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• January 22, 2013
  22Jan2013

  New Beginnings: Do You Know the Story You're In?

  

  Walking through Market Square the Sunday before Christmas, I happened into an afternoon service for New Frontiers Church, a relatively new spiritual community in my home city of Portsmouth, NH. I was curious because they rent space in my church--North Church--and so I wandered in. The speaker was telling the Christmas story from Mary’s point of view and asking: "Do you know the story you're in?" Mary understood that she was part of a bigger story, he said, and he asked us if we understood that we are, too.

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• January 8, 2013
  8Jan2013

  You Make a Difference: A New Year's Reflection

  

  I watched "It's a Wonderful Life" again this year. It's a powerful reminder for me about how we make a difference, even if we think we don’t. Unlike most of us, George Bailey is given the gift of seeing how the "little things" he does affect others and impact their lives for the better. He didn't understand this until his guardian angel Clarence came to his aid. If you had a guardian angel that came to Earth like Clarence--what would he show you? How might you live each day if you could know the greater significance of each of your choices?

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