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I’m Fine
I wasn’t going to post for a while but came across this song and explanation that I so resonate with….. being authentic and finding churches and Christians where struggles are embraced as part of life – for all of us in different seasons. So often I have found people prefer to hear ‘fine’ and if…
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There ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
On that first Easter morning when Jesus appeared to his bewildered, shocked, and joyful disciples… here and there, a few at a time, some gathered, some on the road….. they were all speechless. As I will be on this resurrection day….. This song says it all….. Hallelujah….. Be blessed, encouraged, and hope filled this Easter.…
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Don’t Look Away
Please don’t look away Don’t avert your eyes Don’t change the subject On this of all days, please don’t look away It’s so much easier, for superficial relief, to skip the ugliness of Good Friday for the hollow chocolate eggs and daffodils of Easter. But to do so is to loose the truth, the depth,…
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What A Week
What a difference one week makes! Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday through Good Friday. Talk about changing minds, political choices, fickle motives, expedient allegiances, broken promises, fear and intimidation, ignorance, religious myopia, hatred and violence. It’s a human cocktail to cause even the most stoic among us to shudder. How is it possible? Perhaps sound…
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Skin
Skin in the game refers to owners, executives, or principals having a significant stake in the shares of the company they manage. Skin in the game is important to investors because it shows executives share a stake in the company’s success. Have you ever noticed how simple life can be in theory? When you read the news or…
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No to Numb
An avalanche of news tumbling across the airwaves day after day. Pressing in, paralyzing with volume and content, invariably bad news, harsh attitudes, complex issues, blame, accusation, overwhelming. Enough to bury the head deeper in some distraction to silence the noise. There’s too much at once to cope with. It’s always been this way. The…
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Seen and Heard
Everyone wants to be seen and heard. Not everyone is. Some of us may have memories of growing up post war with the words of parents, “Children should be seen and not heard.” Hardly a mantra instilling value and a welcoming presence in the psyche of a young and impressionable little person finding their way…
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Remarkable
Today, Saturday, was the sad occasion of the funeral for a remarkable man who took centre stage in Britain and around the world in the last year of his life. It wasn’t that he would celebrate his 100th birthday, or that he was a veteran of the Second World War. It was a humble gesture,…
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