Author: Wendrie Heywood
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AdventWord 2022: Obedience
I think I have wasted a great deal of my life waiting to be called to some great mission which would change the world. I have looked for important social movements. I have wanted to make a big and important contribution to the causes I believe in. I think I have been too ready to
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AdventWord 2022: Majesty
“I’ve seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, there’s nothing closer to God than that.” Cote De Pablo What is majesty? Yes, majesty means sovereign power, authority, or dignity. It is used as a form of address for heads of state. But it is also used to describe
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AdventWord 2022: Thirsty
“Prayer is not just a matter of the feelings, but of the will. When we least feel like praying and when prayer seems pointless because there appears to be no one to accept it – when God indeed seems absent, then is the time to call our will into action and refuse to give up.
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AdventWord 2022: Stranger
Participation in Meetings Qf&p 3.10 “Remember the onerous task laid upon the clerk and do all you can to assist. Submit information about matters to come before the meeting in good time and preferably in writing. Avoid if you possibly can any last-minute messages to the clerk. Give your whole attention to the matter before
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AdventWord 2022: Flourish
Image: Bret Jordan I do not know the course I am to run, all is hid in mystery, but I try to do right in everything… Look up to true religion as the very first of blessings, cherish it, nourish and let it flourish and bloom in my heart; it wants taking care of, it
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Hybrid Working & Worshipping
How have you found hybrid working and worship? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it work better?
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AdventWord 2022: Fire
Vincent in the workshop Fire and its deliberate creation of fire is something that only humans do, just about any other attribute that homo sapiens possess can be found elsewhere in the animal kingdom but not fire. Some of the earliest archaeological evidence of human habitation features fire or a fireplace. It is something that
