Songbird
– by Lance Odegard She’d been flitting at the back and along the sides of the congregation for weeks— her calculated late arrivals working like camouflage. At the back, on the tables, she tends her many plastic bags (the smaller bags inside the larger bags, each tied with strong, tidy knots)—the evidence of a quiet…
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The Jesus Creed blog has an article about Evangelicals in the United Kingdom and the various theological perspectives on Hell. I appreciate the perspective of this Evangelical Alliance because they are a true alliance. It does not seem that one theological group is trying to win out over another group. They truly recognize that there…
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I had tea with two friends who, when they were each 24 years old, read the book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger (about five years ago for each of them). I commented that I had also read that book when I was about 24 years old (about seven years after it was published).…
Continue readingDelicious Things and Wonderful Places
Nora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.1 She passed away earlier this week. Many news feeds have been running quotes from her blog and Twitter feeds. This one surfaced in the Guardian newspaper: “You should eat delicious things while you…
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Music and Lyrics by Mike Charko and Keith Shields (SOCAN 2012) (Click here to listen to this song) (or here) I saw Jesus on the train today. He looked right through me with a piercing stare. I didn’t expect him to look that way. He asked me to love the people on the train. I saw…
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Appreciation
Notes of appreciation to the Vancouver Police from the people of Vancouver. Click on the picture for a larger image.
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Recently I had a great visit with Claudia Launhardt and her husband Nasser. They are doing some great work in the Downtown East Side (DTES) of Vancouver. In 2001 they purchased the Ivanhoe Hotel, a low income single room occupancy (SRO) building in the DTES. They are people of faith who have a great story…
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