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True Intimacy Is My Desire : My Sabbatical Longing
This is my heart’s desire, what I long for in my sabbatical and beyond… And for each of my church family… to truly know Jesus intimately. Lyrics below YouTube clip… “True Intimacy” Whatever I hold There’s nothing compares To having You close True intimacy is my desire To catch Your whispers To carry Your fire…
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Paul Went to His Own Funeral? Not Like An Elvis Impersonator
Did Paul say, “I’m determined to imitate Christ?”, or, “I will work at following Him?” No, he said, “I been crucified with Christ. I have been identified with him in His death.” Elvis impersonators are quite happy to look like him and get all the glory and accolades and don’t usually kill themselves as the…
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The Purpose of Lent (An Evangelical Perspective)
Forgiveness and freedom is what Easter is all about. Freedom from being stuck in bondage, freedom from sin …and not merely bad habits that make us swirl into addiction and entrapment. Forgiveness of sin is what Jesus Christ’s death on the cross is all about. The purpose of Lent is awareness; for you and I…
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Taking Time to Rest with God | My Sabbatical Journey
My sabbatical journey – Philip Gunther I just returned to my post as senior pastor at Parliament (MB) Community Church, Regina, after a seven-month sabbatical – my first in 20 years of ministry. As I contemplated taking a sabbatical, I wondered: How should I prepare? What will I experience? What is a sabbatical? Read… Taking…
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When we grieve, there’s something that goes on underneath…
Sometimes you grieve for what you could have had… Tearing away leaves a wound. When we grieve, there’s something that goes on underneath… a grieving for what we longed for. Our hearts were made for so much more… Ecclesiastes 3:11 New Living Translation (NLT) “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He…
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It’s Just Going To Get Uglier
In my connecting with depression sufferers, I have learned that much depression, including my own in the past, is indeed caused by anger and bitterness caused by hurt done by others. In connecting with one depression sufferer in particular who courageously has chosen to move forward in their healing journey which will require safely addressing…
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Your Home Impacts The World
Your home is the heart of the church… The heart of the church is your home… What you do at home and ‘at church’ is too often on two extremes. Choice of words, entertainment… the things you think about… But when you see that your home is a place of worship – THE primary place…
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Book Read: Seeing Through The Fog
Another story finished! This one is about Ed Dobson, retired pastor now living with Lou Gehrig’s disease. I’ve learned much reading this book. A leader once busy teaching and leading others, now forced to rely on others even to simply button his shirts. Chapter titles include… “When God is Silent, Forgiveness, Worry, Healing, Giving Thanks,…
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Reversing Your Death Spiral
I attended the Global Leadership Summit this year again. Here’s one golden nugget… Reversing the Death Spiral of a Leader – Dr Henry Cloud (From his book: “Boundaries for Leaders“) Leaders don’t blame, they are instead good stewards and take ownership in leading people. A leader needs to be in charge of him or…
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Forgiveness
This song is on my brain… It’s the hardest thing to give away And the last thing on your mind today It always goes to those who don’t deserve It’s the opposite of how you feel When the pain they caused is just too real It takes everything you have to say the word… Forgiveness…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 