The First Step

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People are becoming much more aware, thankfully, of the issues around mental health. There's quite a campaign going by some celebrities and sports stars to encourage people to not hide their problems away. It seems that … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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Surprisingly, I'm still going strong with my #photoaday project -- I know we're not yet a month into the year, but I've already managed more that I honestly expected to. And, best of all, I'm still enjoying it. In fact, … [Read more...]

Just Another Birthday

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This is a song by Casting Crowns. It's quite sad in many ways, but doesn't finish that way. They're certainly not afraid to sing about what they believe in. It's on their album, "Come To The … [Read more...]

Sunday School Picnic

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I wonder how many of us have prayed in a similar way to the little girl in this story -- especially as children. But I wonder, too, how many of us have really believed those prayers would be answered like this little … [Read more...]

Your Son proclaimed good news to the poor

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I wonder where you would put yourself if I asked you whether you were rich, poor, or in between. The chances are you would do the same as me, and say, "in between". We know that in a global context our access to clean … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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This is one of the Pink Gerbera's our daughter bought us. I'm still managing my #photoaday project, much to my surprise -- but we are only twenty days in -- this is one of my favourites so far. … [Read more...]

The Joy of Books

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After organizing their bookshelf almost a year ago Sean Ohlenkamp and his decided to take it to the next level. They spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in … [Read more...]

Getting Into Heaven

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A bit of a joke for you today; but it's a joke with a serious message in the punchline. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did; but hope, too, you remember the ultimate lesson -- it will serve you well. Getting Into … [Read more...]

Our beginning and our end

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This phrase, "our beginning and our end", from today's Collect (The Second Sunday of Epiphany), always makes me think about the book of The Revelation -- the last book in our Bibles, and probably one of the most … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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Wednesday was a sad day, we buried my wife's sister -- she died over Christmas. This is a picture of one of the blooms in the wreath we bought to go on the grave. Liz and I went to the grave yesterday to look at the … [Read more...]