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Continue reading →: Crowning Christ, Loving the Least (1 of 6)
A series on accepting God’s love for us and portraying that love to others This posting was inspired by a discussion during lectio divina this past week ahead of The Reign of Christ (traditionally, Christ the King) Sunday. After an hour of reading, re-reading and meditating on this week’s Gospel text…
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Continue reading →: What can anyone do?
To say the situation is bleak in Congo understates the horror and impending catastrophe there. Since leaving Goma (the capital of Northern Kivu, on the border of Congo and Rwanda) a few weeks ago, the situation has deteriorated rapidly, with a sharp spike in displacement, hunger, rape, and deaths. The…
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Continue reading →: God Spottings
In Rwanda, I was once again surprised at how little faith I have sometimes—how easily I assume God has abandoned the victims of war, disease and violence. As I listened to Théo’s story and saw what he and his sisters have had to endure, I was first shocked, then angry,…
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Continue reading →: Facing Truth
This is the first in a series of reflections on our recent trip to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo with Faith, Hope and Love Global Ministries. Presumed dead, Théoneste was thrown into a latrine filled with piles of other mutilated bodies. Having just witnessed his parents being hacked…
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Continue reading →: Staying on the Path (3 of 6)
This posting is in a series of reflections from my time in Chartres, France. “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!” (Isaiah 26:3, NLT) A labyrinth located in the nave of the Chartres Cathedral serves as a pathway of prayer…
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Continue reading →: Christ in Judgment (It’s a good thing!) (2 of 6)
This is the first in a series of reflections based on my time in Chartres, France (September 2008) Placed in the most significant position, high on the west wall of the Chartres Cathedral (France), in the center of the multi-colored rose shaped window, Christ is seated on his heavenly throne.…
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Continue reading →: It’s Who You Are, Not Just What You Do
This is the second posting in a series on Spirit-filled pastoral leadership. When you walk in the doors of the church on Sunday morning, what are you most hoping to communicate and accomplish? What is your message? I’m not talking about just the topic of the sermon, but also the…
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Continue reading →: It’s the Spirit Stupid!
This is the first in a series on Spirit-filled pastoral leadership. 2 different churches within two days—one that has over 17,000 members and one that has 75 on Sunday mornings. Willow Creek Church in South Barrington, Illinois, has satellite churches and tentacles throughout the world. Faith Baptist Church at Mill…
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Continue reading →: How Bright is Our Light?
This is the third in a series of postings on my recent trip to China. The Troubling Surprise To me, in spite of all the obvious and subtle differences between China and America, and between an atheistic/syncretistic religious environment and a predominately Christian-influenced Western world, I was surprised at how…
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Continue reading →: The Spiritual Vacuum
This is the second posting in a series of reflections coming from my recent experience in China. Chinese Religion and Culture Historically, politically and religiously huge differences still exist between East and West, in general, and China and America, in particular. In contrast to less than 250 years of history…
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Rev. Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D, D.D.
Tim is an ordained minister of the American Baptist Churches with a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. He also holds an (honorary) Doctor of Divinity degree from Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT). He has served as a church pastor, a seminary professor, and the executive director of a nonprofit organization. Currently, as co-founder and president of Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries, he focuses on Christian leadership development globally. Read more.
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