Day: May 25, 2020
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where does faith begin?
Our faith begins at the point where atheists suppose it must be at an end. Our faith begins with the bleakness and power which is the night of the cross, abandonment, temptation, and doubt about everything that exists! Our faith must be born where it is abandoned by all tangible reality; it must be born…
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living in Jubilee
The debt is paid Isn’t it great when the bills are all paid, there’s food in the house and petrol in the car. At that point it doesn’t matter if you’ve five cents or hundreds of euros left over: the sense of contentment is the same. Life however rarely gives us these moments and we…
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cleaning time
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 When we rely on our own strengths things don’t pan out well. Only when we totally submit our entire lives to the Lord can we find rest. If we are carrying heavy burdens and are tired we can…
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nourished by words
To delve into scripture, to immerse yourself in God’s words, to allow the words form in front, behind, at the sides, in the mind, in the heart, spoken out loud, spoken within. What beautiful words, transforming words, teaching and guiding words, angry and gentle words. The words of our God, written, rewritten, remembered, history passed…
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quirky frugality
A throwback to 2013 A bird only eats what it needs, do we? To live in personal jubilee, debts are forgiven. This does not mean financial debts especially, it has a greater meaning than that, involving grudges, sins, and just letting go of everything and everyone that is causing a barrier to come between you…
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spaghetti
“What was that thing, our Theresa said about cooking pasta?” “Darren, what are you wittering on about. Theresa can’t boil an egg. She knows nothing about food, never mind something foreign like pasta. Remember when we had her and Terry round for tea last month, she accused me of using tomatoes that were off? You…
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more than thanks
2013 We as a society debase words, we contort them into a new meaning, we add overtones of heavy sarcasm into words that were intended to float in grace. Thanks is one of those words, one of my sons uses the word to mean its exact opposite, not thanks. We throw this word away on…
Asset Based Community Development meets Church 