No reason why Reepicheep can't visit Toronto as well.
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We take it for granted, but really, there's no guarantee that we will get up on any given morning. Each day, every morning's dawning, is sheer gift — a resurrection.
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A movie roughly based on Psalm 23 - The Lord is my Shepherd.... with score written by Laurie Barber using Logic Pro X, Eric Whitacre choral voicings, and violin.
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The words of this beautiful Christmas song were written by Margaret Rose, and the music by Michael Head.
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There's got to be another way.
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There is beauty in the pain,
And brilliance borders the insane,
No night can stop the breaking dawn
Nor rivers dammed from flowing on.
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The importance and key to listening to people is underscored in this helpful comment by Henri Nouwen, from the book Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Truth.
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Someone to enlighten our darkness
Someone to help in our distress
Someone whose presence warms on coldest nights
Walking close beside us on our Journey
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Thoughts on the Birth of Christ from St. John Chrysostom --
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The gift of Christmas in all the elements of the gift-wrapping and packaging of Bethlehem in Judea, in fulfilment of ancient prophecy. -- 'born this day a Saviour Who is Christ - the Lord!'
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I love the kind of simplicity and clarity that is evident in the following.
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Now Spring beckons to us,
The grass and the green,
New buds and small flowers
Are making the scene.
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God so loved the world (cosmos)...
A brief meditation on John 3: 16,17
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Writing in the Washington Post, March 8, 2018, Sarah Pulliam Bailey introduces -- and may re-introduce to many, the Christian author Madeline L’Engle who apparently managed through the years by her
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God's description of fasting in Isaiah 58 is not about things we might want to stop doing, but about things we ought to start doing -- during Lent, and always.
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How great is the love that the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called the Children of God. And that is what we are...
See I John 3:1 - 3
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Martin Rees writes - Black holes are simpler than forests and science has its limits.
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Epiphany! - The Light of Christ dawns on the whole world, every nation, every person.
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The seasons come 'round and Winter crowds in to take its share of the year. it's an awesome time, with both beauty and challenge.
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Through the seasons and through the years, God proves God's Self faithful to those who trust Him, and carries, sustains and forgives even when we find ourselves struggling to believe, to trust and
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We never know, can never fathom fully, the lasting power of our actions, the staying power of our words - even one little sentence, one little phrase; one little word.
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The love and lore - and almost addiction, of family genealogical research.
Watch, enjoy, but be careful; it really can be an addictive pursuit.
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The photo is from the Albert and Victoria Museum in London, England.
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A personal prayer using words adopted (and adapted) from Psalm 36.
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War is Hell. There are no winners. And few in this world ever remain untouched by its indignities, subtractions and horrors.
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There’s something about being in ‘the great outdoors,' in the cathedrals of the forest, immersed in the speading scenes and vast vistas.
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We have so much for which to thank our God.
Thanksgiving could be thanks-living, each and every day.
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"Hefner's Playmates—and, in the culture he has done so much to shape, all women—are primarily visual objects, metaphysically truncated to their improbable physical attributes.
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If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far - go together.
- African proverb
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