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The Heart of Hearing

I like cat naps. When I'm sleepy, if I just lay down for 20 to 30 minutes, I can usually enter into a deep sleep pretty quickly and wake up feeling completely refreshed...

by Valerie

Ministry

Stories from the kids...

This post is meant as a supplement to our April newsletter.

As we mentioned in our April newsletter, we helped lead the kids of one of our partnering churches in an activity that they then used to reach out to their friends and invite them to church.

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

Loving Our Enemies, Part II

Sometimes, we may not be able to turn our foes into friends with love. Sometimes, our enemies stubbornly refuse to go after anything except our destruction. What can we do?

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

Loving Our Enemies, Part I

Let’s be honest with ourselves: “love your enemies” sounds like an oxymoron. Sometimes it sounds downright moronic. Why on earth would we open up our hearts to someone who is out to harm us? Yet, this is exactly what Jesus commanded us to do.

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

Ruminating on Reconciliation, Part II

This is the second in a two-part series on reconciliation. Last time, we talked about the concept of the onion: healing from a deep wound is like stripping away the layers of an onion...

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

Ruminating on Reconciliation, Part I

Over the past few months, I've been going through the process of reconciliation with a dear friend who betrayed me. This is the first in a two-part series on reconciliation…

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

A thought about time...

Does time heal all wounds? Examining a new thought on this old saying.

by Valerie

Meditations

A Christmas Meditation: The Things They Gave Up

As we approach this Christmas season, I find myself especially thinking about the stories of Mary and Joseph, and all that they gave up in order to honour and obey God.

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

The point of Balaam's story

I recently read the story of Balaam again in devotions. Many of us have heard the story: a prophet is hired by the Moabites to curse Israel.

by Valerie

Spiritual Insights

Truth and Honesty

In recent days, I've been thinking a lot about the nature of truth and honesty. We might tend to think that these terms are interchangeable, but I no longer believe this is so.

by Valerie

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