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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: May 2014
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. When The People Speak. As a church leader, I often find myself being quoted. But it is important to acknowledge that my words are often inspired by what I have heard others say. Conversations are always a gift. Sharing perspectives and insights are acts of generosity; we are richer because of it. Both function with the belief...
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Osler Mennonite Church Ministries
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We are a Live For Peace Church. We strive to follow Christ's example of creatively confronting injustices non-violently and to work for healing and wholeness. We are proactive pacifists. We try to work for peace in many different ways, and we are a welcoming church that emphasizes grace and not judgment. We nurture and minister to each other through prayer, fellowship, affirmation, education and worship. We have a Safe Church Policy to protect children. MCC (Mennonite Central Committee).
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: March 2015
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Friday, March 13, 2015. I like to pause and imagine myself in the Gospel stories. When I do, the familiar passages often burst with new meaning. It took everything in me not to gasp out my astonishment. But that would identify me; associate me with the words unfolding in front of everyone. No, he was granting us the freeing gift of truth. He was ...
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: December 2014
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Thursday, December 11, 2014. The Mystery of Trust: An Advent reflection. In times of uncertainty people want visionary leaders. But what if God's good plan is a period of sustained uncertainty? I am not afraid of making a mistake. I am not so proud as to think that God's redemptive plan and activity will be immobilized by my mess-up. Executive Direct...
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: Where Are You church?
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Where Are You church? With our increasingly secular Canadian society I have always been thinking that people have disregarded the church. However this assumption has been challenged for me. Our young adults have not disregarded the church. Our young adults are missing the church. Many of our young adults are ready to...Perha...
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: April 2015
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Where Are You church? With our increasingly secular Canadian society I have always been thinking that people have disregarded the church. However this assumption has been challenged for me. Our young adults have not disregarded the church. Our young adults are missing the church. Many of our young adults are ready to...Perha...
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: Uncomfortable Conversations
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. I do not go looking for challenging conversations. But I don't run from them when they find me. I have come to realize that discomfort is an indispensable element of growth. We generally realize that being stretched is a good thing, even though few revel in the stretching. 8221; And in the heart of mixed agriculture in Kitchene...
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: Proud of My Church
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Proud of My Church. With underdeveloped wisdom – not yet baptized with the wounds of heated congregational meetings, I leapt into the context. And what a context: two congregations sold their separate buildings, amalgamated and decided to build a new building together. 8220;The building committee will bring us decisions tha...
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy: October 2014
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Willard Metzger - Church Guy. Enjoying the wisdom of God found in voices all across Canada, and delighting in sharing this wisdom with others across Canada. Thursday, October 23, 2014. After a Sad Day in Ottawa. I feel sad. I feel a loss. I mourn that the life of another can be disregarded so easily - and an innocent father is gunned down. I mourn that the rhetoric of revenge is seen as the best way to re-establish a sense of calm and confidence. I don't want people to die having to defend me. I don'...
