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Where did God start God’s mission in the Bible?

June_5We had the privilege of taking a missiology course given by Paul DeNeui, one of the professors at North Park seminary. As we discussed missiology, the question of where God’s mission started in the Bible came up.

In my small …

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The Enneagram – A Christian Perspective, Richard Rohr

enneagramHere’s a story about Jesus coming into the world.  Who do you relate to?

An Enneagram Sermon on Christmas by Dietrich Koller adapted by Andreas Ebert (taken from Richard Rohr’s book on the Enneagram)

When Jesus came into the world, …

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49th Annual Missions Conference – International Falls, MN

49th Annual Missions Conference – International Falls, MN

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We had the privilege to participate in the 49th Annual Missions Conference of the International Falls Covenant Church last week. International Falls  is a city in the county seat of Koochiching County, …

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Sophia is growing…

Sophia is growing2What a joy and blessing to see Sophia growing every day…

Her smile is contagious.

Her face is an invitation to stop everything and see life from a different perspective.

Her sleep is sweet and makes us think how life …

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“Everybody worships,” said David Foster Wallace in 2005.

“Everybody worships,” said David Foster Wallace in 2005. “The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing … is that pretty much anything else you worship …

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God’s fingerprints in Japan

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I was only 10 years old when I met Elisa in my first local Presbyterian church.

A few years after that, Elisa, who has Japanese background, decided to move to Japan and be a missionary. She …

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Thirteen years later and a few illustrious visitors in Florida

armandao.jpegIt was in 2000 that I met Armando and Dinha in Toronto, Canada.

Four years later, I moved to Canada and stayed in their home in Mississauga for almost 6 months. At that time I met their son Marcio and …

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I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure”. Eric Liddell

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Do you know there is no one like you on this planet?

Do you know no one has ever been like you in this existence?

You may think and tell me “Fabio, now you are exaggerating. …

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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. Mother Teresa

We live in a very selfish society. Everything is about “me, me, me!”.
“Me” is first. “Me” is the priority. “Me” comes before anything!

“Me” is sometimes even before my wife, my communication with my daughter, my son, my friendship …

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Journey of Christianity II (Read Part I written on August 09, 2013)

subversionbonhoffer“What is at stake is by no means whether our German members of congregations can still tolerate church fellowship with the Jews. It is rather the task of Christian preaching to say: here is the church, where Jew and German …

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