Finding direction https://cottrillcompass.com/blog The personal blog of Jim and Shari Cottrill, Canadians living in Mexico. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:19:54 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-ccc-site-32x32.jpg Finding direction https://cottrillcompass.com/blog 32 32 Finding direction false podcast Finding direction https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg https://cottrillcompass.com/blog Transformational Biblical Meditation https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/transformational-biblical-meditation.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/transformational-biblical-meditation.html#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:19:53 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11946 Thanks so much to all those who prayed and helped and even donated to make the meditation seminar a success! And yes, I’m very happy with how it turned out in general. Not that the day was without its challenges – as has been the case almost every Sunday lately. This time it was an […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/transformational-biblical-meditation.html/feed 0 Preparing for Sunday’s Seminar https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/preparing-for-sundays-seminar.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/preparing-for-sundays-seminar.html#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:37:08 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11943 There are few things more important than unleashing the power of God’s Word in our lives. And so this Sunday we’re going to do something a little different – give a seminar during the service on Transformative Biblical Meditation. I would appreciate your prayers as I prepare. I would have written this post a while […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/preparing-for-sundays-seminar.html/feed 1 Retro: Finding Peace https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-finding-peace.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-finding-peace.html#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:03:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11930 10 years ago today! Shari was the speaker at a women’s conference, and her theme was “Finding Peace”. Here’s the poster: And here’s Shari herself, actually teaching. You can click the image for a larger version, but Shari will still be very far away. 🙂

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-finding-peace.html/feed 0 Retro: Building A Sanctuary https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-building-a-sanctuary.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-building-a-sanctuary.html#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:21:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11922 Ten years ago today! This wasn’t exactly an event, but an ongoing work. The building of the main sanctuary for the church in the community of Jesús María. Ten years ago we were already using this “sanctuary” because we had an open-air baptism service right there! But it’s interesting to see how it was, knowing […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-building-a-sanctuary.html/feed 0 9/11 – 25 Years Later https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/9-11-25-years-later.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/9-11-25-years-later.html#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:55:30 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11936 It’s the day to share your memories, so here are mine. I was listening to the news first thing in the morning, and immediately got up to turn on the TV and fired up the computer. I imagine most people knew that they were watching something that would truly affect the course of history. North […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/9-11-25-years-later.html/feed 0 Bible Studies Starting, Restarting… https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/bible-studies-starting-restarting.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/bible-studies-starting-restarting.html#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:37:38 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11933 We would appreciate your prayers for the Bible studies this week! There’s a general study starting up tonight – please pray that God would bring the people that should come, and that God would speak through His Word. We’re also restarting the Men’s Bible study on Saturday, after a false start or two! Please pray […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/bible-studies-starting-restarting.html/feed 0 Weird Newsletter Adventures https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/weird-newsletter-adventures.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/weird-newsletter-adventures.html#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:43:13 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11925 So if you’re a part of our Support Team, you should be getting our newsletter pretty soon in your mailbox. There are some extras in there for you to discover. 🙂 It wasn’t easy for us to get this newsletter out – we had various problems which delayed it. One was a technical problem that […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/weird-newsletter-adventures.html/feed 0 Dolphin Ride (retro) https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/dolphin-ride-retro.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/dolphin-ride-retro.html#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:22:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11918 Ten years ago today Hannah went for a ride on a dolphin! This was in Mexico City. You can’t really see the dolphin in the pictures, but it’s a “dolphin push” where the dolphin is under the water and pushing her foot. Here it is (no sound, just pictures)!

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/dolphin-ride-retro.html/feed 0 Settling In? https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/settling-in.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/settling-in.html#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:12:28 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11920 I’ve heard that you should never actually ask someone who recently moved if they’re “settled in”, because the answer will almost always be in the negative! In our case, it’s been quite an unusual year. We moved suddenly and unexpectedly in January. Then there was a rush to get things kind of in working order […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/settling-in.html/feed 0 Retro: Showers of Blessing… https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-showers-of-blessing.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-showers-of-blessing.html#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:03:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11912 Ten years ago right now, a choir from Valley Bible Church (Hercules, California) was performing one of their several concerts. It was outdoors, with the cables and sound system right in the middle of a field – and then it started to rain. So here’s the result – covering everything with tarps, and Pastor Martín […]

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