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  • Mountain Top Experiences

    Mountain Top Experiences

    Mountain Top Experiences Hi Reader, Welcome to Living Contentment Weekly. Here are your three contentment-related thoughts for today. Something for you to: read | do | pray READ THIS Many of us know what it’s like to have ‘mountain-top experiences’ with God. Some moment when we feel…

  • Surrender Guest Post #3 – the long game

    Hi Reader, welcome back to Living Contentment Weekly. This week is our third installment from my friend Greg Sund on SURRENDER. If you haven’t grabed a free copy of his e-book ( paperback here) – give it a try for a much deeper dive into true Surrender. So here’s Greg with this week’s view of…

  • Keep Surrendering… – Living Contentment Weekly

    Keep Surrendering… – Living Contentment Weekly

    Hi Reader, Welcome to the SECOND special edition of Living Contentment Weekly. Once again, Greg Sund is sharing on surrender and contentment. (link to a free copy of his book at the bottom of this email) This week he’s comeing to us from rural Uganda. So – again – here’s Greg with his views on…

  • Surrender…. Living Contentment Weekly

    Surrender…. Living Contentment Weekly

    Surrender Hi Reader, Welcome to this week’s special guest letter from my good friend Greg Sund. Greg his wife Stephanie have been great friends of ours since we first landed in Africa 8 years ago – and I can say my life is better for having him in it. Today – he is sharing the…

  • Many Bad Works – One Good Fruit – Living Contentment Weekly

    Many Works – One Fruit Hi Reader, Welcome to Living Contentment Weekly. Here are your three contentment-related thoughts for today. Something for you to: read | do | pray READ THIS Most of us are familiar with the passage from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Galatia: But the…

  • Remember…..you will die -Living Contentment

    Remember…..you will die -Living Contentment

    Remember – You Will Die Hi Reader, Welcome to Living Contentment Weekly. Here are your three contentment-related thoughts for today. Something for you to: read | do | pray READ THIS Memento Mori Latin – “Remember death” Not exactly a pick-me-up St Jerome – Caravaggio 1605 But to be…

  • what about the hard times?

    what about the hard times?

    Hi Reader, This is not a regular Living Contentment -but just a quick update. As many of you know, a very personal struggle for my family and me has been (still is) trying to find God’s goodness, mercy, justice….and trying to find contentment as we suffered a violent, armed attack in our home…

  • Don’t know what you have….

    Hi Reader, Welcome to Living Contentment Weekly. Here are your three contentment-related thoughts for today. Something for you to: read | do | pray READ THIS They say ‘You don’t know what you have… until it’s gone.’ OK fine – I recall hearing “don’t know what you got ’till it’s gone” ……

  • #65 – But Who Am I?

    READ THIS The story of Moses’ life is one we all know pretty well. Even those with no Biblical knowledge have images of him boldly leading the people of Israel through the raging storm while crossing the Red Sea, or know of his bold, impassioned demand to the most powerful man on earth when he…

  • #64 – Getting Back to Basics

    READ THIS We’ve spoken about this before – but it bears repeating. (if for nobody other than me) One way to live a life of contentment is to be aware of the good things in life. Be mindful of the pleasant.Be conscious of what you do enjoy. Remember what God has done for us. That’s…