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More Beautiful for being Broken
Kintsukuroi Lamp More beautiful for being broken Let me embrace this fragmentation; let me join You in searching for the shards and watch, holding my breath, as you fill the cracks with ...
June 21 is National Aboriginal Day: Truth First, then Reconciliation
Canada recognizes National Aboriginal Day at the Summer Solstice—when the sun is at its most northerly position (and hence the longest day of our ...Canada recognizes National Aboriginal Day at the Summer Solstice—when the sun is at its most northerly position (and hence the longest day of our year, June 21). In light of this—as we approach Canada’s ...
James: In Kindness
“My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.” James 2:1 Over the past ...“My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.” James 2:1 Over the past 10 years I have slowly begun to recognize the social ...
James: In Trials & Tests
Grow Up: Exhortations from James James 1:1-16 “In Trials & Tests” — excerpts from the teaching by Rusty Foerger There is no other book in the Bible that starts this way—that drops us into ...
The Grace of Conviction
Photo: Archaologisches Museum Frankfurt According to the Chinese calendar, it is “the year of the Rooster”. It may surprise many to find that the early Christian symbol found in Roman catacombs was not the ...
Generosity Begets Generosity
After many games, the wear and tear on my hockey helmet loosened a screw and dropped out so that the helmet came apart. ... After many games, the wear and tear on my hockey helmet loosened a screw and dropped out so that the helmet came apart. I was not allowed to play until it was repaired. ...
Advent 3: Joy – Rusty Foerger
Joy is an exuberant theme of Christmas! Joy is a recurrent theme of the Christian journey. When C.S. Lewis chose the title of his ...Joy is an exuberant theme of Christmas! Joy is a recurrent theme of the Christian journey. When C.S. Lewis chose the title of his autobiography, he took a phrase from the first line of ...
Advent 1: Peace – Rusty Foerger
Comfort Comes in Person Recently Ali, the father of the Syrian family we sponsored, found out that there was another explosion in his hometown of Aleppo. Sadly, this isn’t news any more. What made ...