When our first granddaughter was stillborn, we very much appreciated those who had foreseen that this kind of thing happens, and had decided to do something in the light of the deep pain and disapp
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O Cross that liftest up my head,I dare not ask to fly from thee;I lay in dust life's glory dead,and from the ground there blossoms redlife
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Praise God from Whom all blessings flowPraise Him, all creatures here belowPraise Him above, you heavenly hosts,Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
-Amen
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An ancient chant of Eucharistic devotion based on words from the book of the Old Testament prophet, Habakkuk (2:20) - "Let all the earth keep silence before him."
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In "Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church," (HarperOne), Canon N.T. Wright claims that God is redeeming THIS creation.
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1. The Issue of Guilt –In the day you eat thereof, you shall surely die . . .
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How is this new clan and community - called the Church, to be part of God's answer, in Christ? Here's the response of St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesian Church:
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Holy Week reminds us of the death and resurrection of our Saviour.
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What was it Jesus really came to do, to accomplish as one thinks of the individual needs of families, individuals, communities and nations?
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In the Old Testament, 'Ichabod' was pronounced as meaning that the 'glory' (the 'Shekinah') and the revealed presence of God had departed from the experience of God's People.
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I wonder if there's a similarly of thought to ponder if one exchanges the word 'country' (in the following quote) for 'Kingdom.' Consider then the words of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), as he
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The lyrics for Hurt a song written by Trent Reznor and first released on Nine Inch Nails in 1994, come with all of the hurt, pain, and crying-out-loud hone
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Virgil was likely the greatest Roman poet. That's what they thought in his day and most scholars today concur. His poem, the Aeneid, told of Rome’s legendary founder.
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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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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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One day I mourned; it could have been any day and in many places in our broken world.
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Pauline ethics is fundamentally ecclesial in character for St. Paul sees the church as inheriting the corporate vocation of God's covenant people, Israel.
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As a Christian, I believe that all of us who live on planet earth ought to be the best stewards of the gift of this blue and green planet as we possibly can be.
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In the New Testament record of St. John (John 21: 1-14) we find Jesus appearing once more to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.
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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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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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