The path I walk, Christ walks it.
May the land in which I am be without sorrow.
May the Trinity protect me wherever I stay, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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What kind of church is helpful, relevant, noticed, needed in its community?
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It's difficult for us Christians to actually live Christianly, incarnationally, seeking Kingdom values, trying to follow and work with Jesus in building community in our neighbourhood.
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On a trip to Turkey I visited the seven churches to which, initially, was written New Testament's Book of Revelation, as well as such ancient centres as Troy, Assos, Constantinope (Istanbul), Hiera
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How can denominations and Christian leaders intentionally help local churches in their primary and privileged mission task of being with and working with Christ as He transforms neighbourhood
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'How do we penetrate society with the message and praxis of the Gospel - in a Community that is both sign and witness of Kingdom coming?' - and: 'Are there times when the church,
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One always wonders what’s just around the bend.
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Our lives are coloured by various events that come, at least to me, like images, both stark and beautiful.
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Unlike the warmth and splendour enjoyed and even taken for granted in some parts of the world, at present, my garden and environs are encased in the cold white and grey of winter.
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Sure, I know it's later - by say, ahem at least 10 years or so . . .
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Well, winter has finally really hit southern Ontario, with cold, wind-chill, freezing rain and snow.
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As we journey, we will encounter all kinds of evill, hate and opposition. Some of it happens to us; some of it, sadly, we may help to create.
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Just feel like giving thanks and praising my Lord, today.
And I think about the helps that are given for those of us who want to do so.
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Several times, when I was a boy, living in my family on the small market garden farm of my father, our cat Rusty left a ‘gift’ at our backdoor.
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On one occasion Jesus said, 'Don’t cast your pearls before swine less they trample them underfoot and then turn and rend you.'
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Old things, wonderful things, used things - wonderfully used up things . . .
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“Instead of long-term commitment, the postmodern self just moves on – to the next next show, to the next relationship.”
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What lies ahead in the dawn of each New Year? God only knows.
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Can it be that the end of things paves the way for the beginning of the new? Yet, it’s hard to let go when the new is not yet apparent, has not yet arrived.
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A famous sermon was entitled, 'When Life Caves In, What Then?'
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I reflect on my neediness, struggles, fears and loves in relationships. I learn that I can receive from someone’s going as well as from their being present, that my nostalgia for the past and my f
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Walking through Ephesus (in modern day Turkey), recently, was an incredible experience. It is ‘up and down’ terrain, situated in a long sloping valley between two mountains.
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When there are no answers, only mystery, and when the road seems closed and all bridges back and forward appear to be washed away, one turns to the Friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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Sometimes you feel that whatever you do, you just cannot win.
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The World is Flat is the title of a book by Pulitzer prize winner Thomas L. Friedman, subtitled: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.
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Worth and majesty!” – sing to Jesus! He the King of Kings our Lord,
Freely gives to souls sore wounded, life abundant by His Word;
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Though a Hindu, Mahtama Ghandi was a great admirer of Jesus. He wished, though that those who called themselves Christians would live more like the Christ whom they claimed to worship and serve.
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This picture of a moored small blue boat was shot in the harbour of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, at medium tide.
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As with most great books and authors, one can re-read them with new insight and increased profit time and again.
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