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Pink is the New Black
Over the past few years I’ve accompanied quite a few people – friends, relatives and parishioners – on the journey of cancer. My observation is that although some have survived it and some have...
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Ruth, the Faithful Outsider
Not long after Marci and I were married we moved to a little town in northeastern Saskatchewan, where I worked as parish assistant in three little Anglican congregations – Arborfield, Red Earth, and...
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‘Finding Your Way Back to God’ (book review)
An excellent book for the most part. Dave and Jon Ferguson focus on the parable of the Prodigal Son under five headings or ‘awakenings’ – the Awakening to Longing, to Regret, to Help, to Love, and to...
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Nicole Cliffe: How God Messed Up My Happy Atheist Life
Nicole Cliffe tells the story of the work of God in her life that resulted in her moving from atheism to Christianity: I became a Christian on July 7, 2015, after a very pleasant adult life of firm...
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A Spiritual Anniversary
On March 5th 1972, at the age of 13, I made a decision to follow Jesus, and told him so. That wasn’t exactly the language I would have used at the time, but that’s what was happening. It was actually a...
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Low-Key Religious Experience
Religious experience doesn’t have to be dramatic to change your life. I know that, because my life was changed by a low-key religious experience. I gave my life to Jesus when I was thirteen. This was...
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The Patron Saint of Relational Evangelists
Reblogged from 2012. In the church’s calendar we often celebrate special feast days to remember ‘saints’ – people from Bible times or afterwards whose lives have been especially Christlike. We do this...
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The Canadian Book of Common Prayer gives guidance for people who want to ‘frame for themselves a rule of life’ (see p.555). One of the things it asks us to consider is the boldness of our spoken...
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Your faith has healed you
“Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace, free from your affliction.” (Mark 5.34 REB) (please also read the rest of Mark 5.21-43 – see below) For twelve years Jairus has been enjoying the...
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The Patron Saint of Relational Evangelists
Reblogged from 2012. In the church’s calendar we often celebrate special feast days to remember ‘saints’ – people from Bible times or afterwards whose lives have been especially Christlike. We do this...
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