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Love Your Neighbor – A Meditation
” by attending to the needs of himself and others, Wayne practiced eternal life here on Earth” Continue reading
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The Cosmic Restoration (Part 2)
When I was a kid, my family would get ready for church on Sunday mornings. After cooking breakfast, and making sure all the kids would get up on time, get dressed into something respectable, and be ready to head out the door, my mom used to jokingly say, “now it is time for me to… Continue reading
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The Beginning of Cosmic Restoration (Part 1)
I shovelled my neighbor’s driveway. His name is Wayne, and he is my “good” neighbor. Well, actually, I borrowed Wayne’s snowblower and ran it over his driveway, my driveway, and by turn of mind, my “bad” neighbor’s driveway as well. The “bad” neighbor, has dogs; we have cats. He plays hockey; I play basketball. He… Continue reading
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Awareness in the Light of Christ
Message preached at Fellowship Christian Reformed Chruch, Edmonton, AB January 6, 2019. “Christmas comes even in the midst of rubble.” Those words were written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his parents on November 29, 1940. From his monastic haven in the Benedictine community at Ettal, Bonhoeffer was keenly aware of the “rubble” in which the Feast of the… Continue reading
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From Doing to Being: What Stories do we tell Ourselves?
Message preached at Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, Edmonton, AB, Canada, October 14, 2018. (Please note that the biblical passages this is based on come after the text of the sermon.) In the Gospel of Mark, we find recorded a story about a rich man, who by his own account, is law-abiding. Surely, measured by every… Continue reading
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Professional Learning Communities
A Professional Learning Community is an orientation of large organizations toward constant improvement. It tries to balance individual development within an institutional structure. This is a remarkable development in educational theory and practice that could be implemented outside educational contexts as well. Creating a Mission Statement The first step in developing a professional learning community… Continue reading
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The Purposes of Liberal Education
It is the start of another academic year. Many students will be beginning their courses this week. It may be a bit late to inform a currently present choice, but it can inform one if that choice is coming down the road, or if you, in a fit of despair, have the cynical thought, was… Continue reading
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Truthiness
I had a recent conversation about “truthiness,” if you believe me. The word truthiness never came up, but I am using this word to name the topic of our conversation which, after all, was beginning to explore the the ability to teach the “great books” of philosophy in an introductory philosophy course. The awareness both… Continue reading
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Ephesians 5: Being Filled with the Spirit: Redeemed Community, Redeemed Time.
(This blog post is a sermon that was preached at Fellowship Christian Reformed Church on May 6th, 2018. It is the second of a two-part sermon that belongs in a group of 6 sermons preached on a book study of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, generally under the theme of a post-Easter challenge to Christians. … Continue reading
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Ephesians 4: The Fullness of Christ
(This blog post is a sermon that was preached at Fellowship Christian Reformed Church on April 29th, 2018. It is the first of a two-part sermon that belongs in a group of 6 sermons preached on a book study of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, generally under the theme of a post-Easter challenge to Christians. … Continue reading
Raymond Klassen - Ideals and Identities 