When we rely on human wisdom and fancy words to try and convert people to following Jesus, we empty the cross of its power.
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"Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee."
- Augustine
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Two farmers were comparing notes on the poor harvest.
"Jeb, I'm telling you the wheat was so poor I had to harvest it with scissors."
"That's nothing, Grady. I had to lather my field and shave it."
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"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years."
- Simone Signoret
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We cannot all be famous
or be listed in "Who's Who",
But every person, great or small,
has important work to do.
For seldom do we realize
the importance of small deeds,
Or to what degree of greatness
unnoticed kindness leads.
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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