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GOOD NEIGHBOURS BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
by USPG
In his poem ‘Mending Wall’ (1914), the American poet Robert Frost was probably the first writer to express the phrase, ‘good fences make good neighbours.’ But breaking down barriers may also be a way of creating new opportunities, of showing we are good neighbours, of demonstrating God’s love in practical ways.
Where do we find the gaps between human beings that seem to create a never-ending saga of difference, prejudice and discrimination? And how, as Good Neighbours, do we challenge this in a way that is part of the mission of our parish, diocese or neighbourhood?
