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Forgiveness Fridays: No Longer a Caterpillar by Claire Daniel
I believe today’s contribution to our forgiveness series will resonate with so many people. I can certainly relate to that having a stream of thoughts and accusations running through my mind of things I shouldn’t have said or done. How can we forgive ourselves? Read on… Ten years ago, as summer faded into autumn, I…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Time to Canoe
It seems like autumn has settled in fully here in Britain – I’ve moved to donning scarves again and wearing my Haflinger clogs in the vicarage. But memories of times canoeing on a lake in Minnesota can quickly bring back that summertime feeling, as I think back to the sound of the paddle moving through…
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The Lord is my Sat Nav
I’ve written several times here about personalizing Psalm 23 and how meaningful that can be. Over the weekend I led a day for women at Altrincham Methodist Church, and ended the first session with this exercise. A few of the ladies read their version out at the end, which I loved hearing. And I’m so…
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Forgiveness Fridays: A Teasel in the Wind by Sharon Roberts
Forgiving ourselves can often be harder than forgiving others. Sharon Roberts shares her story of learning to forgive herself – a journey of forgiveness that she still walks, as I suspect many of us do. I loved learning about teasels, too. My story of forgiveness had to start from within. In my journey of forgiveness…
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Forgiveness Fridays: A Work in Progress
What about when forgiveness seems impossible? A mountain too high even to contemplate climbing? Today’s contribution comes from an unnamed friend who writes honestly and movingly. She knows that she is a work in progress – and yet she has hope for the way forward. Sometimes I wonder why I find it so hard to…
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Weekly Devotional: Best Feast Ever (14 in Sabbath and Rest series)
Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” Revelation 19:1–9 (NIV) Think of all of the planning that can go into a wedding. Months or even years before the big event, special clothes are purchased, the venues secured, the ceremony planned, the…
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Forgiveness Fridays: Facing Fears after Forgiveness by Lucy Marfleet
Although we may have forgiven someone who hurt us, we might yet still harbour fears that they, or someone else, may hurt us again in a similar way. Those fears might rule our hearts. Lucy Marfleet shows how she was freed of these types of binding fears. Please read her encouraging story. I don’t remember…
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Watercolor Wednesday: The Thunder of the Cross
Today’s watercolor comes from my daughter’s brush! She created this while at the clergy family holiday at Sheldon, a community in Exeter that provides care for people in Christian ministry. They have a new art shed that she loved, kitted out with all kinds of materials to use for her creations. Here’s one she made…
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Weekly Devotional: Love Births Unity (13 in Sabbath and Rest series)
May God “give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify … God.” Romans 14—15:13 (NIV) The Apostle Paul’s letters should be read as conversations between two parties. Often we may read them statically, not thinking about what those…
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Forgiveness Fridays: Forgiveness is Freeing by Lynne Cole
When it comes to forgiveness, everyone is different. I love Lynne’s story for her honesty and how she tells the gradual nature of her becoming free from carrying someone else’s sins, as she puts it so aptly. I continue to be humbled and grateful for the bravery displayed by the contributors to this series, such…
