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Welcome. I’m grateful you’re here. My hope is that this site becomes a gentle place to pause, reflect, and notice God’s presence in the everyday moments of life.
Meet Author
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Hi, I am Deacon Bob
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Hi, I am Deacon Bob
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Unchanged: My wife Joanne and I have been married for over 57 years. Unchanged: My wife Joanne and I have been married for over 57 years.
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Amidst Life’s Clouds,
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This book grew out of my desire to help others
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As humans, created in the image and likeness of God, we are meant to endure all the ups and downs of life, to experience all that Christ endured for us.
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Every valley, every hill is meant to provide us with an opportunity to recognize God’s presence in our life and to help us become the individuals God created us to be.
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Every valley, every hill is meant to provide us with an opportunity to recognize God’s presence in our life and to help us become the individuals God created us to be.
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As a husband of 58 plus years, a father of three, a grandfather of eight, and as an ordained Permanent Deacon, it is important that I not only Encounter the Presence of God in the ups and downs of my daily life but that I share those encounters with others, to the best of my ability
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It is my hope and prayer that ‘Amidst Life’s Clouds, a NEW DAY’ will help you to Encounter the Presence of God in the ordinary and extraordinary, up-and-down events, that are not only common but can be expected in the course of everyday life.
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It is my hope and prayer that ‘Amidst Life’s Clouds, a NEW DAY’ will help you to Encounter the Presence of God in the ordinary and extraordinary, up-and-down events, that are not only common but can be expected in the course of everyday life.
About The Book
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Unchanged: We all appreciate bright, joyful days and we thank God for them. But we also routinely experience darker, more chaotic, messy days in which we are challenged to even recognize God’s presence in our lives. Unchanged: We all appreciate bright, joyful days and we thank God for them. But we also routinely experience darker, more chaotic, messy days in which we are challenged to even recognize God’s presence in our lives.
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Unchanged: God loves you and me right where we are, but loves us too much to leave us there. God waits for our response, for our love. Unchanged: God loves you and me right where we are, but loves us too much to leave us there. God waits for our response, for our love.
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In this deeply personal book, Bob Hartman delves into aspects
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Unchanged: experiences are actually opportunities for maturing in practices Unchanged: experiences are actually opportunities for maturing in practices
Unchanged: of prayer and reflection that draw us ever more closely into the Unchanged: of prayer and reflection that draw us ever more closely into the
Unchanged: steady and reassuring presence of God’s unconditional love. Unchanged: steady and reassuring presence of God’s unconditional love.
Unchanged: It is an inspiring and distinctively Christian message of hope and Unchanged: It is an inspiring and distinctively Christian message of hope and
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Richard Corneil,
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If something on this page has touched your heart, I’d be honoured to hear from you.
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I would love to hear how God is revealing Himself to you, and I would welcome and appreciate any comment, question or review you may wish to offer.
