Category: Following Christ
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Id-Ra-Ha-Je
My title may seem like a silly combination of letters, but it was actually the name of a day camp where I served as a counsellor many years ago. The letters stand for the title of a famous hymn written by Rhea Miller and put to music by George Beverly Shea entitled I’d Rather Have…
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Sacred or Valuable?
Is there a difference between being valuable and being sacred? Cars are valuable but they are not sacred (at least to most people). Diamonds and gold are prized because of the way they hold their value – but they are not sacred. Value is associated with usefulness. A car is valuable to its owner because it…
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Living Happy in 2021
How are you doing as we come to the end of 2020? Worn out with lockdown fatigue? Maybe you are enjoying a little relief because you made it to the end of the year in one piece. You may be struggling with some depression – or even PTSD – over what has happened to you, your…
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Advent
When I was a teenager, I was an acolyte (altar boy) in the Episcopal Church. One Sunday during Advent it was my duty to stand next to the priest with a burning taper to light a candle on our Advent Wreath. While waiting nervously for my “cue” to light the candle, I sighed deeply to relieve…
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The Purpose of Blessing
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Psalm 67:1 – 3 Background: Daniel 5,7; 2 Chronicles 36 It…
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Being Made Whole
Thanksgiving is a day that we set aside to give thanks. What does it mean to give thanks? First of all, it means that we give thanks to someone – a person. We do not give thanks to the air, or just to make ourselves feel good. Sometimes we thank a pet or a service animal who, although…
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Measuring Our Days
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Psalm 39:4,5 This…
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Live by the Truth!
Several years ago, while working for a company in Texas, I met a middle-aged Russian woman who was on-loan to our office to conduct some training. She was beautiful, happy, outgoing and easy to work with. During some down time, while several of us were sitting around, I asked her what is was like in 1989 when…
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How To Choose a President
We are rapidly approaching what could be called the most contentious election of the last century. The effects of the pandemic, civil unrest, the vitriol, and now – an open seat on SCOTUS – have turned this election into a political knife fight. Some have even floated the horrible possibility of a civil war after the…
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“For Real” Repentance
It’s no secret that repentance can look real even when it isn’t. We have all met Christians who have “repented” but, in reality, only switched the track on which their selfishness runs. Worse than that, we can remember when we have done the same thing! Repentance is not a one-time act in the life of a follower…
Musings of a Follower 