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Welcome To The Irrational Season

Saturday, December 7, 1996 Michael Farris

I think this is the time for you to take leave of your senses. In the middle of the everyday, the cut and dried, whatever you are doing right now — don't you yearn for something marvellous? That's what happened … Read more

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Conform …Or Else

Friday, December 6, 1996 Jane McLaren

Did you ever listen to the children in the school yard? "If you won't do it my way I won't let you play!" Did you ever listen to the adults at work in an office building? "Welcome to our company. … Read more

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I Saw God Today

Thursday, December 5, 1996 Ross Witmer

I awoke this morning, saw that it was light, rolled over and enjoyed the warmth of the bed. I didn't need to get up, retired you know. When I was ready, went to the washroom and toned myself down… I'm … Read more

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Hope Says Walls Will Fall

Wednesday, December 4, 1996 Kenn Stright

The terrible scourge of the 20th century, the Iron Curtain, has now fallen and the old foe is the new friend and all things are possible. Can that hope extend to the plight of the haves and have-nots, the warring … Read more

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Bringing Hope Alive

Tuesday, December 3, 1996 Kenn Stright

"Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk the same path, a road comes into existence." (ancient Chinese Proverb) An unknown poet once wrote: A little child- A shining star- … Read more

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Dreams Of Hope

Monday, December 2, 1996 Kenn Stright

You've seen "Field of Dreams". It is a fanciful, all-American re-enactment of the great American pastime of baseball set in a corn field. The plot has a voice calling out to the star, "If you build it, he will come", … Read more

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The Candle Of Hope

Sunday, December 1, 1996 Kenn Stright

June Stevenson of Glad Tidings tells of sitting in a dark auditorium as one by one candles were lit in a gestures of prayerful support for the people of South Africa under apartheid. As each one shared with a neighbour … Read more

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The Way Of Blessing

Saturday, November 30, 1996 Jean Bryden

God bless you! Blessing someone who sneezes is a very old tradition, originating at a time when it was believed that a person was very vulnerable to possession by evil spirits while they sneezed. A sneeze is an involuntary action, … Read more

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One Gospel – Diverse Expressions

Friday, November 29, 1996 Kenn Stright

When I was younger, I went to my first service in a Roman Catholic Church and what a culture shock for a small town Presbyterian! Smells and bells and whistles greeted me, and kneel down, stand up and turn to … Read more

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Equipping The Saints

Thursday, November 28, 1996 Kenn Stright

Once upon a time there was a place called Christendom and all the people were very happily a part of what they called the church, and everyone in the community… It reads like a fairytale in today's world where your … Read more

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Today's Verse

Ephesians 5:19-20 – Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)5

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Romans 8:33a – Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? (NIV)

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To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living. – John Henry Newman6

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