Month: September 2006
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the childlike wisdom of asking questions
My sister Keturah, seven years old, ran into the living room yesterday calling out to her just-older sister, “Tirzah, Tirzah! Which came first–the chicken or the egg?” How far they got on THAT question I don’t know, but I do know that life in my house is a neverending stream of questions. Some are long…
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the God of Imagination
My friend and companion in weekly Bible study Rielly McLaren posted this on his blog recently. I liked it, so I thought I’d share it with you: ……….. The imagination is a pathway to knowing God, because it inspires wonder inside us. The imagination leads to wonder, wonder inevitably leads to knowingGod, and knowing God…
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High Standards and Hypocrisy: Avoiding the Trap of a Divided Life
But nothing covered up isWhich shall not be uncovered,Nor hiddenWhich shall not be known;Wherefore whatever in the darkness ye said,In the light shall be heard;And what in the ear ye spoke in chambers,Shall be proclaimed upon housetops. (Luke 12:2-3, The Englishman’s Greek New Testament) If in life you do anything differently than other people–if you…
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a different fairy tale
Jeff Fountain of YWAM, Europe, sends out weekly updates (creatively called “weekly words”). I really appreciated this week’s, so I thought I’d post it here. 04 Sep/06 A different fairy tale The lines, painted in white calligraphy on the black factory wall, silently summarised why we were gathering over the past two weeks as YWAM…