Recently I orchestrated a sing-off between two of my high school classes. I handed them seven verses of “Veni Veni Emmanuel,” the original Latin version of the classic “O Come O Come,” and told them that they would be part of the Christmas festivities on the 17th. Following the gingerbread house competition between all secondary classes, the 10th and 11th grade...
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As a continuation of my previous post “Demonstration Requires Fruit”, I would like to explore the area of who is stewarding the earth? From my reading of the book of Genesis especially the first few chapters it seems clear that God created man and put him to work. The job was one of stewardship according to his pattern and intention. It didn’t appear that man...
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This has truly been a season of increasing expectations and breaking old mindsets that have kept me in the status quo. I have seen that my ‘natural’ tendency is to preserve myself, play it safe and not stick my neck out and take risks in areas of my heart and expectancy. Simply put; ‘playing it cool’. With this as a backdrop life can get pretty boring and...
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My daughter painted these words years ago. It was in a picture of a girl and boy wearing angel wings ready to jump off a cliff. It had hung in her room for years and was a constant reminder not to awaken love before its time. She believed in the power of waiting because she believed in the power of love. And the power of flying. This past weekend, she soared at the...
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Life has a funny way of dealing with us. Things can seem great today but tomorrow all hell can break loose. With no warning, our happy lives go from order to disorder, joy to chaos. For it is often not just one thing that causes our joy to be tested. Usually it starts with your relationships, then finances, then occupationally or spiritually. It is as if everyone...
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I recently received the following correspondence from thoughtful former student: “So we watched a video yesterday in Biology about evolution, which made me start thinking. I wanted to go back to Genesis 1 and look at how the God created the universe. As I was reading it today I noticed for the first time that on the first day God said let there be light, but it...
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