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Down, But Not Out

13 August 2020 By David Trounce 2 Comments

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If you have ever been down, depressed, perhaps even longing for life to end, you may appreciate the life of William Cowper. William Cowper (pron.'Cooper') was born in exciting times. He lived through the voyages of Captain James Cook, the French Revolution and the American War of … [Read more...] about Down, But Not Out

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Grief, Joy, Sadness

Because Time is No Healer

26 May 2019 By David Trounce 1 Comment

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One of the reasons we have for believing that there is a Creator in whose image we have been made is our desire to go about creating. And, one of the reasons we have for believing that our relationship to this Creator is in a bit of a mess is that the things God creates, He … [Read more...] about Because Time is No Healer

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.