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Discipleship in 4 easy steps

What does Andrew’s journey to Jesus teach us about our own Discipleship? Can our journey with Jesus be seen in four easy steps? Continue reading

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A New Year With God

Making life-decisions about our diets and exercise is a good thing. But let us not forget that our relationship with God is to be the most important part of who we are; Continue reading

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The divine lover comes

What would it look if we approach Christmas like a beloved longing for his or her lover? Love, after all, is implicit in our understanding of Christmas; yet what if this love is not one of mere sentiment or nostalgia but one of passion and intense desire? Continue reading

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You need to repent

“Repent!” What does this mean? Is it just doom and gloom? Does repentance have to be about angry soap-box preachers and messages of wrath? Or is repentance something more graceful, more life giving? Continue reading

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Bearing frustration

What do you do when you get frustrated? When someone says something that just gets under your skin, what do you do? Do you let them have it? Do you air your grievance to the world? Continue reading

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Responding to the King

Before we reset the clock, and start our liturgical year over again, let me ask a question: what is our response to Jesus as the one who is king of our lives? Continue reading

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Gutter balls and the love of neighbour

We sometimes miss just how radical Jesus’ teaching was. If I truly loved my neighbour as myself, shouldn’t I rejoice in another child’s high score, just as much as my son’s? Continue reading

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Prayerful waiting

The Bible speaks a lot about the need to persevere in prayer, but Perseverance grows in the soil of waiting. Continue reading

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Tomato aspic and walking the uncomfortable road

How often do we want the presence of Jesus in our lives to take the form of a mere houseguest? We want Jesus to be polite and grateful, a person who smiles and tells us that everything is lovely, even if it is not. Continue reading

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Holy algorithms

Algorithms for Holy living help us live our lives in devotion and faithfulness. When our lives are tempted to get twisted around, these holy rules help us twist the cube of our spiritual lives back to the presence of work of Jesus. Continue reading

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