine, Coracle. Not sure if it will make the cut, but here it is anyway. What will we be if the Church is no more? Here is something that will upset many &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/03/27/what-will-we-be-if-the-church-is-no-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can we even still use the word &#8216;rewilding&#8217;?</title>
		<link>https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/03/15/can-we-even-still-use-the-word-rewilding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just another trendy buzz-word for the lefty woke brigade? Well, it does seem to be a rather elastic word that means different things to different people. I had a conversation recently with a local forest ranger who told me that &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/03/15/can-we-even-still-use-the-word-rewilding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Proost lent collaboration- take part!</title>
		<link>https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/03/15/proost-lent-collaboration-take-part/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over on proost.community, the lent collaboration continues- an invitation for creatives of all disciplines to share some of their work in order to mark, celebrate, protest, pray, engage with meaning as this season unfolds. You can submit your work here. &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/03/15/proost-lent-collaboration-take-part/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nationalism versus indigineity&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/02/26/nationalism-versus-indigineity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All this flag waving makes me feel deeply uncomfortable &#8211; disturbed even &#8211; and I have been trying to get a handle on why it affects me so much. The latest version began as a right-wing &#8216;take our country back&#8217; &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/02/26/nationalism-versus-indigineity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ash Wednesday poetry reading with Steve Page and Emily McGrath</title>
		<link>https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/02/18/ash-wednesday-poetry-reading-with-steve-page-and-emily-mcgrath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, the Proost lent journey begins with a daily post. The first is a lovely selection of poems read by Emily and Steve. As ever, you can connect with this via Spotify, Youtube or Apple podcasts, or click below;]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Proost podcast on resilience in faith spaces with Josie Gwin&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/02/18/new-proost-podcast-on-resilience-in-faith-spaces-with-josie-gwin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a couple of months silence, the main Proost podcast feed has another offering, this time with Josie Gwin, whose day job is with a charity working to support recovery and resilience in communities, particuarly after major events and disasters. &#8230; <a href="https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/02/18/new-proost-podcast-on-resilience-in-faith-spaces-with-josie-gwin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Proost Lent journey- contributions welcome!</title>
		<link>https://thisfragiletent.com/2026/02/05/proost-lent-journey-contributions-welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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