Category Archives: Living by faith

Stress Less Ness

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Some years back, grocery stores used to have coin sorting machines. You could dump all your loose coins into a receptacle. The coins would drop and be funneled into separate slots and, within minutes, you would have stacks of pennies, … Continue reading

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ONE SOLITARY LIFE

JESUS He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village Where he worked in a carpenter shop Until he was thirty. Then for 3 years, he was an itinerant … Continue reading

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Love is…

On Saturday, a women’s group at my church gathered for our quarterly mini-retreat. The topic: what is love? We began by looking at romantic love – there are plenty of examples in songs, stories and films. Every fairy tale that … Continue reading

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Get Ready…Set…Go!

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January is named for the Roman God Janus who was literally two-faced – able to look forwards and backwards simultaneously. Isn’t that what we do with our drinking-laughing-kissing on the stroke of midnight December 31st celebration of the passage from … Continue reading

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Advent – are you ready?

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Advent means that I… Accept -> that I need a Saviour, a redeemer, a shepherd, a Lord   Decide -> to let Jesus be who He is, to me, in me and through me   Venture -> into the season … Continue reading

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Purpose Group Week 6

The wisest man in the Bible tells us that ‘the end of a something is better than the beginning of it’ (Ecclesiastes 7:9). It’s easy to start something – a novel, a project, a business, a relationship – but sustaining … Continue reading

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Purpose Group Week 5

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Picture a roller coaster. You settle into a car in the train, and it starts moving toward the first hill. It’s a long, slow climb and you brace yourself for the inevitable: the whoosh down the slope and the rest … Continue reading

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Purpose Group Week Four

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  Turn Turn Turn For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT). Perhaps you remember the snappy pop tune with lyrics from the third chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes? To everything … Continue reading

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Purpose Group Week Two

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Where you go, I will go Naomi was an Israelite woman, living in the land of Moab. She was a widow and had two sons, each married to a Moabite. One son died, then the other, and Naomi urged her … Continue reading

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Life Lessons – Purpose Group Week One

Week One My friend and I met for dinner at a restaurant called “Fresh”, which features healthy (mainly vegan) food and juices/drinks. It’s near the U of T so it has a youthful energy but there were some middlers and … Continue reading

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