Posted on December 9, 2009 by Christine Sine
One of my challenges during the Advent season is which devotional to use and which scripture series to follow. This year I have had so many options that I have tended to go from one to another. Which is probably not good as this is the season that sets the pattern for the coming year.
To [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Christine Sine
I thought that some of you might be interested in these offerings from our time at Eastern Mennonite University.
The first is an article that appeared in the Mennonite Weekly Review – Hard Times Offer Chance to Help More
The second is a podcast of our address at EMU – New Possibilities for Life After EMU
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Posted on November 1, 2009 by Christine Sine
I have not had much to say about the Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen while I was travelling but this does not mean that the upcoming meeting has not been in my thoughts and prayers. I think that this is probably the most important meeting on climate change that there has ever been and I [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by Christine Sine
This morning at our Tabor College class here in Adelaide we are talking about the pressures that distract our lives. I began with a devotional juxtaposing the version of Psalm 23 (antithesis) which I know I have quoted before and the real Psalm 23. We are more and more concerned about how the increasing rate [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2009 by Christine Sine
One of the privileges of Tom’s and my life is the opportunity to wander, meet good people and gather good resources. This trip is no exception. I am particularly impressed with some of the resources that we have discovered over the last few days.
Rowland Croucher director of John Mark Ministries, a cross-denominational ministry to pastors, [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2009 by Christine Sine
Advent is still a couple of months away but here is a really cool idea I heard about this last weekend that would not only prepare us spiritually for the birth of Christ but also physically and emotionally.
A Walk to Bethlehem is an Advent resource developed by St John’s Health Parish Nursing. The initial concept [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2009 by Christine Sine
If you are like me you are always looking for resources that help you understand the lectionary. Here is a great list of lectionary resources put together by Bosco Peters in New Zealand. I particularly appreciate the international nature of the resources. I would heartily recommend Bosco Peter’s site Liturgy as a great place for [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2009 by Christine Sine
Many of you are just starting back to school so I thought that you might be interested in this site which I just became aware of because they listed my blog amongst their 100 Best Blogs For Real World Advice and Education
As the site says:
College comes with a hefty pricetag. And why would it not? [...]
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