to deliver us all.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/24.PS_.20250829_070743.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAs We Get to Reflect Christ\u2019s Light<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nto Strangers and Friends Alike.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nPsalm 79:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name\u2019s sake.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke 24:46-47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Words of Grace for Today –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychology professor Gillian Sandstrom was a lonely graduate student in Toronto when she … and a woman who ran a hotdog stand on her way to university around 2007 would wave hello and smile at each other. Their interactions were so small that Sandstrom uses air quotes to even describe them as a \u201crelationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet \u201cit really meant something much bigger than it seemed like it should, and it made me feel like I belonged there,\u201d said Sandstrom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/micro-relationships-and-talking-to-strangers-1.7636486?cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Edmonton_1646_2029080<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the drudgery and loneliness of life God finds us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most often God uses another person, intentionally reaching out to us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and even more often another person unintentionally reaching us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
exactly where it hurts so much we barely can describe the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychology professor Gillian Sandstrom was a lonely graduate student in Toronto when she began what she calls \u201ca tiny, tiny micro-relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today there is a whole surge of people recommending that interacting with strangers is exactly what we are missing in the technology driven and \u2018stranger danger\u2019 driven world we\u2019ve created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the drudgery and loneliness of life God finds us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and sends us out to share the Good News, even with strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We need not start, nor should we start by mentioning Jesus\u2019 name or forgiveness or sacrifice and atonement for sins, or even sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We start by being the saints God makes us, acknowledging, sharing, addressing, listening, smiling, thanking the stranger for being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that interaction God will bless them, and us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and maybe we will have opportunity to demonstrate and explain that Jesus makes us possible to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
today\u2019s saints<\/p>\n\n\n\n
just a bit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for<\/p>\n\n\n\n
them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Send Us Wednesday, September 24, 2025 to deliver us all. As We Get to Reflect Christ\u2019s Light to Strangers and Friends Alike. Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name\u2019s sake. . Luke 24:46-47 Thus it is written, that … Continue reading “Deliver Us!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,23,91,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-and-light","category-lake","category-shore","category-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12640,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions\/12640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAs We Get to Reflect Christ\u2019s Light<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n to Strangers and Friends Alike.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Psalm 79:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name\u2019s sake.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke 24:46-47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Words of Grace for Today –<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psychology professor Gillian Sandstrom was a lonely graduate student in Toronto when she … and a woman who ran a hotdog stand on her way to university around 2007 would wave hello and smile at each other. Their interactions were so small that Sandstrom uses air quotes to even describe them as a \u201crelationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And yet \u201cit really meant something much bigger than it seemed like it should, and it made me feel like I belonged there,\u201d said Sandstrom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/micro-relationships-and-talking-to-strangers-1.7636486?cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Edmonton_1646_2029080<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the drudgery and loneliness of life God finds us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most often God uses another person, intentionally reaching out to us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n and even more often another person unintentionally reaching us<\/p>\n\n\n\n exactly where it hurts so much we barely can describe the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psychology professor Gillian Sandstrom was a lonely graduate student in Toronto when she began what she calls \u201ca tiny, tiny micro-relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today there is a whole surge of people recommending that interacting with strangers is exactly what we are missing in the technology driven and \u2018stranger danger\u2019 driven world we\u2019ve created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the drudgery and loneliness of life God finds us<\/p>\n\n\n\n and sends us out to share the Good News, even with strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We need not start, nor should we start by mentioning Jesus\u2019 name or forgiveness or sacrifice and atonement for sins, or even sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We start by being the saints God makes us, acknowledging, sharing, addressing, listening, smiling, thanking the stranger for being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In that interaction God will bless them, and us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n and maybe we will have opportunity to demonstrate and explain that Jesus makes us possible to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n today\u2019s saints<\/p>\n\n\n\n just a bit<\/p>\n\n\n\n for<\/p>\n\n\n\n them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Send Us Wednesday, September 24, 2025 to deliver us all. As We Get to Reflect Christ\u2019s Light to Strangers and Friends Alike. Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name\u2019s sake. . Luke 24:46-47 Thus it is written, that … Continue reading “Deliver Us!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,23,91,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-and-light","category-lake","category-shore","category-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12640,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12638\/revisions\/12640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}