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Why the Lights of Christmas Change Everything
Christmas lights are more than decoration. They remind us that light comes into darkness, that sadness is sometimes sane, and that Christmas invites us into a different reality shaped by love.
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Ecclesiastes is good for me.
Again I find myself teaching the book to Fusion’s Certificate IV students at a time when I think I need to be hearing what the book is saying. I love the courage of Ecclesiastes, Solomon (I go with the author the bible wants me to think it is, despite all the discussion about authorship), dares to ask the very scary question does life have any meaning at all? I came across a quote that I think captures a bit of the importance of the book: Ecclesiastes is the one book in the Bible that modern man needs most to read, for it is Lesson One, and the rest of the…
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Why do I get it so wrong?
Start living I am sitting in my new office.. My in-laws have been here for a week and put down brand new floorboards in my shed which has been transformed. For the first time since moving to Poatina most of my books are on shelves and I have a desk (I have been working on our bed for the previous 6 months). I love the promise of emerging order in my life! At the same time as all this renovation has been going on, I have been teaching our students the book of Ecclesiastes. I am falling in love with that book of the bible!
