"We think we are headed toward the future. The truth is, the future is headed toward us." So says author Reggie McNeal in his book, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church.
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I like things that are old – sometimes more than that which is new — old paths and old lights that still work and are helpful, still, for today’s travel.
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“Man as created was already crowned with glory and honor, for made in the likeness of the enthroned Glory, a little lower than the angels of the divine council, man was invested with official a
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Anam Cara in Irish means: 'soul friend.' We all need one.
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I once heard well-known Christian speaker and writer Tony Compolo encourage a room frull of Christians to live life to the full.
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You know the movie: You can't handle the truth! says Jack Nicholson's character. But Jesus said: And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
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Lilies in my garden at Winderset.
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The oldest ancestor that I can link to directly was James Barber, born in 1434 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. My son’s name is ‘James (Arthur Gordon) Barber.
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The oldest relative - ancestor, that I can link to is 'James Barber, ' born in 1434 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. My son's name is 'James (Arthur Gordon) Barber. My middle name is James.
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I’ve always been intrigued by pathways, by the Journey, by the wonder of what may be just around the corner. And I'm glad of musicians and poets who remind us of it.
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I may think and respond in 360 degrees, but my father was able to think and create in 3D. I envy that ability.
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Do plants grow better in pots? Would they grow better, spread further with healthier fruits and richer fruits, colours and splendour, if they were not confined to such human vessels?
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Danger high-lites the paradoxical nature of good and evil. To attempt anything is to risk; to get up in the morning is to tempt Providence, though God's mercies are new each morning.
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C. S. Lewis once observed that "there exists in every church something that sooner or later works against the very purpose for which it came into existence.
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If we were going to be missionaries, say in Kenya, we would take seriously our need of entering another land, other cultures (one or more of scores of tribes and clans and sub-cultures), learning t
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Can one local church possibly reach, reflect and respond to all the different kinds of people around it?
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If we're just really busy running our churches - can we possibly have time and energy left to be missional ? Does one discount the other? . . .
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Pop culture - a great number of conversations intermingling, vying for attention.
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Whenever I visit the beautiful Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, I think of how much I used to hate being dragged there as a boy, since a Sunday afternoon with parents and two teasing
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Some images from the home of a friend . . .
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Just out driving around, this afternoon, and snapping a few spring pics . . .
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Things may be awful at the time, but it gets better. Later, we reflect and note again the feelings, the sense of loss, the anger, the disappointment.
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I put out the following - not sure that I believe or endorse it, but because I want to consider it awhile; these thoughts and their implications for understanding, truthfulness, clarity, pati
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Walking by a stream near my home as Spring unfolds – could anything be better? . . .
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Every year a few scraggly tulips come up in our front garden. We never planted them. There was only one there our first spring, years ago now.
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Leonard Cohen exhorts us to, 'Ring the bells that still can ring.'
I resonate with perfectionists.
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Sometimes you just don't know what to do next, which way to turn.
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My work used to take me to the beautiful Ottawa Valley area of Ontario.
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So, there are all those cliches about how all the colours – even the ones that initially don’t seem to fit, actually do come together someow, often quite beautifully, in the tapestry of our lives.
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Walking on water in liquid time
ankles, toes, shanks immersed
but not quite sinking, yet:
Can we learn to walk on water?
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Sometimes you have all the equipment – but you really can’t think of anything to say. Other times, the reverse is true.
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