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Living in the Shadow of the Past

Posted by Bill , 19 April 2013 - - - - - - · 1260 views

Brothers,

The Setting: A squatter’s ghetto in the middle of Manila, home to 25 million people. My wife and I are visiting the family of Mariana who died of an asthma attach last Friday. She has 8 children; the youngest is 2 months old. They all live in one room on the second level of a short dwelling cobbled together from repurposed wood and tin.
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To the Brothers

Posted by Bill , 05 February 2012 - - - - - - · 1614 views
Brothers
Brothers,
I’ve been visiting with many international workers in Asia the last couple of weeks. We have had in depth conversations about faith and what instruments they have played this last year in the great composer’s symphony of life. One theme that unifies their stories is redemption.

Like the gift of salvation,...



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To the Brothers

Posted by Bill , 07 April 2010 - - - - - - · 1266 views
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Brothers,

I spent Easter day in Istanbul surrounded by mosques and Muslim families enjoying a sunny day out. As I was walking around the city the call to prayer could be heard everywhere, calling the followers of Muhammad to pray. It is an important ritual, the first thing heard by a Muslim baby, a recited call repeated five times a day that draws...



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To the Brothers

Posted by Bill , 26 March 2010 - - - - - - · 1281 views
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I hope that your week is going well, or that if your week is tanking you are growing in grace. I am still getting a grip on the growing in grace thing.

Having rubbed shoulders now with a wide variety of denominations and other types of Christian organizations I am impressed with many things and dismayed at others. It is interesting that those attributes...



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To the Brothers

Posted by Bill , 15 March 2010 - - - - - - · 1197 views
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Brothers,

There is a video that I would urge you to watch or listen to at http://mppc.org/seri...shifting-tides. The person speaking is Gary Hamel, who the Wall Street Journal ranked as one of the world's most influential business thinkers, and Fortune magazine has called him "the world's leading expert on business...



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