A New Name
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My name is Milissa Ewing. I am a descendant of Chief Joe Harris of the ‘Namgis Band of the Kwakwakawak Nation. I am also a descendant of Annie Summers from England, of George Barr from Ireland, and Ole Loraas from Norway. I, like many Canadians, don’t fit into one neat ethnic category. When I was […]
A Pastor and Porn – Part 2
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Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth. He was five years old when the news came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed. The woman who cared for Mephibosheth picked him up and ran away. But while running away, she dropped the boy, and he became crippled in both feet. (2 Samuel […]
Mole Care and Soul Care
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I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 1:2 (NIV) Oh no!! I have a mole in my yard…that nasty critter is destroying my YARD!! They sneak around in the night and dig long tunnels under my […]
Freedom from Fear
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As my wife Kama was preparing for surgery last fall with the expectation of a fairly lengthy recovery, it was understandable that she was experiencing levels of anxiety and apprehension. A friend of hers who had had gone through surgery herself shared a couple Scriptures from the Bible that had given her strength and encouraged […]
Identity
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Summer 2017 will go down as a season of change for my wife and I. Earlier in the year we sensed that God had something new in store for us but the path He wanted us to walk on would require us to trust in His perfect plan. In May, I concluded my ministry at […]
A Pastor and Porn
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Lather rinse repeat. Lather rinse repeat. Like it says on the shampoo bottle, I was caught in this cycle and couldn’t get out. It had been this way for a very long time. I prayed. I read my Bible and memorized Scripture, but I couldn’t get free. The shame was immense. I felt so dead […]
Learning to Let Go
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June 7. I’m sitting in the passenger seat of my car as my 16 year old, fresh off a passing score for his ‘L’ test, gets his first taste of driving up in the University parking lot just up the hill from where we live. While I share a lot of pointers and instructions on […]
Embracing Change
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Recently, I was coming out of Vancouver International Airport (YVR) headed for home, but didn’t get far before I encountered a problem. Traffic was backed up over the river bridge, which was my route home, and was sitting at a standstill. I guessed that it wouldn’t be that way for long, so I fell into […]
State of the World
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There are many good initiatives that happen in missions. The needs are abundant. Whenever we can do something good in helping kingdom advance it is worth it, right?! So, why are we more pointed and specific in what we choose to engage with our global career International Workers in the C&MA? The key word is […]