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I was listening to a song today that was about the simple lessons of life that parents pass on to their children. I had been thinking lately about that very thing: the responsible things that my parents taught me and wondering if we had done a good job of passing... |
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Higher Ground is an outreach of our local Freie Evangelische Gemeinde. It is a big evangelistic youth event which happens every 6 to 8 weeks. It is well-planned, with good music, skits and a clear presentation of the Gospel. There are always loads of German youth in attendance.On Sunday, March... |
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Kandee and I spent the weekend in the Paris area. The location: La Clarté Dieu, a Franciscan retreat center in Orsay, France (Paris suburbs)The occasion? Famille, Je t'Aime's board meeting, national conference and annual meetings. We have been working with Famille, Je t'Aime (FJA) in some way or another for some... |
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This last weekend was the Candlelight Dinner, an evangelistic event organized by Black Forest Community Church and a collaboration with two other local German churches, including F.e.G., the church that we have been attending for the last year and a half.This Candlelight Dinner has been going on for almost 10... |
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The True Meaning of LentAccording to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “The real aim of Lent is, above all else, to prepare men for the celebration of the death and Resurrection of Christ…the better the preparation the more effective the celebration will be. One can effectively relive the mystery only with purified... |
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We had a typical busy weekend ... no, come to think of it, it was a little more busy than usual!Let's see, in addition to Terence Dyck, a GEM internship missionary staying with us during the month of February, we had Michelle Brown, daughter of dear friends who were missionaries... |
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Remy returned yesterday from a week of total immersion in German at an internship seminar in Hagen, Germany, northern Germany. It was held at a large Freie Evangelische Gemeinde. There were 30 to 40 other interns participating in this seminar. Remy was the only American and the conference was conducted entirely... |
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You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31For you were made in my image.... |
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Happy Valentine's Day!Don't give up on love. God's Love is unconditional and unending. God loves you more than you could ever imagine. God's Love is the only True Love. He is the Father to the fatherless, the Husband to the widows. He is the Lover and we are the loved. ... |
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The unfortunate death of Anna Nicole and her sordid lifestyle is on all the front headlines. A unhealthy fascination with licentious living. It makes me very sad. And you? Sad for people who lead such meaningless lives and enslave themselves by every form of addiction. We all know someone personally who is just as... |
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Does life imitate art or does art simply imitate life?An indepth analysis of the lyrics of all the Grammy winners might give us an intriguing look at the kind of world that we live in today! I tend to be quite philosophical. Does life imitate art or does art simply imitate... |
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Portugal will legalize abortion.Yesterday, Portugal held a Referendum vote to legalize abortion. The Catholic Church, of course, tried to persuade Portuguese to vote against this Referendum, but the pro-abortion groups lead a massive campaign. Normally, there must be at least a 50% voter turn-out for a qualify a referendum vote... |
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This is fasching season! Also called Fastnacht! It's like Mardi Gras, but wow in Germany (and maybe other germanic countries, they really do it big!!!! They dress up in costumes. The costumes are not always as fun as the above. Here in Germany we see lots of furry costumes,... |
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Today I finally finished gluing the carpet in one of the rooms at the ConneXion. Just in time for the Saturday opening hours: 4:00 to midnight. And tonight there was a surprize "going away party" for one of the German girls in the church who is going to the U.S.... |
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Jim Meyer, with GEM CreativeWorks, has just finished a brand-new EuroTeam ministry presentation. It is a well-done, very interesting video. Check it out, ... then sign up for the greatest mission trip of your life!!!!!New EuroTeam video. ... |
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Ruth Robinson, missionary with Greater Europe Mission, researches the needs in Europe and the factors for evangelisation. Check this out. It is very interesting reading. ... |
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Many BFA students, on their own initiative, have chosen to given up their Friday evening, take themselves out of their comfort zone and share their faith in Jesus-Christ with people on the streets of Basel. Basel has a fun walking street that is especially busy on the weekend. A special meal was prepared... |
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When Kandee and I came to France in 1984, when our first child, Delice, was only 5 months old, we lived in a "concrete jungle" in a south Paris suburb named Massy-Paliseau, about 40,000 wall-to-wall people, melting-pot people of all nations and tribes! We started out there because there is... |
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The Colts beat the Bears, 17 - 29! Manning came through with a 247 passing game and earned the MVP.Do missionaries watch the Super Bowls? That's a good question. The answer depends on a lot of things? In what country are they working and is the Super Bowl available to... |
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Our kids love a great variety of music (hey, their parents love a great variety of music too)! About a year or two ago, one of them asked for a CD by a group named "mewithoutyou" so I bought it for him. It's one of those yelling emo punkish kind... |
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