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June 24, 2011

The body of Christ

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Yesterday was "Corpus Christi" in Germany, a holiday in the federal states that are predominantly Roman Catholic. (more…)

June 22, 2011

40 and 70 years ago

Filed under Life in Europe

What a difference 40 years can make! 40 years ago today I was a student spending the summer in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. (more…)

June 18, 2011

Service in Plauen

Filed under UCG-Germany

Today we had a special all-day service in Plauen. (more…)

June 17, 2011

Are we with Him until the end of the age?

Filed under Sabbath Thoughts

After His resurrection Jesus told His disciples: "I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). (more…)

June 12, 2011

Pentecost picnic

Filed under UCG-Germany

Following today’s service in Arnhem (Netherlands) we had a picnic at a rural estate. (more…)

June 10, 2011

What if . . .?

Filed under Sabbath Thoughts

On this Sunday we will observe the Feast of Pentecost, the third of seven annual Sabbaths in God’s Holy Day calender and the second of the three major festival seasons during the year. (more…)

June 4, 2011

Deutsche Bahn still can’t spell

Filed under Life in Europe

Four years after my last report and some 14 years after the German spelling reform was first implemented, the Deutsche Bahn still can’t spell. (more…)

June 3, 2011

The biblical "Father’s day"

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In Germany yesterday was a national holiday, "Ascension day," the day ten days prior to Pentecost when Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:1-12). (more…)

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