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10 hours ago ago from Rumblings
There was a memorial service at our church yesterday and as is often the case at these events, one of the songs that rang out was Amazing Grace. It's a song that people love to sing—a song that touches us on a deep and personal level. For a variety of reasons, it is a very appropriate song to sing during times of mourning and remembering. It is also a song that my children know well. During kindergarten in Vancouver, their teacher had ...
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21 hours ago ago from Retired pastor ruminates
One of the curious features of the Christian faith is what theologians call “the scandal of particularity.” Rather than put forth a general philosophy of religious truth or a set of axioms the Christian faith tells a story, and that story invites questions: Why the election of the people of Israel to carry the promise? Why is Mary chosen to bear Jesus? Why Jesus himself as the incarnate One? C. S. Lewis tells us that God’s peculiar ...
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20 hours ago ago from Old Thoughts
Source : Fifth Tablet of Creation Legend . Obverse. 1. It was delightful, all that was fixed by the great gods. 2. Stars, their appearance [in figures] of animals he arranged. 3. To fix the year through the observation of their constellations, 4. twelve months (or signs) of stars in three rows he arranged, 5. from the day when the year commences unto the close. 6. He marked the positions of the ...
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1 day ago ago from Farming On Faith
I hate having regrets~don't you? I really can say I don't have many. For this I am thankful! Genesis 50:20 (King James Version) But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. In William Borden's Bible upon his death, were these words: No Reserves, No Retreats, No Regrets. How can we make sure we have No Regrets? I think I ...
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20 hours ago ago from Michael Harrison's e-devotion
Today I spent time with the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5 and from The Message. These are powerful words. Spend some time with them. Read and think through each You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope --- less of you & more of God and You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you --- you are embraced by the One most dear to you You're blessed when you're content with just who you are ...
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