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advent – calling from our struggle

On 7 December, 2011 · Leave a Comment

As we continue to prepare our hearts for Christ to return, it’s important to realize how and from where this message of Christ comes from

For many, the holidays are a time not only of celebration, but of pain. The loss of loved ones, financial struggles and/or joblessness will challenge hundreds of thousands in our [...]

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in the moment

On 9 February, 2010 · Leave a Comment

There are so many situations where it’s just awkward to know what to say.

Anything involving a hospital as the location.

Any time a marriage is falling apart.

And so we disengage. We don’t pick up the phone. We don’t try. Because we simply don’t know what to say. Or what [...]

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the second lament

On 17 November, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Lamentations 2 is one of the darkest chapters in Scripture.

And to be honest, after my initial reading of it, I had to stop reading the book for a week before I could go back.

In the New Testament we read that the wages of sin is death. In the second lament we are thrown [...]

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