When the Apostle Paul came with his colleagues into Ephesus, they came in 'hot.' In short, he caused a riot. He told and showed a Gospel that was powerful and true - and lasting.
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You are the peace of all things calm
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Picture from Chora Church, Istanbul.
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The Pieta, The Vatican, Rome, Italy
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet?
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This beautiful stained glass is in St. Peter's, Rome.
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I took this photo a few years ago when I travelled with Jane and friend to Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland. It is one of the many places where St.
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Harvest scene in Prince Edward Island, not far from the Confederation Bridge.
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One of the most beautiful cities in sub-Saharan Africa, Nairobi is a city of contrasts - of great wealth and great poverty, of things that are ugly and squalid with things that are gorgeously brill
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From a visit to Lebanon. The ancient city of Byblos is about an hour's drive north of Beirut. It is claimed as the world's oldest, continually-inhabited city.
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I rebuke myself, well sometimes, at the many times in which I am not mostly nor fully present. The picture here shows Jane looking out to the isle of Mull from Holy Island, Iona, in Scotland.
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Important to keep our moorings in changing times . . .
The harbour at Oban, Scotland.
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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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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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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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My work used to take me to the beautiful Ottawa Valley area of Ontario.
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I have a friend who is ‘off the scale’ when they do tests about people being active, as opposed to those who, I suppose like me, are more contemplative.
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Houses come in different shapes and sizes, of course, and are very different from land to land and culture to culture.
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Prayer is talking to God, with God, connecting.
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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 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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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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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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A the beautiful historical church, St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
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Things are not always as they appear. The appearance of these weathered, rusty boats, moored in the harbour at Oban Scotland, seem to bely their names: Provider and Radiance.
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On a recent trip to Ireland, I visited the ancient site of the monastery of Clonmacnoise, Ireland. Dating back nearly 1,500 years, it is located in County Offaly.
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This view is from the Holy Island of Iona in western Scotland, looking across, east, to the Isle of Mull.
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