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Pardon Me ? ! .
There’s much chatter about ‘pardons’ right now. The Cambridge Dictionary states that to pardon means to forgive someone for something they have said or done. Hence the question mark, the exclamation, and the period in this title. Is the giving and receiving a pardon a request, an entitlement, or something in between? Christianity presents ‘the pardon’ as…
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The Stable Child
Here comes Christmas again! Over the many years I have lived in Canada I’ve come to appreciate the value of lights. Lights that brighten long dark nights, helping lift and dispel some of winter’s inevitable gloom. We go to all manner of effort to decorate. Gardens adorned with candy cane and red nosed reindeers, inflatable…
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Inspired by a Hero
I’ve just finished reading Alexei Navalny’s book, Patriot. What a courageous testimony from a man who refused to ‘do nothing’, embraced his hardships with humor and a sense of inevitability, and sacrificed everything. His wife Yulia shared the vision with equal courage. Such a contrast to the autocrats and self-serving billionaires littering the news at…
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Roots and Reasons
Nothing comes out of nowhere. The reason for this posting is to facilitate understanding and context to rather bewildering events that become more predictable with research. In an interesting deep dive into the history of Christianity over the past seventy years in the United States, Professor Kristin Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, is…
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No Real Surprise
For those of us who live in North America, it has been quite a week. As the dust settles we’re left pondering the detritus(waste or debris) scattered in the slipstream of current events. What to make of it all? The race between Harris and Trump was portrayed by some as a choice between good and…
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Tears, No Words
Recently, I sat with someone who wept uncontrollably, deep heart-wrenching sobs for the suffering, killing every day, and the horrors of the children suffering in Gaza. “How can this be? Why don’t we care? I can’t bare it!” On the few occasions in my life where I have felt, or witnessed, this depth of grief…
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So Very Different
Christianity, and living as a disciple of Jesus, makes absolutely no sense unless it blesses others and radiates the love of the Father in a twisted and orphaned world. Beliefs are easy to declare and debate. Lifestyle is the test and witness of the truth flowing from the heart. It’s become tiresome declaring how exhausting…
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Nothing Cut and Dried
Perhaps you have noticed that life can be messy, downright confusing, even very head-scratching at times? The world is complex. Black and white solutions seldom stick. People don’t do what they should. The obvious to me is not universal. I used to think I knew what was right. On some things I still hold true,…
Googling God 