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In sixteen days it will be one year since our humming aircraft coasted at cruising altitude in the perfect blueness above. Then a thick down comforter of clouds appeared below as the plane gradually descended. Soon the blanket was no longer below us, but we were...
discerning voices
I’ve come to realize something about myself: Certain voices in the church congregation actually help me to worship better. Take the guy at the back who sings bass, for example. The deep resonance of his voice strikes a chord and the resulting reverberations enhance...
top 13 posts on the blog in ’13
Number 1, by a landslide .. An Open Letter to Grief 2nd place: Defining Home, the opening post of the series I wrote on Defining Home in 31 Days And Number 3 for 2013 was ... Compared to Her - An Interview with Author Sophie DeWitt With the exception of #8 and #11,...
mandela
As I type this, a live broadcast of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela is streaming through my laptop speakers. My screen has been flooded and inundated with tributes, quotes, images, broadcasts and expressed emotions paying tribute to a man used by God to...
what’s on your christmas list?
A couple of weeks ago, my sister asked my kids, "What's on your Christmas list?" They looked at each other blankly before asking, "What's a Christmas list?" At the risk of sounding prideful, I was relieved and grateful that they had made it to ages 6, 8 and 11...
defining hope
"You are hardwired for hope. You don't live by instinct. Every decision you make is fueled by and motivated by hope. Your happiest moments are about hope fulfilled, and your saddest moments are about hope dashed. You're always hoping. ... If Isaiah 59 is...
south africa – a photographic tribute
Inspired by a Travelstart blog post of 50 Photos of Cape Town that will make you want to live in the Mother City, I offer this photographic tribute to the country that has captured my heart -- a nation mourning the loss of a man used by God to impact not only South...
sister, let me be your servant
Why do so many of us find it so hard to let people serve us? Is it because we like to protect our independence? Do we like to look like we have it all together, that we don't need charity? Has our pride built a wall that blocks people from coming in? You know how...
free advent resources
"What John the Baptist did for Israel, Advent can do for us. Don’t let Christmas find you unprepared. I mean spiritually unprepared." These are the words of John Piper in his free devotional, 'Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent.' I've been reading...
christmas traditions
Traditions. We all have them, especially during the holidays. We decorate trees, we bake cookies, we play Secret Santa, we stuff stockings, we glaze hams. All in the spirit of Christmas. But what do any of these traditions really have to do with true meaning of...
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