Category Archives: NOTES

look and look and look

Posted on April 12, 2019 by crazycathie

My verse for last month was: “But how can people call for help, if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust, if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And … Continue reading →

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fruit of the light

Posted on February 4, 2019 by crazycathie

So far, so good, as far as eating more fruit this year! Once a week, there’s a big job of cutting the shell off of the pineapple, and off the cantaloupe, washing the grapes, and shredding up the cabbage, or … Continue reading →

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less heat, more fire… or, less fire, more heat?

Posted on August 26, 2018 by crazycathie

August is almost finished already! How about this for being so late with July’s “less”? I’ve been trying to think of something else to talk about, besides just the One Word “discoveries”, and finally this has come to mind: it’s … Continue reading →

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good article re being a “firekeeper”

Posted on February 16, 2018 by crazycathie

We still remember the interim pastor we had at Good Shepherd in Toronto, with fondness. When I have a question, I think of asking him–he always said we should investigate things for ourselves, but my wont was to trust his … Continue reading →

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Multiplication not Addition

Posted on November 17, 2016 by crazycathie

There have been a lot of great articles to read lately, and some are just calling me to make notes on them! One by Mike Breen shows how humans can be such creatures of overreaction, “choosing polarities rather than living … Continue reading →

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Blessed to be a blessing

Posted on October 26, 2016 by crazycathie

Yikes, I’ve signed up for yet another email feed! Not sure how often this one updates, but it was recommended by our church plant, and has some really good articles/resources. Plus, it’s all about being missional. For example, an article … Continue reading →

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Baseball Lessons

Posted on October 20, 2016 by crazycathie

Do you sometimes feel like a failure? You’ve been trying and trying, honed your skills, done everything in the best way that you know, and still nothing has come through? Well, it’s a statistical reality that home-run hitters tend to … Continue reading →

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Stand Up

Posted on October 7, 2016 by crazycathie

During our small group Bible study last night, my husband’s response to one of the questions (I forget what the question was), was that we should decorate our homes in such a way (subtle, not blatant) that when people enter, … Continue reading →

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How to define “ordinary”?

Posted on August 5, 2016 by crazycathie

At Small Group last night, someone reminded us how God gives us gifts/abilities, not to use for ourselves, but for others. He gave the example of how you don’t, if you have the gift of preaching, preach to yourself. For … Continue reading →

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Slactivate?

Posted on May 26, 2016 by crazycathie

If you don’t want to miss new posts from this blog, you’d better click on my “Home” tab at the top, and then scroll way down to the bottom and enter your email address, then click “subscribe”. Because I’m pretty … Continue reading →

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