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Eagles learning to fly
I looked at some pictures of eagles recently perched on branches and soaring in the heavens and wondered how they made the transition? Spent some time laughing at the prospect of eagles clinging tightly to their perches spreading their wings and pretending to soar. Wanting the security of their feet on the ground but also…
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Spiritual beings on a human journey….
Wow, it’s been some time since I turned up here…. summer and holidays – had a great sailing trip with friends in the Gulf Islands that fragment off the coast of Vancouver Island and the Mainland…. and day trips around this beautiful corner with Sheryl…. Tofino, Lasqueti Island and Victoria….. Reminds me of another holiday…
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Victorious in Excruciating Circumstances
I came across this recent article by Graham Cooke describing the experience of the senior pastor and his wife unexpectedly losing their daughter. It captures what we want to be as people who believe in Jesus in the midst of all the shadows, trials and joys of life. It’s why we pray, and soak, and…
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Dinner at Simon’s House
Jesus is so much more ‘in your face’ then we often give him credit for when singing about ‘the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay’. That’s about as insulting as having people constantly refer to you as the cute little baby in diapers ‘you once were’ many years ago. But like us, Jesus grew…
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What kind of ‘light of the world’ is Jesus?
I have an avalanche of thoughts and musings tumbling through my heart and brain making their way into the constant remoulding of ‘who I am and will be’ as a follower and servant of Jesus. Jesus is the light of the world….. and in my world that light seems to be ever changing, shifting, exploring,…
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What kind of a Friend are you?
In many relationships ‘mind-reading’ can be a vicious destroyer. This is the tendency to have conversations in our head and predict or presume what the other person thinks, feels, or how they will respond. Instead of communicating what I think and then allowing them the freedom to respond, I play it safe and assume I…
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What would you do to salvage a friendship?
Mary and Joseph lay huddled under thin sleep with their warmly wrapped newborn nesting between them. Some time later in the fog of slumber three unkempt figures shuffled out of the darkness whispering loudly enough to waken them. You could smell the men before seeing them; three rough and bedraggled shepherds clutching a lamb and…
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She looked delicious….
……..”She looked delicious but also a little carnivorous, her gleaming white teeth frozen in a friendly but slightly feral smile…… The pinup of Ms. Fawcett in a red one-piece bathing suit, tanned, head tossed, body lithe yet curvy, was a revelation.” …….Jackson’s death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from…
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