Effortless Valley X-Country Ski Outing Impression
by Maarten Wilbers Full disclosure No. 1: The Interregio to Brig departs Geneva at 06.30 hrs. That is the one tiny drawback to our intrepid tour guide Jonathan Frerich’s well-laid…
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Multi-cultural Soirée
by Jonathan Frerichs. Good memories come in part from having something to remember.
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Reflection on the book of Revelation
by Patrick Fleury Martin Luther questioned if the book of Revelation should be part of the Bible and John Calvin commented the whole Bible except Revelation. It is therefore with…
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Ebenezar, Rock of Help
November 14th last year, was not a normal day like any others for Rebecca. Her husband, Peniel who works with the World Council of Churches was on work travel in…
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Nuclear weapons ban
Acting Together to Ban Nuclear Weapons By George Arende On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the…
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DUSK – piano&poetry
Dusk — piano & poetry Terry MacArthur A friend told me about an author, who took a year off to master a piano recital
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LWF 12th Assembly – Namibia – two perspectives
Two Perspectives on the LWF Assembly in Namibia (Ralson Deffenbaugh and Rev. Dr. Ireneusz Lukas) Many people in our congregation were involved in the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World…
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Teaching Chemistry in Las Vegas
Teaching Chemistry in Las Vegas Cory Evans-Klock The question I get asked most often when I say I am a high school chemistry teacher in Las Vegas, is “why Las…
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Hope amidst difficulty
Waed Melaneh Shares Hope amidst Difficulty George Arende What began as an expression of art by teenagers on a school wall in the city of Deraa, became a pro- democracy…
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A season of creation
A Season of Creation Pastor Andy Willis With a new school year beginning, children everywhere are being asked that perpetual September question: “And what did you do on your summer…
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Albinism — persecution
Calls to stamp out persecution of people with albinism By George Arende An extraordinary event happened in September at the Palais Wilson in Geneva. For the first time a United…
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900-year-old tradition
A pilgrim to witness a 900-year-old tradition By Phyllis Brewah During the month of September , I signed up for a congregation trip to La Grande Chartreuse Monastery Museum. Before…
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Bottled Water
Why you should STOP DRINKING bottled water? By Dinesh Suna More than 1.8 billion people globally consume contaminated water . The global network of churches and faith based organizations under…
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Orphans in Ethiopia
Caring for the orphans in Ethiopia The Abobo Bethel Congregation in Gambella, Ethiopia has initiated a project aimed at supporting orphaned children who have lost their pa- rents to HIV/AIDS…
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Grief & Loss
Grief and Loss Group By Elizabeth Benn At times, living in a place far away from family and friends can be quite challenging because the net of supporting people is…