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For the beauty of creation – Litter Skeet?

How can we sing hymns extolling the beauty of creation, the goodness of all that God has given us, while degrading it each and every step of the way? Continue reading

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Happy Hallowe’en!

It’s Halloween! I’ve had a few recent conversations about the holiday, from the church perspective, so thought I’d share some thoughts. Continue reading

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Writers Block

Ok, I have writers block. I have had it for at least a month. It took me ages to write this and then I couldn’t even come up with a catchy tag line! I’m slipping……must be old age or living … Continue reading

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Ribbons and Reflections

As I mused over what to write for this blog, I was surprised by the many Facebook notes about campaigns that have been highlighted over the last weeks amid all the Christmas media. There have been some pretty heavy days … Continue reading

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The Woman at the Well – Spoken Word

Awesome video. We saw it at one of the liturgies at Common Ground (National Youth Ministry Forum) in June 2011.

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The Surprising Samaritan

  The story of the Surprising Samaritan and the 'Good' Temple Priest (or, “What WOULD a Samaritan Do?”)

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Living with our Differences

Living with our Differences: Community and Diversity in the Church A political revolutionary, bent on overthrowing the government – violently if necessary. A government official, responsible for collecting taxes owed by his own neighbours. An uneducated, thick-witted and stubborn man … Continue reading

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First Ever World Day for Social Justice

I write a lot about the elimination of poverty in our world. There are several reasons for this.  One, I think it stinks that people still live in poverty and we all need to be more aware of the situation … Continue reading

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Bullying is a problem – Blue Day might help!

December 17th is not a very remarkable day.  It is 8 days before Christmas.  It is two weeks before the end of the year.  But otherwise, except to those whose birthday’s fall on that date, it is fairly unremarkable.  Robert … Continue reading

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December 10th is Human Rights Day

December 10th is Human Rights Day and it marks the end of a year long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  This is a very important issue that I have dealt with in several … Continue reading

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