'The problem with life is that its so daily,' said Wood Allen once. Another problem - if it is that, is that life is very short.
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In light of the present Corona Virus, I offer this short video in the hope it may give some perspective, help and hope to those who see it.
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We are ever grateful for the sacrifices made to combat Evil in all the ways it is manifest in our broken world.
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Someone to enlighten our darkness
Someone to help in our distress
Someone whose presence warms on coldest nights
Walking close beside us on our Journey
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How great is the love that the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called the Children of God. And that is what we are...
See I John 3:1 - 3
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We never know, can never fathom fully, the lasting power of our actions, the staying power of our words - even one little sentence, one little phrase; one little word.
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We join in worship, angels 'round the Throne
To worship Him whose death made us His own
With elders, saints and martyrs in that Room -
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The old song encourages us: - 'Back of the clouds, the sun is always shining . . .'
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Winter Solstice presents us with the dichotomy of beauty and struggle in both nature and human relationship.
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I like the fact that Christians 'keep score' and 'tell time' in another way besides the usual bottom line(s) of life and the mere chronology of the passing hours and days.
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So why a rooster, the first Sunday of Advent?!
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It's easy to despair. We all do at times. The world seems to be in such a mess; things constantly go wrong. It's difficult to see that there's any plan or purpose, any rhyme or reason.
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As Christians, we live in this in-between mean-while, believing and hoping in God and His better Future even when so much of the evidence seems to be to the contrary. St.
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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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Deep within our historySwelling with the mysteryBreaking forth th' audacious Love of God
Entering that mysteryMaking it our storyHoping in th' audacious Love of God
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Life's autumn falls, dark memories too,
We long to hold the life we knew;
The love, the face we treasured, gone
And death now silences the home.
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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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Every once in a while we just seem to lose steam. I think it was Dr. Leslie Weatherhead, not only one of the world’s great preachers but also a distinguished psychologist who had that experience.
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