Opening the Door

Opening the Door

– Andy Wade – I try to keep this side of my life hidden. I'm not sure what it says about me and, quite honestly, I don't really want to know. And yet Lent is a time of exposure. As I open the garage door of my soul, I peer inside, immediately confronted with a jumbled mess. I have a choice, ...

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The Art of Healthcare

The Art of Healthcare

-- Andy Wade -- Christine put me on to this news piece (below) about how art is being used creatively as a means of barter for healthcare. Both my children have spent multiple hours in hospitals for various surgeries and I have to say, the artistic creativity in the hallways and waiting rooms was often whimsical and uplifting during some rather ...

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We’re Ready For Lent – Are You?

We’re Ready For Lent – Are You?

-- Christine Sine -- Recently I discovered the Japanese art of Kintsugi in which ceramics are mended with resin infused with gold powder. The repair highlights the brokenness, creating a transformed item of great beauty. It reminded me of the transformation God wants to accomplish as we journey with Christ towards the Cross. The beauty emerges only when we recognize something is ...

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Wait for it…

Wait for it...

– Andy Wade – Hello, your call is important to us. We will take your call in the order received. Your average wait time is approximately... Do you like waiting? I sure hope so because you do a lot of it! (I believe these are all statistics from the USA) Waiting in general (overall) 45-62 minutes each day – for an average lifespan ...

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Have You Tried Turning it Off and On Again?

Have You Tried Turning it Off and On Again?

-- Andy Wade -- Sequestered deep in the bowels of the basement, far away from the "normal people" in the corporate tower above, the IT Crowd trouble-shoots the many computer related problems that plague their distant work associates. As is often the case, most of these problems can be solved by one simple act. The IT Crowd is one of my favourite ...

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Unlearn, Learn and Relearn

Unlearn, Learn and Relearn

-- Christine Sine -- Tom and I have just returned from two wonderful weeks in Australia with my family and friends. This has been a very important trip for me, reinforcing the importance of my biological family and also of the country of my birth. However I also know that the sense of identity I gain from my biological family is ...

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Gasping for Life

Gasping for Life

– Andy Wade – “Oh God!” Ninety feet underwater I found myself coughing water and grasping for my breathing device. Panic would be an understatement. Hours of training in basic SCUBA, countless dives, and now on one of my certification dives for NAUI Sport Diver, I found myself on the face of an underwater cliff that dropped off into darkness... and ...

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The Long View

The Long View

– Andy Wade – Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s not the one who plants or ...

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Opening the Door

March 8, 2014
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– Andy Wade – I try to keep this side of my life hidden. I’m not sure what it says about me and, quite honestly, I don’t really want to know. And yet Lent is a time of exposure. As I open the garage door of my soul, I peer inside, immediately confronted with a […]

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The Art of Healthcare

February 26, 2014
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– Andy Wade – Christine put me on to this news piece (below) about how art is being used creatively as a means of barter for healthcare. Both my children have spent multiple hours in hospitals for various surgeries and I have to say, the artistic creativity in the hallways and waiting rooms was often […]

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We’re Ready For Lent – Are You?

February 25, 2014
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– Christine Sine – Recently I discovered the Japanese art of Kintsugi in which ceramics are mended with resin infused with gold powder. The repair highlights the brokenness, creating a transformed item of great beauty. It reminded me of the transformation God wants to accomplish as we journey with Christ towards the Cross. The beauty […]

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Wait for it…

February 12, 2014
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– Andy Wade – Hello, your call is important to us. We will take your call in the order received. Your average wait time is approximately… Do you like waiting? I sure hope so because you do a lot of it! (I believe these are all statistics from the USA) Waiting in general (overall) 45-62 […]

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Have You Tried Turning it Off and On Again?

February 10, 2014
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– Andy Wade – Sequestered deep in the bowels of the basement, far away from the “normal people” in the corporate tower above, the IT Crowd trouble-shoots the many computer related problems that plague their distant work associates. As is often the case, most of these problems can be solved by one simple act. The […]

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Unlearn, Learn and Relearn

February 7, 2014
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– Christine Sine – Tom and I have just returned from two wonderful weeks in Australia with my family and friends. This has been a very important trip for me, reinforcing the importance of my biological family and also of the country of my birth. However I also know that the sense of identity I […]

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Gasping for Life

February 3, 2014
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– Andy Wade – “Oh God!” Ninety feet underwater I found myself coughing water and grasping for my breathing device. Panic would be an understatement. Hours of training in basic SCUBA, countless dives, and now on one of my certification dives for NAUI Sport Diver, I found myself on the face of an underwater cliff […]

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The Long View

January 28, 2014
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– Andy Wade – Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s […]

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Courting Imagination

January 24, 2014
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– Andy Wade – Following on my last post, “Stop Stimulating Me!“, it seemed appropriate to talk about foreplay. At least that’s how Janine Benyus talks about much of the amazing creation that goes on continually right under our noses (video below). The area of bio-mimicry is one that is truly fascinating and is finally […]

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Stop Stimulating Me!

January 23, 2014
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– Andy Wade – Several years ago my wife and I were missionaries in Taiwan. One day I was teasing my Chinese female co-worker about something. She laughed and quickly responded, “Stop stimulating me!”. I was a bit embarrassed, to say the least! Yes, it was a bit awkward, but I explained the mis-translation to […]

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