WCC general secretary: “We believe in God’s love” Photo: Albin Hillert/World Council of Churches 31 March 2019 On 31 March at the Hollywood United Methodist Church, in a sermon entitled “The Two Brothers,” World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary ...
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Church in Bali empowers youth to break cycle of poverty Rev. I Made Budiarsa tells about the Widhya Asih foundation to the visiting CCIA members. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC 18 March 2019 By Ivars Kupcis* Behind Bali’s luxury hotels, sandy beaches ...
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‘Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.’ (Luke 16:10) There’s a reason why we don’t give toddlers large salaries and make ...
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‘So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.’ (Genesis 1:27) William Wordsworth said that we emerge from the womb ‘trailing clouds of glory’. What modern life ...
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A poem by Gideon Heugh You are a wild and gleeful thing, nudged by lavish grace towards all the astonishments, and nothing can stop it or you. You are not a mistake. The earth aches for your singular life, for ...
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‘Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.’ (Psalm 37:4) What are the desires of your heart? So often, life sells us a lie, convincing us that things and experiences will fill the ...
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Lent Devotionals 12 March 2019 ‘But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may ...
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