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A LETTER FROM WIDOW AT BRYCE HOME # 14 IN KENYA – How My Life and My Children’s Lives Have Changed

LTRP Note: The following letter is sent to us from Mereza, one of the widows who is part of the Bryce Homes for Children that is supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. You might also like to…

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Plaster, Uniforms, Soccer Shoes, and Baskets – The blessings and the work in Kenya

The latest news in from our mission work in Kenya. Check out the slideshow below.  If you would like to help support the 15 Bryce Homes (over 110 children), please visit Understand the Times. The project is being supported solely…

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Letter to the Editor: Lectio Divina in South Africa Among Dutch Reformed – “Is there really a different way of reading the Word?”

LTRP Note: For an understanding of Lectio Divina, please refer to several links below this Letter to the Editor and our  comments. Good day, I live in South Africa and even here the Dutch Reformed church is doing the contemplative route….

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A Native American Who Wished to Leave the “Old Way” and Follow the Christian Way

Written in the late 1800s by Egerton Ryerson Young (author of Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires) I was interrupted one day while sitting in my study by the quiet entrance of a stalwart Indian whom I had not…

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Henri Nouwen’s Affinity Toward Eastern Mysticism – A Valid Reason Why Christian Teachers and Leaders Should Not Promote Him

At the end of his life, in the last book he ever wrote (Sabbatical Journey), Henri Nouwen said the following: Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk…

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Christian or Christ-Follower – Two Terms with Different Meanings

Christian or Christ-follower. It’s a distinction that is being made more and more today, and often the latter term, Christ follower, is replacing the former term, Christian. Even many Christian leaders are making the switch. But just what does it…

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