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My 2010 in Review

by andrewkooman on December 30, 2010

An annual custom, here’s a look back at my year. Download the PDF or click the image below to read the page as a JPG. Here’s to a meaningful 2011!

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Let’s write a new story this year

by andrewkooman on December 29, 2010

By Andrew Kooman Published: December 29, 2010 in the Red Deer Express Stories, both real and imagined, have the capacity to change us. The stories we love show us what we value and remind us of what is important. They delight and entertain us and tell us things we might otherwise never know. Humans are [...]

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Christmas Wishes to my Blog Readers

by andrewkooman on December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to each of you.  Thanks for stopping by my site throughout the year, leaving encouraging notes, and engaging life with me on the web. What a time to be alive.  What a season to celebrate.  Christmas always grounds me in meaning.  As I think about the Incarnation, how the infinite became finite and [...]

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Harm reduction the goal of NightReach program

by andrewkooman on December 22, 2010

At the beginning of December 2010 I spent an evening out on the streets of Red Deer  shadowing workers with the NightReach program. This part 2 one of a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here. After making their stop at the People’s Place and handing out harm reduction supplies, Jessica Kvisle and Ashley Fleming, [...]

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Fridge for Thought: B’s

by andrewkooman on December 14, 2010

© 2010 andrew kooman

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The 2011 YWAM Prayer Diary and Daily Planners are here!

by andrewkooman on December 10, 2010

I’m pleased to have two articles featured in YWAM’s 2011 Personal Prayer Diary Daily Planner. The book, in its 31st year of publication is used by more than 30,000 people around the world as a tool to organize their schedules and devotional life and to forge a path of prayer throughout the year for different [...]

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Measured speech thunders loudly in any crisis

by andrewkooman on December 1, 2010

Published in the Red Deer Express The word freedom has been on my mind lately. Perhaps it has to do with regular visits to McDonald’s over the last few weeks to take the franchise up on their no-strings-attached offer of free caffeine. I wasn’t the only one. Many Central Albertans, unable to pass on a [...]

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Express It!

by andrewkooman on November 24, 2010

I filed a few stories for the Red Deer Express this week. You can read them here: Search on for bone marrow donor More ‘generous hearts’ required to help United Way campaign facebook post inspires local food drive

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