Every late Summer, characters from the North and the South sides of the US Civil War gather for a reenactment weekend at Otterville, Ontario.
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These are some reflections on the Church today. Is the local church as we know it what Jesus had in mind?
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Dingle Peninsula, Co KerryCounty Kerry is beautiful and the Dingle Peninsula stretches outwards the Atlantic with views that are stunning. I stayed near Ballyferriter while on a sabbatical in 2012.
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Almonte is a lovely town in Eastern Ontario, situated in the Ottawa Valley.
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Learning From Other CulturesOther cultures as we go to them, or they come to us, have much to teach us in our understanding of the Gospel, and about the rich variety of expression in worship.
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As We Serve, Jesus Builds His ChurchWe can learn from mission overseas, in terms of how missioners have impacted other cultures and people-groups with the Good News.
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Glendalough, Co Wicklow, IrelandAncient monastery ruins. Built by St. Kevin and once home to hundreds of monks.
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The Adventure & Story of MissionThe missional journey is wonderful - AND fraught with danger.
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Cratfield, Suffolk, EnglandThe parish church of St. Mary, Cratfield in the north-east of Suffolk, England. My ancestor William Barber was the parish clerk in the 1830's.
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St. Andrew's, Wissett, Suffolk, EnglandThe eleventh century flint parish church dedicated to Saint Andrew has a circular church tower with a floor dated to the 12th Century.
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This wonderful old church is in Suffolk, England.
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A composite vdeo of an October visit in Rome.
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Egton, North Riding of Yorkshire, April 2012. The lambs were birthed early, following an unusually warm two weeks just prior.
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Bransdale, North Riding of YorkshireTaken as sweeping views across Bransdale, NRY.
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The Esk River at Egton Bridge, North Yorkshire, England.
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A little church, now closed, in Manningford Abbots, Wiltshire, where my Newman ancestors were christened.
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The Dingle Peninsula faces out into the Atlantic, the closet part of Ireland (and Europe) to North America.
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The Church is a self-correcting Body, continually changing, continually needing to change; continually reforming, continually needing to be reformed.
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The origin of the word for ‘blessing’ in the ancient Semitic (including Hebrew), was in the root b-r-k.
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When I’m ‘on’ with the Lord, good things come to me. When I’m not; they don’t. I can’t explain it. I couldn’t say it’s normal or biblical, or the way it should be or always is.
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Here are some words from the book we all love [I John 3:1 – 3].
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Mark 10:21. Jesus looked at 'the rich young ruler' -- and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
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In an article in the Toronto Star, Irish author Colm Toibin was interviewed about his new novel, “Nora Roberts.” I was struck by a comment by the author about one of the book's final scenes in whic
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There are times when we feel really good about life and times when we don’t, times when we feel strong in faith and times when we don’t.
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The Seed of the Woman - Genesis 3:14f - Garden of Eden - So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the
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St. Paul says in effect, in Romans chapter 1, that our believing in God (or our saying that we do or don’t) has a great deal to do with morality.
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A profound and helpful blessing – my favorite for each day.
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No one is born there. Everyone must choose to go there, the religious and the non-religious.
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