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I have never been too bothered about Lent, but this year, it is different. I am using Lent for Everyone by NT Wright as well as other books on Lent. Wright has some interesting points regarding these verses: “Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and…
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The 12th of January is a date that I will never forget, and that is an achievement!! I am not that good of remembering names or dates!! But the 12th is right up there!! Why? Because that Friday at 19:30 I was installed as Minister of First Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church. We moved to the Manse…
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For years I have not bothered about Lent, but this year is different. I got some resources to help set my heart and wait in anticipation to Easter. This morning, I read Dietrich Bonhoeffer book on lent, “God is on the Cross”, where he points out the importance of meditation upon God’s word. He points…
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I must confess that I have never been that concern with following Lent as preparation for Easter. Still, this year is different, so I got a couple of books on Lent, and one of them, written by Walter Brueggemann, Way Other Than Our Own, has encouraged me. Taking a familiar passage from Matthew 6, “And which of…
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