Recently, I accompanied my mother and sister on an indoor excursion and visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington.
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Every Christian is called, as a member-part of the Church of Christ, to join in the Mission of God. This is an exciting, dangerous, overwhelming and exhilarating adventure.
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Christian 'mission' includes setting up 'sign posts' of Kingdom-present and Kingdom-coming, giving glimpses and examples of what it can be - will be, like when the fullness of God's purposes and Hi
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God of the galaxies, greatness and power
God of the child-like, sparrow and flower;
Stoop to our weakness, we are so small
God Who can strengthen, help us stand tall.
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Sometimes we seem to have our lives all together, just the way we like them, just the way we planned and worked hard to achieve. Some folk never manage to pull that off, but some of us do.
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Whenever we ask Who and What is God? Who and What is He like? - the first answer that Scripture gives seems to be: 'Look at what I’ve made! Look at the Creation!’
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We wake each morning to a fresh, brand-new day, one filled with such possibility and where we do not know what now, what next, Life will bring to us, that God will bring us to.
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As a Christian, I can heartily affirm the following reflection of Abraham Joshua Heschel, God In Search of Man: A Philosphy of Judais.
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Read I Corinthians 15: 1-11
We are privileged to share the Gospel, but what – and how much, are we to say?
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There’s Something I Discover Through Observing
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There are, of course, many ways in which we may communicate good news to others, assuming of course that we have something to say.
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In the Autumn of 2012, I visited Co Wicklow, Ireland, to the ancestral home and townlands related to my Willoughby family ancestors.
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Lambshead – interesting name, that.
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We want to share with others, through word and deed, in all the various ways in which the Good News of Jesus can be passed on to others.
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We listen to God, we hear God speak, through Scripture, by prayer and by attending (listening) to our life.
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Now those who’d been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was martyred in Jerusalem, traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch in Syria,
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I have to admit that I have probably found more genealogical material by luck then by proper research technique, though gradually I'm getting it right.
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The picture is of my mother's father, Ernest Hayes Almas (1900-1938).
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The picture is of Sarah Willoughby, daughter of Charles Willoughby and Sarah Langrill who married John Barber.
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The study of genealogy of my family roots has shown me the many reasons why various branches came to settle in Canada, some as early as 1787 (before it was 'Canada' - and others on dates such as 18
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I have just discovered the following - and I think it's a huge advance.
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"Your website is beautiful, and rich."
"Amazing writings & thoughts . . ."
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No one, of course, knows the future: – what is ahead for our own selves, for our familes, for our nation, and for our world, in the coming days and months of this New Year.
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A friend tells me of an old farmer's thesis which may be merely local lore - or wisdom of the ages. Seems, she says, that if one figures out the prevailing wind (wet finger, to start . .
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Blessings to you in this special Season. Promise, Peace, Joy and Love - I pray they'll be in your experience this day and in the coming year.
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For roughly two two years (February 2014 - April 2016) I had the privilege of preaching on a part-time basis (because I'm really retired, you see), at Kingsway Baptist Church in Toronto, Ontario.
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A welcome break in Fort Lauderdale this November, staying with friends and enjoying the warm elements before winter-return in the north country.
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An old tractor in my friend, Bill's barn. Like all of us, it has a few years and miles on it and now it waits for winter in the steel quonset barn. We get to wait in warmer, nicer surroundings.
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I know Winter's coming, but I'm in denial.
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Recently I saw an interview of a young family - a mom and a dad and a little girl of four or five years of age, refugees recently escaped, exiles of war-torn Syria living now with us in the GTA.
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