A Prayer for Today
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, My one desire is to live a thankful life. You have rescued me, blessed me, healed me, redeemed me. Selah I desire to live this life in gratitude to you. I desire to find my place in Your will. I desire to fulfill the role to which you are calling…
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Give Thanks – He is Worthy (also posted at the website of Bow Valley Christian Church) Thanksgiving season is a time when we examine the gifts we have been given and remind ourselves that we are not “self-made.” Douglas Wilson writes, The issue of thanksgiving is really central to the whole debate about the existence…
Continue readingNarcissism, Entitlement, and Gratitude
I just finished reading The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell. It is a good description of our present culture backed up with plenty of sociological studies. The following quotes are examples of how Twenge and Campbell convince the reader that we need to be concerned about narcissism in North America.…
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Once we begin to think about our place in time and geography, the mystery of where we happen to exist is great. Think of all of the other points in time we might have been born. I was born in the latter half of the 20th century; but, I could just as easily have been…
Continue readingThe Thankfulness of “Why Me?”
My friend Phil Reinders at Squinch reminded me of a great statement by G.K. Chesterton: “Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two?” Phil’s blog reminds us that we must ask the “Why me?” question in…
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When Maureen and I moved to Vancouver we were intentional about looking for local shops at which to do our business. Since Historic Chinatown is close we have purchased our car insurance at Jack Chow insurance, we sometimes buy fresh produce at the Keefer Street Chinatown Supermarket, and I get my haircut at Second Beauty…
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