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Just wanted to enlist you to pray for Europe on October 23. Our organization is working on an interactive map on the web that will allow you to read prayer requests from all over Europe. It will be complete by October 23, but it’s still a work in progress. Please... |
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The events of this last weekend were enough to send some people to a convalescent center, but for Freddie and Kandee Harris, it blessed them deeply. Delice, Remy and Merritt are our three children, and might I add three amazing children. This is certainly my personal and very “unbiased” opinion. ... |
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Corpus Christi Day!Corpus Christi Day is one of the many religious national holidays in Germany and much of Europe ... and countries where the Catholic Church is largely represented. Like many religion holidays, many people of that country don't particularly celebrate the holiday as a "holy day" but they rejoice... |
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Blessing and Refreshing Eastern European PastorsPastor Daniel Dragnea and his wife, Marinela, are doing the best they can with what they have. He is a Romanian pastor of a mission church located in the small impoverished village of Scorþeni. He and Marinela have three beautiful children. His salary is little... |
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Today the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed a concert in North Korea. This was historic! It is the first major cultural group to perform in North Korea. It is also the largest delegation from the United States to ever visit this long-standing “enemy.” I was standing in the American Consulate... |
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I am so enthusiastic about my next mission project and wanted to tell you more about it. In a few short weeks, I am taking a small team of American Believers to Romania and Moldova to conduct enrichment conferences for Romanian and Moldovan village pastors and their wives. This will be my... |
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It is Valentines Day in the Harris home, with various expressions of love going on here and there between family members and friends. We want our house to be a place where the warmth of God’s Love is experienced, so this house should be a great place to be on... |
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Have you ever done the unthinkable and then looked back and had to face the inevitable? You are kicking yourself. Why did I do that? What was I thinking? Or rather, why was I NOT thinking?!!! Yesterday I did the unthinkable!We don’t presently have a car, since we sold our... |
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In the United States there is a big battle over Christmas. Should we stop celebrating Christmas? Should we celebrate Christmas by another name? Should we try to put an equal accent on "holy days" of other religions, such as Judaism, Islam, etc.?The ACLU has been anti-Christian and anti-Christmas for years. Now... |
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Kandee and I were returning from the Kalamazoo Airport. The late Michigan evening was shivering cold. Fresh snow covered the forest floor but the highway was clear and dry. Suddenly in my headlights, I saw several deer cross the road from the left about 15 yards in front of me. I slowed down but continued... |
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We just celebrated the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day in America. I hope that it's not just another day-off. Thanksgiving Day is an opportunity to stop and think of the things for which we should be thankful. Of course, we should be thankful every day of the year. Gratitude is a beautiful... |
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No, it was not one of our kids. Let's let them get married first, then I'll be very excited to become a grandfather!!! (I'm not old enough yet to be a grandpa!)Chris and Chrissy Bryan are teachers at Black Forest Academy. They are expecting their first child. Friends of Chris... |
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My wife, Kandee, and I decide early on in our marriage to be open and obedient in our parenting and in our ministry. We didn't want to parent our children by methods based on fear and intimidation. You know the kind of funny rules parents sometimes say to get their... |
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Have you heard of "All-Saints Day"? That's what today is. November 1. It is mainly a Catholic holiday, so it is celebrated nationally in predominantly catholic countries. It is a national holiday in France and Germany, so since we have arrived in Europe, we have "celebrated" All-Saints Day. I say... |
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Simple but so good.I love the chidren's song, "Jesus loves me." As a father, I would sing this song to our children every night at bedtime. I wanted them to understand in their little heart's this simple truth. Today, all our children are adults, ages 18, 20, and 23. Each of them knows that Jesus... |
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I watched the movie, End of the Spear, last night, with my son, Remy and a couple other friends. It is a powerful story of five men and their spouses who faced the fear of violent cannibals for the sake of the cross. The five men became martyrs and their story... |
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Here in Europe of recent days, in order to distract their children's interest in the increasing "halloween" craze, some Christian parents of protestant-orientation, are bringing back the celebration of Reformation Day, which is traditionally celebrated on October 31. I think that we as evangelical Christians should look back at our... |
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Pondering our two reminiscent weeks in Paris.Staying with French friends, what to say, what to do??!! No, not chocolate!Jambon => Jean est bon, yummy pizza, blurry eyesJet lag, cold bedrooms, and a falling asleep déjà-vu.Savoring rillettes, foie gras on fresh French breadNo Merci! Helping children at a retreat in the country... |
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I have been in Paris since last Friday. I am here in the north suburbs of Paris to help two Evangelical Churches during the final two weeks of the 2007 Rugby World Cup! What a wonderful time to be in Paris! Fall in Paris! The Fall colors are even more beautiful here! ... |
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I haven't been back in my home town region for many years. So my experience here these last few weeks have been nostalgic.Smells tend to bring back memories for me. It is not necessarily a smell that I like, but a smell that brings back warm memories of times gone... |
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