My father died in March of 2007. I wrote this shortly before he passed through . . .
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London England’s church, St. Martin’s in the Field, at one time had the following statements of belief on their website (not inclusive here): -
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I created this video to illustrate a poem (sort of) that I wrote recently (March 2017).
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The number 40 seems to play a significant and symbolic role in Scripture. One can read too much into numbers (viz.
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A Lenten Resource: The Journey
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We’ve entered a new day, perhaps a new month and even a new year.
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I Love This Time of Year !!!I love the colours of Autumn; I hate the fact that they fall and disappear. I can get depressed in November, when the colour's gone and it's not yet Christmas.
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'Faith' - writes author Frederick Buechner, 'is the direction your feet start walking, when you know you are loved.'
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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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One of the early verses that I learned as a small child (at that time in the ubiquitous King James Version) was I Peter 5:8 (which of course comes immediately following verse 7 – ‘casting all your
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Pathway in the desert and mountains, near Scottsdale, Arizona. Peregrine falcons get to fly; pilgrims have to walk.
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Sepia shot of Caledon, Ontario farm lane
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In Luke 10, Jesus appointed 70 disciples and sent them out to the towns and villages where he intended to visit.
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Sepia of door at ruined Dunluce Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Purported chains that bound the Apostle Paul, while a prisoner in Rome. Displayed in St Paul Outside the Walls Basilica.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat (or church building for that matter).
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Sailing near Kingston on Lake Ontario
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I feel the winds of God today
Today my sail I lift
Though heavy, oft with drenching spray
And torn with many a rift.
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The Old Testament prophet Micah reminds us that there are three things God requires of us: ‘to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God." (Micah 6:8)
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We are often drawn to the wrong things for all the wrong reasons, but sometimes for the right reasons too.
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Frederick Buechner writes: “Faith is the direction your feet start walking when you discover that you are loved.”
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Life is measured by moments and we should make the most of them. And from time to time, something happens: we are arrested by something unusual, something, someone that gets our attention.
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I love this picture by Arthur J. Eisley, 1860-1952 (as I love all paintings that tell a story, that suggest and probe); not sure why. Perhaps the early snowfall that year made me think of it.
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The seasons come 'round as promised following the Flood. Hope spring fresh from the garden of new life . . .
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So, there is this little line or squiggle between the birth and death dates on many tombstones. Life is what happens along the squiggle.
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Some folk are interesting – exciting even, to know – but they’re not fun to walk with . . .
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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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Anam Cara in Irish means: 'soul friend.' We all need one.
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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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