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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up – Part 4 Nepal: Frozen Showers, Close Calls & A Rat
When you think of Nepal, your mind probably first goes to majestic Mount Everest towering above the land and the thousands of trekkers who decide to battle its heights. Perhaps you picture prayer wheels and colourful flags fluttering in the wind, or the breathtaking mountains stretching as far as you can see. We think…
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Our Wildest Stories From a Life in Ministry – A Series – Part 3
A Prophet Isn’t Welcome… One Wednesday night at Bible study, I was sitting in the front row of the church with Pastor James MacKnight, waiting for the service to begin. We were talking and getting ready for the evening when a young man walked up right in front of us. He’d been struggling with…
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Our Wildest Stories From a Life in Ministry – A Series – Part 2
When Anointing Oil Isn’t Quite What You Think One of the things I learned very quickly while living and ministering in Thailand was that you can pray, prepare, study your Bible, and have a very clear idea of how you think something should go, and then something completely changes your plans. I learned that…
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Our Wildest Stories From a Life in Ministry – A Series – Part 1
Some Things Can’t Be Taught In Bible College There are some things you learn in ministry that no Bible college, seminary, leadership course, or pastoral conference can prepare you for. For example, nobody ever sat us down and said, “Now, Sandra and Peter, here’s what you should do when someone walks into church, announces…
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Let’s Talk About Revival
A recent conversation with a family member and a pastor sparked the writing of this blog post. My family member asked me a really good question about revival. They wondered whether revival had sometimes produced abuses, excesses and misunderstandings of Scripture. Around the same time, a pastor told me, “I’m reading all about revival…