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The Crawford Blog: Lead me to the Rock
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Saturday, 31 May 2014. Lead me to the Rock. And what do I remember of that experience of those Northern mountains that bright June morning? I’ve been focussing in these past few weeks almost exclusively on Psalm 61, 62 and 63, finding much to challenge me about my relationship with God, and much to encourage and comfort me also. Psalm 61 begins with the prayer “When my heart grows faint, lead me to the rock that is higher than I”. So that’s my prayer for today. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Crawford Blog: Lua Crescente
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Sunday, 15 June 2014. Language does funny things from time to time, and understanding a foreign language can open up new and unexpected vistas within your own. Incidentally, the Portuguese) verb “to grow” - “crescer” (hence of course our words “increase”, “crescendo” etc). But here’s a nice little metaphor for my life and my walk with God. How much am I growing? How much of the fulness of Jesus is reflected in me to others on a day to day basis. I reckon need to be more of a crescent moon. We think of ou...
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The Crawford Blog: Christ All Around Me
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Monday, 23 June 2014. Christ All Around Me. I was listening recently to Kristen Getty reciting the words of St Patricks’ prayer. When I was walking by the river. It was a quiet morning. The sun had just risen, and the blue of sky stretched along the horizon and merged with the water. Ducks and water fowl splashed around the shallows. So the words merged in my mind with the sense of union with the God who filled this place. Such a great declaration of faith and dependance. Christ with me, Christ before me,.
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The Crawford Blog: August 2013
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Wednesday, 28 August 2013. Don't You Worry, Child. We've just had family with us this past week. Wonderful to interact with them, enjoy the beach together, catch up with where each one is at the moment, even if it is only for a very short period. All too soon, they were heading back off to England and to India. Here's an email I wrote to them much earlier this summer. Little Duarte (our godson, aged 4) never ceases to amaze me with his outlook on the world he's growing up in. Tuesday, 27 August 2013.
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The Crawford Blog: October 2013
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Thursday, 3 October 2013. Last day of this amazing Canadian adventure, and we drove out to the Forks of the River Credit in Ontario, not that far from the city of Toronto to enjoy the autumn leaves in all their glory. Brilliant reds, oranges and yellows, and, with the whisk of a gentle breeze of this warm indian summer day, a whole shower of golden leaves falls like confetti. L it, out there by the lake - the sense of his Spirit? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The Crawford Blog: Nineveh the Great
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Thursday, 31 July 2014. In the year 746 BC, or thereabouts, a man called Jonah, recently regurgitated by a giant fish on the shores of the Mediterranean, walked through the streets of the great city of Nineveh, preaching the greatness of the God of the Bible. Http:/ www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/25/335192229/video-shows-islamic-state-blowing-up-iraqs-tomb-of-jonah. But does this God of the Bible leave the stage so simply. I hardly think so. Nineveh in its heydey, was the largest city in th...And y...
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The Crawford Blog: Some More Linguistics
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Monday, 16 June 2014. Another wonderful linguistic enrichment that comes through learning Portuguese, is how the words. 8220;criar” “criação” “criador”. Are used. This family of words has to do with the English words. 8220;create”, “creation” “Creator”. But, most interestingly, this same family of words are the ones that are used when you talk about bringing up a family. So a child is not reared, it is. Created. The business of bringing up children is termed. Creation. And the word for child -.
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The Crawford Blog: November 2013
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Saturday, 30 November 2013. This past week, two dear friends passed away. They were keen supporters of our work, and they had also been close friends of my mother. It is strange to think that they may well all be sitting and drinking tea by some celestial meadow and reminiscing together. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The Crawford Blog: December 2013
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Saturday, 28 December 2013. Finding the Wonder but Missing the Magic. It’s a carol from a previous century that expresses it well - “How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is given! 8221; It is in the quiet unspectacular corners of the human heart that God works His wonders, and leaves us amazed. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Finding the Wonder but Missing the Magic. View my complete profile.
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The Crawford Blog: February 2013
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013. God Has Left the Building. I thought the last paragraph by the writer, Luís Januarío, commenting on the ways in which the news of his resignation was received by the leaders of the Church, was worth recording here. Friday, 15 February 2013. But I was struck by something she said about the nature of sacrifice. She was asked about the price she had paid for her political principles in terms of an almost lifelong separation from her husband and family. Thursday, 14 February 2013.
