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Category Archives: Blog

At Night My Heart Instructs Me: Reflections on Insomnia

Posted on May 14, 2021May 20, 2021 by Mike Mason

To a friend who wrote to me asking for advice about insomnia, I sent the following reply: 

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Come to the Banquet! Eat the Bread of the Presence!

Posted on April 17, 2021April 25, 2021 by Mike Mason

In the First Sanctuary, or Holy Place, of the Old Testament Temple there were three pieces of furniture: the Altar of Incense, the Menorah, and the Table of Showbread.

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Betrayal: The Deepest Pain (Part Two)

Posted on March 27, 2021May 31, 2021 by Mike Mason

My last post explored the subject of betrayal, and this time I offer some thoughts on how to deal with this greatest (I believe) of all pains.

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Betrayal: The Deepest Pain (Part One)

Posted on March 13, 2021March 18, 2021 by Mike Mason

Here in the middle of Lent, as we journey towards Good Friday, I present a two-part series on the subject of betrayal.

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My Favorite Christmas Gift: The Power of Memory

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 by Mike Mason

On December 25, after watching that classic movie “A Christmas Story,” I sat with my family sharing stories about the best Christmas gifts we’d ever received.

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No Ordinary People: The Bible’s Unknown Walk-Ons

Posted on October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 by Mike Mason

Part of my quiet time every morning is given to reading a short section of some devotional book. Recently I’ve deeply enjoyed David McLaughlan’s No Ordinary People: The Unknown Men & Women of the Bible.

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Lazarus the Unmissionary: Staying Home for Jesus

Posted on October 2, 2020June 27, 2022 by Mike Mason

Who was Jesus’ best friend? My vote goes to Lazarus, the one He raised from the dead. Much is made of John as the “disciple Jesus loved,” but Lazarus was also called “the one You love” (Jn 11:3).

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Christian Hedonism: Fresh Thoughts on Joy

Posted on September 4, 2020September 9, 2020 by Mike Mason

I am pleased to note that the Executive Director of Tourism in the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is Jacki L’Heureux-Mason. Her name means “Happy Mason,” a moniker which I too am pleased to claim, ever since 2002 when I published my book on joy, Champagne for the Soul.

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C.S. Lewis in Heaven: A Visit to the Real Narnia (Part One)

Posted on June 19, 2020June 24, 2020 by Mike Mason

An American fifth-grader once wrote to C.S. Lewis asking if it were possible to visit Narnia. Lewis replied that the only way, as far as he knew, was through death. But then he added a curious qualifier: “Perhaps some very good people get just a tiny glimpse before then.”

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Thomas Traherne: Apostle of Joy

Posted on April 23, 2020May 13, 2020 by Mike Mason

Lately I’ve been savoring Thomas Traherne’s book Centuries of Meditations, in a wonderful contemporary edition by David Buresh called Waking Up in Heaven. I heartily agree with what C.S. Lewis wrote about this book, calling it “almost the most beautiful book in the English language. I could go on quoting from it forever.”

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