Tag: transformation
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Sermon – A New Way of Seeing
There is plenty of time to be careful about that for which we pray; this month perhaps we might just indulge the Dream-maker just a little. Who knows what might be envisioned? Sermon Jan 1.2012
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The Call to a New Story
Bold and strong stories are the heritage of our people, our gift and our obligation to claim, even in uncertain, changing times. Sermon Nov 21.2010
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Church People are the Reason People stay with the church
So I asked myself, “If it is true that the church can be arrogant, judgemental, boring and all the rest why would anyone want to be connected? Why would I?” From a lifetime in the church, I cannot argue with Adam Hamilton‘s assessment, “Some of the most insensitive, critical, judgmental and mean-spirited people I’ve known…
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A transformational thought
This week I will be in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary. When I picked up the Globe and Mail in Calgary this morning I was delighted to find the following quote that echoes part of what Emerging Spirit has been lifting up. Family life and the workplace are changing at an unprecedented pace, both in ways that…
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Weak and Safe Stories
The power of stories to shape our lives is known but seldom attended to until we are off the rails and wonder how we got that way. Who wrote the story that we live? Sometimes I wonder just how complicated are those basic narratives or whether the plot lines actually sprout from dead simple mottos…
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