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Advent Week 1: HOPE

This season, I’ll be drawing your attention to the Advent wreath to help us follow the season over the next four weeks. There is so much symbolism to this wreath; its circular shape is meant to represent God, the Creator and Preserver of all things. His love has no beginning and no end; it is […]

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Things I Hope For

Be joyful in hope, patient in pain, faithful in prayer. (Rom. 12:12) I hope one day there would be no more homelessness. I hope one day we could find appropriate housing for everyone we meet. I hope one day that everyone was connected to community. I hope one day for an end to addiction. I

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The Benefits of Hope

Hope is hard work. It’s not free. Hope costs us something. It’s not easy to look at ourselves, something or someone and hope for something better. It takes determination and willpower to face a situation and bring into the picture some hope that things could be different. But even though hope is not free, the

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“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalms 25:5) Friday June 2 was ‘National Doughnut Day’! This is only the 2nd year that I’ve known this day even exists. Apparently, this day was established by The Salvation Army in

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Take Me to the Alley

It’s still Easter Season. It’s still that season of hope and faith that death can be overcome. When I think about our April missional themes of Humility and Servanthood and how they relate to Jesus, my mind often takes me to this song by Gregory Porter called “Take Me to the Alley.” The song is

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! Today is THE biggest day of the whole Christian year.  Today is the day we remember that the saviour of the entire world conquered the biggest enemy imaginable: death.  Today is the day we remember that Jesus was raised from the dead, came out of his tomb, and is still alive and

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New Year’s Resolution

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs, and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world. Happy New Year! It’s 2017 if you can believe it. I hope everyone had a good time yesterday bringing in the New Year. I suspect some of you did that

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