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A Life Worth Living

The Way of Jesus is a way worth walking because in allying ourselves with a God who loves the world passionately,...
Ross Smillie
December 31, 2017
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I Will Ride With You

Jesus' birth is good news for all: not just for some, but for all, for the shepherds as well as the kings, for the...
Ross Smillie
December 24, 2017
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Good News!

It is a constant human temptation to seek salvation by separating ourselves from the ordinary. We look for...
Ross Smillie
December 17, 2017
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The Conception of Justice

God acts in the world, not by dropping things on us fully formed and fully grown, but by conceiving things small....
Ross Smillie
December 10, 2017
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The Advent of Justice

The season of Advent is about the coming of the one who came to inaugurate God’s kingdom, a kingdom of justice,...
Ross Smillie
December 3, 2017
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A Different World is Emerging

Our creed says that the crucified and risen Jesus is both judge and hope. Judgement and hope are linked because if...
Ross Smillie
November 26, 2017
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Communion of Saints

This is a great hope to us who are alive, that our lives do matter, and that when we die, who and what we are...
Ross Smillie
November 5, 2017
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Luther's Legacy

While Martin Luther was provocative, opinionated and belligerent at times, he was also very much aware that none of...
Ross Smillie
October 29, 2017
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Saying Thanks Can Make You Well

Psychologists have discovered that people who are grateful on a regular basis are healthier in many ways: they have...
Ross Smillie
October 8, 2017
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Worldwide Community

The Lord's Supper - Communion - cannot be an empty ritual which has nothing to do with the attempt to be in...
Ross Smillie
October 1, 2017

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