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Ministry

What is love and how is it shown?

As we prepare for our next set of videos, I realize that I’ve been a little lax in posting about our last ones here. Several months ago, we released two more videos on our YouTube channel (Tea with Valerie). On this channel, we talk about a variety of spiritual questions, and share Bible stories. 

Valerie
by Valerie
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Life in Japan

Funerals in Okinawa

A few months ago, a friend had some questions about how funerals and grieving are handled here in Japan. Upon reflection, I’ve realized that you also might be interested in reading about this.

Valerie
by Valerie
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Ministry

Mrs. Pekin and the Violin

We started going to her shop because she makes kariyushi, a type of formal wear distinct to Okinawa. Kariyushi can range from something that looks like to a Hawaiian shirt, to something much more formal.

Valerie
by Valerie
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Spiritual Insights

Meditation Exercise: Submission

Over the years, I’ve developed a special exercise that enables me to enter into a submissive state of mind, so that I can follow Jesus more completely. Today, I’d like to share it with you.

Valerie
by Valerie
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Spiritual Insights

Our Perfect High Priest, Part II

My mum passed away last summer. I'm still discovering all of the losses that this entails. Her hugs and kisses. Her sense of humour. Her child-like joy at the small wonders of nature. The way that she saw beauty in things that most people pass by and don’t even notice...

Valerie
by Valerie
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Spiritual Insights

Our Perfect High Priest, Part I

I had been a Christian for more than twenty years before the book of Hebrews started to make sense to me...

Valerie
by Valerie
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Spiritual Insights

Chasing Holiness

When we put our minds to it, we can usually find a few sins we've committed each day. But the Bible tells us that there are more sins than we can possibly wrap our heads around—ones that God hasn't revealed to us...

Valerie
by Valerie
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Meditations Guest Posts

Guest Post: The God of Easter

Our friend, Miriam, decided a number of years ago to post on Facebook one thing that she was thankful for each day, for a year. When the year was up, she found that she’d enjoyed the exercise so much that she wanted to keep going! Many years later, she’s still posting...

Miriam Venneri
by Miriam Venneri
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Spiritual Insights Books

But I'm...

Thirty years ago, when I was growing up, WWJD bracelets were all the rage. It didn’t matter if you were Christian or not. Everyone wore one.These days in Canada, loving Jesus isn’t a status symbol. He’s no longer a chip to be bargained with, to be used as social or political currency.

Valerie
by Valerie
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For Missionaries Spiritual Insights Guest Posts

Guest Post: A Missional Reality

Missions isn’t something we choose to do for God out of gratitude for what He chose to do for us. Missions is the cauldron God sovereignly draws us into—through which he removes the dross necessary to shape our lives and character into greater conformity with that of Christ, in order for...

Keith Dodson
by Keith Dodson
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