Len Payne
@lenpayne.ca
Technical leader in the food security and poverty-relief space. Anglican. Studying MTS at Wycliffe College and engaging with Biblical scholars on the web.
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Len Payne
@lenpayne.ca
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Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Little Women
Tom Clancy's Little Women
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Frankenstein
Tom Clancy's Frankenstein
Ruin a book by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title
Tom Clancy’s Finnegan’s Wake
Tom Clancy’s Finnegan’s Wake
August 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Little Women
Tom Clancy's Little Women
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“Marriage is the Mack truck driving through your life, revealing your flaws and humbling your reactions”
August 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“Marriage is the Mack truck driving through your life, revealing your flaws and humbling your reactions”
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“Religion says, 'I obey; therefore I am accepted.' Christianity says, 'I'm accepted, therefore I obey’”
August 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
“Religion says, 'I obey; therefore I am accepted.' Christianity says, 'I'm accepted, therefore I obey’”
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“What if this life is actually a relatively small part of your entire life, your entire life on earth is only a small part of your entire existence?”
Source: Wisdom: How to Get It (Sermon)
Source: Wisdom: How to Get It (Sermon)
July 31, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“What if this life is actually a relatively small part of your entire life, your entire life on earth is only a small part of your entire existence?”
Source: Wisdom: How to Get It (Sermon)
Source: Wisdom: How to Get It (Sermon)
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Every Trinity Sunday ...
No, God is not a 'community'.
No, God is not a 'community'.
June 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Every Trinity Sunday ...
No, God is not a 'community'.
No, God is not a 'community'.
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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“Idolatry is always the reason we ever do anything wrong.… [Martin Luther argued that] the fundamental reason behind lawbreaking is idolatry. We never break the other commandments without breaking the first one”
Source: Counterfeit Gods
Source: Counterfeit Gods
May 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
“Idolatry is always the reason we ever do anything wrong.… [Martin Luther argued that] the fundamental reason behind lawbreaking is idolatry. We never break the other commandments without breaking the first one”
Source: Counterfeit Gods
Source: Counterfeit Gods
Sad day. We had to say goodbye to this ray of sunshine today, unexpectedly. She was seventeen years young. I'm still having a bit of trouble processing it.
I hope this picture makes you smile. She was such a light to us. I'll miss her terribly.
I hope this picture makes you smile. She was such a light to us. I'll miss her terribly.
May 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sad day. We had to say goodbye to this ray of sunshine today, unexpectedly. She was seventeen years young. I'm still having a bit of trouble processing it.
I hope this picture makes you smile. She was such a light to us. I'll miss her terribly.
I hope this picture makes you smile. She was such a light to us. I'll miss her terribly.
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“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2).
May 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2).
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There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.
~ Wendell Berry
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.
~ Wendell Berry
May 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.
~ Wendell Berry
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.
~ Wendell Berry
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“To those who wonder whether they belong and whether they matter to God, the answer of the gospel is always emphatically yes.”
Do Not Harm Yourself, for We Are All Here - Christianity Today
Paul’s cry to the Philippian jailer is a model for the church to respond to suicide in an America plagued by deaths of despair.
www.christianitytoday.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“To those who wonder whether they belong and whether they matter to God, the answer of the gospel is always emphatically yes.”
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“God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are”
May 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are”
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“There is no such thing as an irreligious person, really. There is no such thing as a secular person, really. You either believe in the true God or else you are a slave to worshiping something that you treat as a god, but really isn’t”
Source: Enslaved to Non-Gods (Sermon)
Source: Enslaved to Non-Gods (Sermon)
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“There is no such thing as an irreligious person, really. There is no such thing as a secular person, really. You either believe in the true God or else you are a slave to worshiping something that you treat as a god, but really isn’t”
Source: Enslaved to Non-Gods (Sermon)
Source: Enslaved to Non-Gods (Sermon)
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“If God is a triune God, and if love and communication was at the very being of God from all eternity, then friendships, family, and loving relationships are more important than anything else in your life”
April 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“If God is a triune God, and if love and communication was at the very being of God from all eternity, then friendships, family, and loving relationships are more important than anything else in your life”
Dear friends. I am alive. I took a break at the end of term. I'm now 30% done my Masters of Theological Studies on a pace to finish in the 2028-29 school year.
This term was a course in Systematic Theology and another on Missiology. Very new to me. Very edifying. Learning a lot about the Lord.
This term was a course in Systematic Theology and another on Missiology. Very new to me. Very edifying. Learning a lot about the Lord.
April 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Dear friends. I am alive. I took a break at the end of term. I'm now 30% done my Masters of Theological Studies on a pace to finish in the 2028-29 school year.
This term was a course in Systematic Theology and another on Missiology. Very new to me. Very edifying. Learning a lot about the Lord.
This term was a course in Systematic Theology and another on Missiology. Very new to me. Very edifying. Learning a lot about the Lord.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - Isaiah 53:6 📕
April 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - Isaiah 53:6 📕
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“Why do I believe in Christianity? 1-I studied the historical evidence for the resurrection and found it compelling. 2-I met a community of Christians whose lives were compelling. 3-I put my faith in Christ and had a personal encounter of his reality. Those are 3 ways of knowing”
April 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
“Why do I believe in Christianity? 1-I studied the historical evidence for the resurrection and found it compelling. 2-I met a community of Christians whose lives were compelling. 3-I put my faith in Christ and had a personal encounter of his reality. Those are 3 ways of knowing”
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Absolutely unbelievable!
Please read!!
The incompetence of the national security team in this Administration is alarming.
Free gift link 🎁
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Please read!!
The incompetence of the national security team in this Administration is alarming.
Free gift link 🎁
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Absolutely unbelievable!
Please read!!
The incompetence of the national security team in this Administration is alarming.
Free gift link 🎁
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Please read!!
The incompetence of the national security team in this Administration is alarming.
Free gift link 🎁
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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"There is a kind of ideology of success that fits badly with the gospel." ~ Lesslie Newbigin
In the world’s terms, success is often measured by visible outcomes like power, wealth, and status. But the gospel of Jesus centers on surrender, sacrifice, humility, and faithfulness.
In the world’s terms, success is often measured by visible outcomes like power, wealth, and status. But the gospel of Jesus centers on surrender, sacrifice, humility, and faithfulness.
March 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"There is a kind of ideology of success that fits badly with the gospel." ~ Lesslie Newbigin
In the world’s terms, success is often measured by visible outcomes like power, wealth, and status. But the gospel of Jesus centers on surrender, sacrifice, humility, and faithfulness.
In the world’s terms, success is often measured by visible outcomes like power, wealth, and status. But the gospel of Jesus centers on surrender, sacrifice, humility, and faithfulness.
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“Let us reject once and for all the nonsense about ‘practical’ clergy who have ‘no use for theory [i.e., theology]’; it is as sensible to speak of practical accountants who have no use for mathematics.” Martin Thornton
March 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Let us reject once and for all the nonsense about ‘practical’ clergy who have ‘no use for theory [i.e., theology]’; it is as sensible to speak of practical accountants who have no use for mathematics.” Martin Thornton
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I love these and highly recommend them! 📕
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#biblemessage #biblestudy #biblecomic #biblecomics #biblecomicbook #biblecomicbooks #comics #bibleillustrations
March 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Get some graphic novels of the Word for Word Bible variety.
I love these and highly recommend them! 📕
I love these and highly recommend them! 📕
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Jason Wilson isn’t seeking to be a master of machismo. He doesn’t give trite or tweetable definitions of manhood.
Instead, he and his training academy live in the liminal space between traditional manhood and the modern awakening of mental and emotional health.
Instead, he and his training academy live in the liminal space between traditional manhood and the modern awakening of mental and emotional health.
The Man Tackling the Masculinity Crisis - Christianity Today
Jason Wilson’s rite of passage for young Detroit men is helping them become spiritually, emotionally, and physically healthy.
www.christianitytoday.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Jason Wilson isn’t seeking to be a master of machismo. He doesn’t give trite or tweetable definitions of manhood.
Instead, he and his training academy live in the liminal space between traditional manhood and the modern awakening of mental and emotional health.
Instead, he and his training academy live in the liminal space between traditional manhood and the modern awakening of mental and emotional health.
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I don’t think that golden age for farmers is going to happen.
March 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I don’t think that golden age for farmers is going to happen.