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The Pain of God

Over the course of my life so far, I’ve encountered abuse from six individuals: an adult and an older child in my own childhood, and four more people in adulthood. Abuse has run the gamut: emotional, spiritual, sexual, physical, and verbal.

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The Truth & The Lie

I've been challenged to reconsider a variety of statements that we hear quite regularly from Christians. The one I’d like to examine today is the idea that there’s no difference between a Christian and one who is not a Christian—only that one has a Saviour and the other does not.

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The Year of the Great Humbling, Part II

As we look into 2021, it’s important to allow the things “behind” us to propel us forward. Otherwise, we could end up caught in an endless cycle of learning and re-learning the same lessons, with no lasting spiritual and emotional growth to speak of.

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The Year of the Great Humbling, Part I

Many of us would love to close the book on 2020 and forget it ever happened. But I think this would be a grave error...

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A Christmas Meditation

I thought I would post a Christmas meditation this year. I hope that this will help to frame your Christmas this year, as many of us spend a much lonelier holiday than we would have hoped.

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A Word to Leaders...

I recently had a conversation online with a Christian leader who was complaining about the COVID-19 situation and lockdown. Within his complaint...

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I Drew You on the Cross Today

Another poem, arising from a meditation as I drew Jesus on the cross the other day.

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What is truth?

A friend recently congratulated me on my fact checking abilities. I didn’t think I had done anything special, but she ended her compliments with, “You should be a reporter.”


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The Monkey on our Back

When we were back in Canada, one of Peter’s cousins recommended the show 12 Monkeys to us. For those of you who don’t know the basic premise...

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A Lesson in Context

Valerie had with an interesting discussion with a friend the other night. She was trying to...

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