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Directly Helping the Poor and Needy #TimCard #Charity365

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Matt

That awkward moment… when you see a panhandler at the intersection as you’re driving your daily commute to and from work. Each and every day, the same man or woman for a few days or weeks at a time, then maybe a different person for a while, there most days of the work week, and most days you hope to avoid them or to avoid eye contact, at the least. A few more intersections, then you’re home free – for one more day…

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How can I give charitably? #Charity365

Posted on November 8, 2015May 1, 2016 by Matt

‘God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.’ Acts 10:30-31 Recently, I checked off a to-do I’ve been meaning to-actually-do for some time: I added two local organizations to my charitable giving to complement my regional and international charitable giving. I say this with some trepidation because I don’t want to…

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How to Help ISIS Persecuted Christians #Charity365

Posted on April 19, 2015May 1, 2016 by Matt

The latest atrocities by the Muslim group, ISIS, includes a video of the shooting or beheading deaths of thirty Ethiopian Christians. In previous posts, Charity 360 and Charity 365, I laid out my experience in charitable giving. In the latter post I talked about expanding to include more global and humanitarian groups. If you don’t…

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Sanctus Valentinus: Behind the Verse

Posted on February 14, 2015March 1, 2015 by Matt

Oh, Saint, to your name, thereof, My question is this, what is love? On a warm summer’s day, sunshine beaming down on country fields, and in the vibrant spring of my life, many, many years ago now, I once spoke these fateful words to a certain girl I liked very much: I don’t know what…

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C.S. Lewis is Cleverer Than You Think

Posted on November 28, 2014December 9, 2014 by Matt

My good friend, Jamie, liked a Relevant Magazine article today titled C.S. Lewis’ 3 Most Controversial Beliefs. Both of us are a big fans of Lewis and it piqued my interest as much as Jamie’s, I’m sure. Some of the “controversies” noted would surely either convince his admirers that some of these claims are actually…

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After Atheism: New Perspectives on God and Religion

Posted on September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 by Matt

When I work from home I often listen to podcasts and I’ve been listening to CBC Radio Ideas’ After Atheism this week. This is what I’d call a post-post-modern look at religion and materialism over the past few thousand years. This is a compliment as they recognize things like the resurgence of spiritual interest, the…

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Literally: Sad, Frustrated, Distracted. But Love. Church Heresies Then and Now.

Posted on August 9, 2014August 23, 2014 by Matt

So, the latest intra-Christian controversy to blow up is popular Christian worship act Gungor’s denial of the ‘literal’ reading of scripture, particularly Genesis, the creation account, Adam and Eve, and the Flood. This of course triggering the day before our traditional day of worship when Christians come together to worship God their saviour in spirit…

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We have to go back

Posted on August 6, 2014November 10, 2022 by Matt

I just got done watching the entire series of Lost on Netflix for the second time. What a trip. What story telling. This time around things came a little bit easier. I more often had “aha!” moments and more than a few head-nods to the writer’s foreshadowing. For having gone as long as it did,…

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Is this the ultimate Christian love song?

Posted on December 7, 2013October 4, 2015 by Matt

Ever since I made a concerted effort to explore the Christian music scene, and discover the “good music” that I knew was out there, I’ve been aware of the controversy of Christian love songs. Controversy? Yes, in between the awkward attempts and lame lyrics, there were a number of good sounding attempts (for their time),…

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Sanctus Valentinus

Posted on February 14, 2013July 13, 2013 by Matt

Oh, Saint, can you hear my voice from ages past? I hope against hope because your voice seems to be the last. Oh, Saint, may I ask a question? Will you proffer a suggestion? Oh, Saint, to your name, thereof, My question is this, what is love?

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