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Jul 2018
Suffering -a week of reflections

Suffering -a week of reflections

Encouragement, Inspiration, Travel
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When in the middle of a trial it is easy to ask. “Why me?” We are tempted to look at others and assume they have no troubles. A struggling friend said “others in the church have perfect lives and can’t understand mine”. Being privileged to “pastor” many I can attest that suffering is pretty universal. It may be a bad report from a doctor, a horrific accident, a broken relationship or a natural disaster. Today we read of a terrible tragedy in Toronto – so random, so unexpected, so undeserved. There are......

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Apr 2018
At Home with suffering-lonely,struggles,overwhelming,tears,burden,losing hope,carrying cross

At Home with Suffering

Depression, Encouragement, Life Issues
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“For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him…” Philippians 1:29 Two weeks ago was devastating for my friend. She had lost her wallet and all her credit cards. The weight of the world was on her shoulders as she dealt with the police and made the calls to cancel her life and identity. With her feet kicked out from under her, the rest of the world took on the form of a growing burden that overwhelmed her.......

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Apr 2018
A MAZE 'ing religions -God ,divine being,Sovereign-all religions make exclusive claims and do not believe the same things

A MAZE ING religions

Hope, Perseverance, World view
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It doesn’t take long to be in Canada before you realize that most Canadians honestly believe that if religion is a valid option in this tolerant society than all religions are equally valid. It is true that some Canadians believe religion is dangerous and not something for any sane person to pursue, but for many there is still some sense of spiritual sensitivity to something. It only takes a national tragedy to realize this. The Chaplain of the Humboldt, Saskatchewan junior ice hockey team devastated in the crash that killed 15 of......

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17
Apr 2018
difference,saviour

What’s the Difference?

Faith, Inspiration, Salvation
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A TIME magazine article by Reynolds Price from November 28, 1999 states that “the single most powerful figure – not merely in these two milleniums but in all human history – has been Jesus of Nazareth … a serious argument can be made that no one else’s life has proved remotely as powerful and enduring as that of Jesus.” Dr. James Francis, back in 1926, preached to a group of youth on “the Real Jesus”. The following is an adaptation of his fuller message. “Here is a man who was born......

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16
Apr 2018
Truth and Culture-comforts,values, morals, habits,lifestyles, beliefs

Truth and Culture

Faith, Inspiration, Life Issues
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Many of us who are followers of Jesus grow up in a bubble of truth we assume defines reality as it is. To others being nurtured on the sap of secularism the arrogant, or even tentative, truth claims of Christians can only be condemned as intolerant. The Christian World has just re-energized its foundational beliefs over these past weeks with a focus on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. Our music, our liturgy and our focus on the Scripture stories appeal to our soul convictions that we are right in what......

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12
Apr 2018
plastics in planet sea river contamination

Saving the Planet

Family, Life Issues, Love Unconditionally
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I watched three young teens race their bikes down an alley and hurl their left over snack packs onto the ground as they sped away. Plastic bags, Styrofoam containers, chicken-bone wings, fries, paper napkins, half-used plastic cups with dipping sauce – abandoned. Things like that aren’t hard to clean up despite the negligence of these boys. Our oceans are another matter. 80,000 tonnes of floating plastic has been photographed swirling around the Pacific – making up a mass larger than France, German and Spain. And it likely isn’t only our youth contributing......

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