Posted on March 3, 2008 by christiangowan
I wish i could play guitar…
or, evermore, I wish I had the desire and discipline, the passion and the persistance to learn how to play guitar. I mean, I can ‘play’ it, ..but play it well? Not so much. It certainly is not ‘well, it is well, with my soul!’. I know where a few chords are, [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2008 by christiangowan
His head was crowned with knotted thorns which pierced His tender skin,
His face, with pain and sorrow marred, reflected peace within.
For in His eyes, My Lord, His eyes held hope and joy and love!
No shame, no guilt, no fear, no hate, just hope and joy and love!
And in that instant when His eyes and mine [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2007 by christiangowan
‘The Church has become like a group of people in the waiting lounge of an airport…They’ve bought their ticket and they’re waiting for their flight home. Meantime, the entire city around them burns. And every once in a while, they send out a specially selected person to try to recruit more people to buy tickets. [...]
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Posted on November 25, 2007 by christiangowan
The late Dr. S.M. Lockeridge, a preacher from San Diego, California said these words in a sermon in Detroit in 1976
May you be blessed by them today as we celebrate ‘Reign of Christ’ sunday in the Anglican Revised common lectionary:
…watch youtube video
…audio and text for sermon
THAT’S MY KING!
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Posted on November 20, 2007 by christiangowan
Tick tock tick tock tick tock. Time is slipping away in the abyss of church life, church politics, and positive church community building. It’s almost christmas and every coffee shop has now transformed into a winter-wonderland complete with jingle bells and tree ornaments. Switching the feature flavor from pumpkin to peppermint and adorning the walls with colorful [...]
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