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“You really must go and live your life…”
Well the Olympics is over, now what? It was a great spectacle watching elite athletes run, jump, and dive with finesse in the pursuit of a gold, silver, or bronze medal. But the reality is that millions of people chew candy on the couch and watch a few doing something. There are countless kids around…
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Praying without practicing won’t get you out of the starting blocks…..
With the Olympics now underway in London every speaker and writer around the planet will be making reference to the event in one form or another. Athletes competing on a world stage for the honor of winning a medal and celebrating a unique accomplishment. When the winner stands atop the podium we’ll hear stories that…
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Don’t Give up on Healing
Jesus is all about ‘show and tell’. So is God his Father. Religion would have us believe that God is restricted to our heads and traditions and that life is about survival until we reach heaven. That’s not the Good News Jesus revealed, shared, lived, or declared. Wherever he went he announced the coming of…
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Why waste time on people who make poor choices?
“Why bother with addicts who don’t want to change? People have choices to make and if they don’t want to take responsibility let’s rather support those who do.” Those are sentiments and responses many of us consider as we reflect on the life-debilitating needs and challenges people face around our community. What is helpful? What…
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Could You be the Next ‘Dancing Dog’?
This is a light-hearted reflection that I hope will inspire …. particularly if you’ve feeling life is a bit of a dog today and you’re chained in the kennel somewhere…. In case you missed it, a dog named Pudsey won Britain’s Got Talent last Saturday together with Ashleigh his teenage trainer. They pranced around the…
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If you could read my mind…..
“If you could read my mind,love…. what a tale my thoughts would tell….” I learned the song years ago as I tried to pick ‘n sing Gordon Lightfoot’s beautiful melody in a manner that never did him justice, but hey, the people around me joined in anyway. The tune’s a song of love lost and…
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It’s not really complicated :-)
“Life is unfair.” Scott Peck begins one of his books with the simple statement that has most of us protesting and agonizing… particularly when we feel we are the victim of injustice. I’ve lived in that posture for years and it’s a tough mindset to break free from when circumstances around and within appear to…
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Hunt ’em down and kill ’em… that’s what I say!
I attended a great meeting yesterday which was encouraging and a breath of fresh air. One of the biggest problems in the Christian Church is our delight and love for zoo keeping and acting as game wardens. We protect a few select species that we feed and nurture at the cost of everything around us.…
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