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Did you read my recent blog about the Irishman from Belfast who prayed for 62 years for a people group in Brazil?   He spent sixty-two years of his life talking to God about the Canela people of Brazil – twenty two of those praying for a Canadian couple  who helped translate the Bible into […]

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Did you hear the one about the Irishman saying his prayers? No! Not that one!!! The one about the Irishman from Belfast who spent sixty-two years of his life talking to God about the Canela people from Brazil and the Canadian couple who helped the Canela people translate the Bible into their language. When Jack […]

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  A few days ago Wycliffe Canada colleague Jack Popjes posted The story of Pentecost in Two Contrasting Versions. I’m pretty sure he won’t mind me re-posting on Pentecost Sunday… Why Stories from Different Cultures Are So Similar I grew up listening to Dutch folktales, read voraciously in English during my early years in Canada, […]

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I had never been in Donacloney until last Tuesday evening. Wikipedia tells me some interesting facts about this village in County Down, N. Ireland: Donaghcloney or Donacloney (from Irish: Domhnach Cluana, meaning “church of the meadow”) is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Lagan between Lurgan […]

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