tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56950336231250801472024-02-20T17:40:21.451-07:00Colleagues ListWayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-33222278579238075842016-10-15T08:57:00.001-06:002016-10-15T11:42:09.411-06:00Colleagues List, October 16th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 10</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I keep trying to improve Colleagues List.</span></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing. </span></strong><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for sharing this letter with others.</span></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you have </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">friends who would like to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">r</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">eceive </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">List notices, just send </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">email </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">addresses. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Your recommendation </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is all </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I would need </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to include them.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I send you this issue of Colleagues List</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">after missing last week because my partner</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marlene and I were </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">celebrating our </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">wedding </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">anniversary in Ontario - enjoying friends,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">culture and nature. Its always great to go</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">east, and great to come home again.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In this issue, I introduce "Prayers for all</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Seasons, based on the Revised Common</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lectionary, Year A" as an aid to personal</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and corporate worship.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Contributions - includes the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">work of a newcomer - Marites </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sison -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">friend and editor of the Anglican Journal</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">whom we visited with her staff team</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">while in Toronto. Also contributing are</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">several regulars. Unfortunately, I still</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">cannot get a connection to Jim Taylor's</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">website and I know many of you miss</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">his weekly columns. Please help us, Jim!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - contain our usual, and hopefully</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interesting, potpourri of web selections. I </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">created a special 5-article collection </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on "</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">American Evangelicals and the presidential </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">election" </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">which I found intriguing.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week and Closing Thought -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">offers insights from nine persons, living</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and dead, who have much to teach us.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I hope you enjoy the six stories from the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">historical archives of the New York Times.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for joining me again this week.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I had quite a job sifting and sorting the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">emails </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that arrived while I was away!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PRAYERS FOR ALL SEASONS Year A</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Based on the Revised Common Lectionary,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Edited by Ellen Turnbull. 2016.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wood lake Publishing Inc., </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Kelowna, BC </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">$19.95 CAD. paper. $9.99 CAD Kindle.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">226 pages. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-1-77064-809-8</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The </b></span><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Prayers for All Seasons</b></span></em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> series offers </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>weekly </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>prayers that complement the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>readings from the </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Revised Common </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Lectionary. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>T</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>his Year A addition to the collection </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>completes </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the set of three lectionary </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>y</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ears, providing a </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>complete, handy, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>valuable resource. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Each volume contains an entire year’s </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>worth </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of prayers. Use as a weekly </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>resource, or dip </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>into it as needed.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Prayers for All Seasons </b></span></em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>includes </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>s</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>elections </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>from </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the </b></span><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Seasons of the </b></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Spirit</b></span></em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> lectionary-</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>based Christian </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>education curriculum – </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>one which i</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>s embraced by thousands of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>congregations around the world. Prayers </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>from the collection can be used in various </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ways and at various times during worship </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>or outside of the worship setting. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>E</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ach book </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>features a variety of prayer </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>formats, including </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>responsive prayers, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>breath prayers, and prayers </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>with actions. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A scripture index provides easy </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>reference.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's Profile:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Ellen Turnbull’s professional background </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>includes </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>arts </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and financial administration </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>in Canada, Australia, </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and England. She </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>discovered a perfect fit with </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>editing, and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>worked in-house at Wood Lake for </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>11 years. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>She currently freelance edits from </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>home in t</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>he Okanagan, where she also loves </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to hike, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ski, and bake.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wood </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">lake has been providing group worship</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and personal spiritual resource materials for</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">thirty years, and continues to do so as its</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reputation has expanded from interior British</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Columbia to a global audience in the English-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">speaking world.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have been reading, reviewing and endorsing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">books and other items from this publisher</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">since founders and colleagues Ralph Milton</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Jim Taylor began their venture on a wing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and a prayer three decades ago.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am always impressed by the quality of the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">writing and editorial work that this house has</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">always produced -- as well as the number</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of publications they are able to mount.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This particular title is one third of a set of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">common lectionary prayers that seeks to</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">be grounded in Canadian experience as well </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">global and ecumenical in appeal.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Every Sunday of the church year in a three-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">year cycle (as well as extra services such as</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Blue Sunday" for lonely people at Christmas)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is covered here.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Each service has a seasonal focus </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">lectionary </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reading indexes referencing both </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hebrew </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Bibles; </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as well as formal </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">prayers </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and transitional </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sequences plus helpful </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">textual </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">explanations </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to support the liturgical </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">planner or worshipper. </span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">few scriptural segments, like the Minor</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Prophets and the Book of Revelation are not</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be found in this particular book. Those that </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">p</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">lan and worship </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with this </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">material, however, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are exposed to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">most of the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bible </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">annually, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as a result.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The material can stand alone in less formal</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">worship orders, as well as fitted </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">into more </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">established, classical liturgies.</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As I have often done in the past, I heartily</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">recommend a book like this for personal and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">corporate usage, and I thank Woodlake once</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">more for creating a fine resource.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marites Sison</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Anglican Journal Online</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 7th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Hunger for Justice -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> A Thanksgiving Challenge"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jemcevb">http://tinyurl.com/jemcevb</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver, BC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Remembers Blog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Lasting Effects of Experience"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jbwzwvc">http://tinyurl.com/jbwzwvc</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">RNS News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 10th, 2016</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Much Ado About Mormon Leadership</b><b>" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jmnf6qc">http://tinyurl.com/jmnf6qc</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Catholic Register, Toronto</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 13th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"My Struggle to Not Make God</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Our Tribal Deity"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbbyw4f">http://tinyurl.com/hbbyw4f</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>NET NOTES</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LOCKER ROOM TALK</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Parent Responds to Trump</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jim Wallis</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sojourners Online,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6s4zls">http://tinyurl.com/z6s4zls</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHAT MAKES US CANADIAN?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We Continue to Define Ourselves</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Angus Reid Institute</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 3rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1029712815"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zr55rjm">http://tinyurl.com/zr55rjm</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">INTERVIEW WITH JOAN CHITTISTER</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A True Catholic Woman Leader</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church of Canada Observer</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zp2qwvl">http://tinyurl.com/zp2qwvl</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DOES TRUMP HAVE A LOCK ON EVANGELICALS?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Shifting American Political Playing-Field</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 7th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zw3hgkh">http://tinyurl.com/zw3hgkh</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Ron Sider: </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Why I Am Voting for Hillary Clinton"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 23rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zfrwgm9">http://tinyurl.com/zfrwgm9</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Donald Trump and Evangelical Women"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Politico</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 10th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hj8qpq2">http://tinyurl.com/hj8qpq2</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Old Guard Evangelicals Stick With Trump"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 10th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_2143407903"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z7eacjb">http://tinyurl.com/z7eacjb</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Miroslav Volf on the American Election"</span></b><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 6th, 2016</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h2pd3wv">http://tinyurl.com/h2pd3wv</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE RELIGIOUS WONDERINGS </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF BOB DYLAN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Nobel Laureate a </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Restless, Seeking Soul</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hnufxhl">http://tinyurl.com/hnufxhl</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MY THEOLOGIAL JOURNEY FROM</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CERTAINTY TO DISCOVERY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Opening Up to the Spirit</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 9th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1446530998"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6gm5pv">http://tinyurl.com/z6gm5pv</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CATHOLIC-LUTHERAN CELEBRATION</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF THE REFORMATION IN SWEDEN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">500th Anniversary Event - Milestone</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in Ecumenical Developments</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lutheran World Information</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jsrwjux">http://tinyurl.com/jsrwjux</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"German Catholic and Protestant </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bishops </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Rejoice in Their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ecumenical Collaboration" </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lutheran World Information</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_354399894"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jhy8l3m">http://tinyurl.com/jhy8l3m</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DEAD SEA SCHROLL FRAGMENTS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Textual Studies Confirm Hebrew Bible</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Post</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcayosu">http://tinyurl.com/zcayosu</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;">--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UN AGENCY IGNORES JEWISH TIES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Israel Naturally Offended </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 13th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1352952268"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jbj77o4">http://tinyurl.com/jbj77o4</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JACOB NEUSER, JUDAIC SCHOLAR, WHO</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FORGED INTERFAITH BONDS, DIES AT 84</span></b><br />
<b>Well-Known and Loved by Christians</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>New York Times</b><br />
<b>October 10th, 2016</b><br />
<b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h9szu4h">http://tinyurl.com/h9szu4h</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Peace can only last where human rights <br />are respected, where the people are fed, <br />and where individuals and nations are free. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Dalai Lama XIV</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">--</span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is in each of us that the peace of the world<br />is cast...from there it must spread out to the<br />limits of the universe. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Leo Cardinal Suenens</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The work of community, love, reconciliation,<br />restoration is the work we cannot leave up<br />to politicians. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is the work we are all called to do. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Shane Claiborne</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is better to allow our lives to speak for us<br />than our words. God did not bear the cross<br />only two thousand years ago. He bears it<br />today, and he dies and is resurrected from<br />day to day. It would be a poor comfort to<br />the world if it had to depend on a historical<br />God who died two thousand years ago.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Do not, then, preach the God of history,<br />but show him as he lives today through you.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Mohandas K. Gandhi</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As he submits to John’s baptism of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">repentance, Jesus shows the radical </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">way he will confront the sin that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">e</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">nslaves humanity. Jesus’ “baptim,” </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">begun in the Jordan and completed </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on Golgotha, is repentance, self-denial, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">metanoia to the fullest.…</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To be baptized “into Christ” and “in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">n</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ame of Christ” means to be incorporated </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">into the way of life which characterized his </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">life, the life of the empty one, the servant, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the humble one, the obedient one,<br />obedient even unto death (Phil. 2:6–11).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- William Willimon</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the first centuries of Christianity the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hungry were fed at a personal sacrifice, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the naked were clothed at a personal </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sacrifice, the homeless were sheltered </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at a personal sacrifice.…</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And the pagans used to say about the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christians, “See how they love each other.” </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In our own day the poor are no longer fed, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">clothed, and sheltered at a personal sacrifice, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but at the expense of the taxpayers. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And because of this the pagans say about </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Christians -- </span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">“See how they pass the buck"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Peter Maurin</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I heard an old man speak once, someone </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who had been sober for fifty years, a very </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">prominent doctor. He said that he’d finally </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">figured out a few years ago that his profound </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sense of control, in the world and over his life, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is another addiction and a total illusion. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He said that when he sees little kids sitting </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the back seat of cars, in those car seats </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">t</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hat have steering wheels, with grim<br />expressions of concentration on their </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">f</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">aces, clearly convinced that their efforts </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are causing the car to do whatever it is </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">doing, he thinks of himself and his </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">relationship with God: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">God who </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">drives </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">along silently, gently amused, in the real </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">driver’s seat.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Anne Lamott</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">When I was a child, a volcano erupted </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">unexpectedly in Iceland, burying a small </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">town at the foot of its cone. All the children </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the town were in school at the time, and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">they all perished. The parents sent their sons </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and daughters out the door that morning, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">same as they always did, and never saw </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">them again. I remember my mother being </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">profoundly moved by that tragedy. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">She always made sure that the last words </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we had in the morning were loving ones. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That cannot always have been easy, but </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my memory is that she usually</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> succeeded.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Barbara Cawthorne Crafton</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"East and West Germany Re-Unite</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> After Forty-Five Years"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2e8qey">http://tinyurl.com/2e8qey</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Solidarity Union Banned in Poland"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nq5dekl">http://tinyurl.com/nq5dekl</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Palestinian Gunmen Seize </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Italian Cruise Ship"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pcktgtn">http://tinyurl.com/pcktgtn</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Sadat of Egypt Shot to Death </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Islamic Militants"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pjbtd5k">http://tinyurl.com/pjbtd5k</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Russia Launches First Sputnik Satellite"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/p33p69h">http://tinyurl.com/p33p69h</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Martin Luther King Jr. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Wins Nobel Peace Prize"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/k4rh4ee">http://tinyurl.com/k4rh4ee</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b><i><u><sub><sup><strike><br /></strike></sup></sub></u></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT - Thich Nhat Hanh</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says,<br />“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall<br />be called the children of God.” To work for<br />peace, you must have a peaceful heart.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">When you do, you are a child of God.<br />But many who work for peace are not<br />at peace. They still have anger and<br />frustration, and their work is not really<br />peaceful. We cannot say that they are<br />touching the kingdom of God. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To preserve peace, our hearts must be at peace<br />with the world, with our brothers and our sisters.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>For Those Interested -</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continuing Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series started in September</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 40.</span></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>BOOKS SOLD OUT, but more to come if needed.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now beginning eighteen years</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-seventh series of</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/">http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Mark - the Earliest Gospel"</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 22nd - November 24th.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resources -</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Edited by John Bowker</b><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #473624;"><b><span style="color: black;">"</span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reclaiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(reserve copies available in our church library)</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"></span></b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">happen the second half of October next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autumn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<strike><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strike><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike><br /></strike>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-41975777859916110032016-09-29T20:19:00.000-06:002016-10-13T17:23:12.722-06:00Colleagues List, October 2nd, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 9</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item - this week is a book </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">notice </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Cardinal Walter Kasper: Spiritual Writings" </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">latest in the Orbis Modern Spiritual Masters</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Series, now numbering about 65 volumes.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Kasper is well-known in ecumenical circles,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but perhaps not so much to non-specialists.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">An unfortunate lack of broad awareness of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">him is compensated somewhat by this book,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and I am pleased to promote it.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">F</span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ive Colleague Contributions appear below, </b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">followed by ten Net Notes. Spiritual insights</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are offered by means of Wisdom of the Week,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with nine contributors, including the Closing</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thought by Martin Luther King Jr.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The New York Times archives provide two</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">historical events written by journalists as</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the stories actually unfolded.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Next week, Marlene and I are taking a </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Canadian </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanksgiving </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">break" and wedding</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">anniversary trip </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to Ontario - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">home province.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The next </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">issue </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Colleagues List will appear</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 16th, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">two weeks from now.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for reading.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CARDINAL WALTER CASPER</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spiritual Writings, Selected </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with an </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Introduction by </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Patricia C. Bellm </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Robert A Krieg</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Modern Spiritual Masters Series</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">$30.00 CAD/22.00 US. 173 pages. 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-1-62698-191-1.</span></b><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“Mercy is the new Christian awareness. </b></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Mercy gives a foretaste and an anticipation </b></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of what we hope </b></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>for, the coming of the </b></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>heavenly Jerusalem. . . </b></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>One beam of mercy </b></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>makes the world warmer and brighter for </b></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>all people.”</b></span></em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Cardinal Walter Kasper</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wikipedia Bio:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Walter Kasper, a German bishop and </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>theologian, has long been regarded as </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>a vital expositor of the gospel and one </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of the leading voices of church renewal </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and reform. Named a cardinal in 2001, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Kasper served as president of the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Unity and represented the Church in </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>advancing Jewish-Christian relations.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He assumed an especially important </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>role under Pope Francis, who publicly </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>endorsed Kasper’s book on Mercy, thus </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>signaling a principle theme of his papacy.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This volume reflects the major themes of </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Kasper’s long career. Given the breadth </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of his work, the selections here on God, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Church, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ecumenism, and Christian Hope, represent </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>a veritable introduction to the Christian faith.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Editors:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Patricia C. Bellm -</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> is co-director of the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Science a</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>nd Religion Initiative with </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Notre Dame's Institute for Church Life.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Robert A. Krieg -</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> a professor of theology </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>at Notre Dame, is co-editor of </b></span><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cardinal </b></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Walter </b></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Kasper: Speaking Truth in Love </b></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(Liturgical), and editor of the Orbis book</b></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Romano Guardini: Spiritual Writings.</b></span></em></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Introductory Comments:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(I am now completing sixty years of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">priestly ministry). The desire to become</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a priest was placed in my heart at an</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">early age...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(After ordination) my priestly ministry</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">soon took me into academic theology.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This path led me later to the office of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">bishop and eventually to Rome in the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">service of the world church and the unity</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of all Christians. I dedicated my ordination</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as a bishop to "truth in love" (Eph. 4:15).</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thus, ministry for the "Joy of the Gospel"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">has accompanied me every step of the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">way. For this reason, and along with </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">strictly theological presentations, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">numerous spiritual texts have come</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about over the years from my sermons</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and meditations. In this time of so many</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">significant changes, these writings are</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">meant to contribute "to giving an account</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the hope that is in us" (1 Peter 3:1-5).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Faith is Jesus Christ is a gift to be passed</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on. Therefore, I owe Patricia C. Bellm </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Robert A Kreig for taking the trouble</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to select some of the texts written since</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">1972 and for making them accessible in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">English to a wider public.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I hope that this gift for the jubilee of my</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">priesthood will become a gift for as many</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">readers as possible.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Walter Cardinal Kasper,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Rome, 2016.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Bellm and </b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Krieg, the editors of Kasper's</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual work, say this about him in their</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">introduction:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"In four ways, this book probes the depth</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the treasure in Kasper's writings.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"First, it includes selections from Kasper's</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">memoir "Where the Heart Faith Beats" -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that probes Anselm of Canterbury's idea</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that theology is "faith seeking </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">understanding" - </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the resulting fruit of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Kasper's </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith evidenced</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">here.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Second, the depth of Kasper's own thought</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">comes to light in relation to the documents</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the Second Vatican Council. He sought</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to elucidate the council's teachings. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">His </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">future development as a theologian </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">grounded in the renewing work of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">council for the whole church.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Third, in his writings, Kasper continually</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">calls attention to the fact that true Christian</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith and theology are oriented to mystery -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the mystery of being human, of Christ and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the triune God. Also, the mystery of the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">church and of salvation.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Lastly, this book conveys the spirit with</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">which Kasper shares the treasure of the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian faith. It does this simply because</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">its texts radiate Kasper's genuine approach</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to life in light of the Gospel. All this is done</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with a deep sense of joy."</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(these lines have been edited by me.)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am grateful for this book because it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">offers the refined thought of a strong</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">influence in the Catholic Church today.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He has truly influenced others too.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Walter Kasper is known and loved as</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a person by many ecumenists - both</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Catholic and non-Catholic - who have</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">worked with him over the years.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Spirit of God in Christ permeates</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">his life and influence. I would say that -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">even while he is still among us - his </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">impact </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is unusually significant.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">____</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the book from Orbis:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zv3qa8r">http://tinyurl.com/zv3qa8r</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Buy the book from Amazon.ca:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jgu5eof">http://tinyurl.com/jgu5eof</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver, BC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Remembers Blog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 28th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"A New Life"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jt8gwa9">http://tinyurl.com/jt8gwa9</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Stackhouse Jr.,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Moncton, NB</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Precarious Future</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> of Assisted Suicide" </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jypgl9x">http://tinyurl.com/jypgl9x</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago. IL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Moment"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z5e7qnu">http://tinyurl.com/z5e7qnu</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Software, Moral Formatting, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> and Living in Sin"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hky7wqk">http://tinyurl.com/hky7wqk</a></b></span><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span>
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>REMEMBERING PHYLLIS TICKLE</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Her Life and Work (video)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Englewood Review of Books</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 23rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h39y6nx">http://tinyurl.com/h39y6nx</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHEN THE BIBLE </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IS BAD FOR YOU</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Maturing in Faith</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_2100239456"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/za8mu2y">http://tinyurl.com/za8mu2y</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE POLITICAL MAGIC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF C.S. LEWIS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Social Maturation</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Opinion)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 24th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z5zhzvw">http://tinyurl.com/z5zhzvw</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A DECADE AFTER TRAGIC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMISH SHOOTING</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mother Talks of Forgiveness</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Public Radia</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 30th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1426327842"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hp6yxwa">http://tinyurl.com/hp6yxwa</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MAJOR KOREAN RELIGIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GATHER FOR HARMONY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Four Faiths Involved </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 30th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_2104182836"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zh3yl4r">http://tinyurl.com/zh3yl4r</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE BEST THINGS </span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SHIMON PERES </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EVER SAID</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Assessing an Israeli Founder</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 28th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hcwyfqk">http://tinyurl.com/hcwyfqk</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"'Peres a Great Man'" Say</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Both Arabs and Jews of Israel"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Jerusalem Post</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 29th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j7rgckm">http://tinyurl.com/j7rgckm</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CHRISTIANS SUFFER EXTREME </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CRUELTY </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IN NORTH KOREAN PRISONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">True Stories Often Slow to Emerge</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z2afudj">http://tinyurl.com/z2afudj</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'RENT A PRIEST' - SERVICE OFFERED</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IN KERALA STATE, INDIA</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Former Priests Serve Former Catholics</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1615463421"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hm58gcr">http://tinyurl.com/hm58gcr</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE NUMBER OF FEMALE PASTORS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IS GROWING IN AFRICA</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Tanzanian Lutheran Story</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lutheran World Information </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 25th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1773675318"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j6qlse9">http://tinyurl.com/j6qlse9</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN EVANGELICAL DESPAIR </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OVER SOCIETY AND VOTING OPTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Not Supportive of Either Candidate</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unhappy With Shifting Societal Directions</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 29th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hlsdup5">http://tinyurl.com/hlsdup5</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>September 26th, 2016</b></span><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"American Evangelicals Divided on Trump</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Following at Least Four Ways"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jq46mrj">http://tinyurl.com/jq46mrj</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">What you are is God's gift to you,<br />what you become is your gift to God.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Hans Urs von Balthasar</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">You pray in your distress and in your need; <br />would that you might pray also in the fullness <br />of your joy and in your days of abundance.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Kahlil Gibran</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I feel most alive, most electric with faith,<br />breath, and courage, when I think of God<br />as a current that runs through all that is. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Tracy K. Smith</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I pledge allegiance to the world,<br />To cherish every living thing,<br />To care for earth and sea and air,<br />With peace and freedom everywhere. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Lillian Genser</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">No one can serve two lords. There is </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">only one God, and that God will either </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">be the true one, who asks us to give </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">things up when they become sin, or </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">it will be the god of money, who makes </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">us turn our back on Christianity’s God.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The spiritual life does not remove us </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from the world,but leads us deeper </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">into it.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Oscar Romero</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christ said, “Go and give all you have to<br />the poor and become the servant of all,”<br />for if you do that, you’ll become a thousand<br />times richer because your happiness won’t<br />be made just of good food, rich clothes,<br />satisfied vanity, and appeased envy. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Instead it will be built on love, love multiplied<br />by love without end. And then you will gain<br />not just riches, but the whole world! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Fyodor Dostoyevsky</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Venture to give all your possessions to the <br />poor and you will certainly experience the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">truth of Christ’s teaching. Venture once to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">make yourself completely vulnerable for </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the sake of the truth, and you will certainly </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">experience the truth of Christ’s word. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">You will experience how it alone can save </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">you from despairing or from succumbing, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for you will need Christ both to protect </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">yourself against others and to maintain </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">y</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ourself upright when the thought of your </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">own imperfection would weigh you down.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Søren Kierkegaard</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Found on a wrapping paper in<br />the Ravensbrück concentration camp:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lord, remember not only the men and <br />women of good will, but also those of <br />ill will. But do not remember all the <br />suffering they have inflicted upon us.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Remember rather the fruits we brought,<br />thanks to this suffering: our comradeship, <br />our loyalty, our humility, the courage, <br />the generosity, the greatness of heart <br />that has grown out of this. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And when they come to judgment, let <br />all the fruits we have borne be their <br />forgiveness.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Nine Black Children, Escorted by </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>National </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Guard into Little Rock School"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hhz8bd7">http://tinyurl.com/hhz8bd7</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Meeting in Munich Grants Hitler </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Sudetenland Appeasment"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ll68vt4">http://tinyurl.com/ll68vt4</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT - Martin Luther King Jr</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We are called to play the good Samaritan <br />on life's roadside; but that will be only an <br />initial act. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">One day the whole Jericho road must be <br />transformed so that men and women will <br />not be beaten and robbed as they make <br />their journey through life. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">True compassion is more than flinging a <br />coin to a beggar; it understands that an <br />edifice that produces beggars needs <br />restructuring.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>For Those Interested -</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continuing Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series starts in September</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 40.</span></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>BOOKS SOLD OUT, but more to come if needed.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now beginning eighteen years</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-seventh series of</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/">http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Mark - the Earliest Gospel"</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 22nd - November 24th.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resources -</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Edited by John Bowker</b><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #473624;"><b><span style="color: black;">"</span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reclaiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(reserve copies available in our church library)</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"></span></b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">happen the second half of October next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autumn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-77593396471276342582016-09-24T09:13:00.000-06:002016-09-29T17:40:14.505-06:00Colleagues List, September 25th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 8</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing. </span></strong><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for sharing this letter with others.</span></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you have </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">friends who would like to </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">email </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">addresses. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Your recommendation </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is all </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I would need </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to include them.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item this week is a book notice</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about the latest in colleague Brian Arthur</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brown's unique series of inter-faith scriptural</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">studies, entitled: </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOUR TESTAMENTS - Sacred Scriptures of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hinduism.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Four years ago, he produced:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THREE TESTAMENTS - Torah, Gospel, Quran.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I include my comments on his latest book,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">plus links to his previous efforts (see below).</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brian continues to open the frontiers of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">scripture study across the faith traditions </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for people in our multi-faith, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">contemporary </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">world. Thanks for sharing this, Brian.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Readers, I hope you like it.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Contributions - are provided</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by six friends who share some of their </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">recent </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">work with all of us. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks to you too.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - connect us to ten items</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">appearing on the web this week that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I thought might interest you.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week - is shared by six</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who provide us with a meaningful</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual legacy.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">On This Day - presents an account of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Abraham Lincoln's lasting achievement -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">written at the time it was issued over</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">150 years ago.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have provided lots to think about.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for reading Colleagues List!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOUR TESTAMENTS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sacred Scriptures of Taoism,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Edited by Brian Arthur Brown.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Rowan & Littlefield, Lanham, MD</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">$72.00/CAD Hardcover and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">$65.00/CAD Kindle Edition</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">471 pages. July 2016.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #9781442265776.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span id="ISBNSummary"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Four Testaments</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> brings together four </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>foundational texts from world religions -</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Tao Te Ching</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>, </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Dhammapada</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>, </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Analects </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of Confucius</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>, and </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Bhagavad Git - </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>inviting </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>readers to experience them in full, to </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>explore possible points of connection </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and divergence, and to better understand </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>people who practice these traditions. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Following Brian Arthur Brown’s award-</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>winning </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel, </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Quran</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>, this volume of </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Four Testaments</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>features essays by esteemed scholars to </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>introduce readers to each tradition and </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>text, as well as commentary on unexpected </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ways the ancient Zoroastrian tradition might </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>connect Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and Hinduism, as well as the Abrahamic </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>faiths. </b></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Four Testaments</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> aims to foster </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>deeper religious understanding in our </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>interconnected and contentious</b></span> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's Website:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brianarthurbrown.com/">http://brianarthurbrown.com/</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">About the Editor:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://brianarthurbrown.com/meet/resume/">http://brianarthurbrown.com/meet/resume/</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the Foreword by Francis X. Clooney, SJ</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brianarthurbrown.com/four/foreword/">http://brianarthurbrown.com/four/foreword/</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Century Review Summary:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>In a companion volume to </b><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Three Testaments: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Torah, Gospel, and Quran, </b></span><b>Canadian pastor </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Brian Arthur Brown presents the sacred </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>scriptures of four Eastern faith traditions </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>alongside critical essays about the texts. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Accessible to non-scholars, Brown’s underlying </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>narrative posits an ancient meeting between </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the textual traditions of East and West in the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Zoroastrian faith. The primary value of this </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>book </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for many readers, however, will be in </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the words </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of the scriptures themselves.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Locating scriptures of diverse traditions </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>on </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>adjacent pages is not without risk - but </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>it is </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>valuable for those who seek to be </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>illuminated </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>by the texts and moved to f</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ruitful dialogue.</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Rev. Joy Abdul-Mohan, </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>St. Andrew’s Theological College, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>T</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>rinidad & Tobago writes -</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Four Testaments</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is certainly invaluable both </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">worldwide and in the Global South. People may </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">be more open to inter-faith and inter-religious </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">dialogue—a lived reality—than is sometimes </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">realized. </span></b><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Four Testaments</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> showcases this </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">dialogue at its best."</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Over the years, I have introduced </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">two books </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by colleague Brian Arthur Brown, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a United </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Church </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Canada minister living in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Niagara Falls, Ontario.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They are: "Noah's Other Son" and "Three</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Testaments" (each promoting Jewish</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Islamic dialogue and comparative </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">text studies).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://cep.anglican.ca/tag/brian-arthur-brown/">http://cep.anglican.ca/tag/brian-arthur-brown/</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brown's goal is the local encounter of people from</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the major </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">world religions through a reading together </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sacred texts. He is deeply committed </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">exposing </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">these spiritual resources to non-specialists.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He wants to take the benefits of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">scholarly interfaith </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dialogue out of the academy </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and into a</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> fruitful </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">exchange </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">where people live and relate together </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as neighbours and friends. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> This is one step beyond the goal of his earlier books</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">which encouraged Christians, Jews and Muslims (the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">three great religions of Jerusalem) to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">study their </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sacred texts together in a spirit of mutual respect.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>With the book </b><i><b>Four Testaments, </b></i></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brown is attempting </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to extend the earlier dialogue </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">further, and to include</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">persons and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">communities </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the four great Eastern </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith traditions.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">What I believe he is trying to do, at this period</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of first encounter for many, is to "expose" people</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">t</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">o the texts, not study them academically.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He introduces them with the aid of specialists</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who know the documentation to such a degree that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">they can share it in a natural, non-threatening way.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So again, these are not studies in comparative religion </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in exposure to the texts of the various traditions.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Some years ago as a church minister in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brown sponsored his first Jewish-</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian studies </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(later expanded to Muslims) </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in a local congregation. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Now, he expands this.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The book currently under consideration focuses</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>our attention to the sacred scriptures of Taoism,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism. To </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">engage </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">us, Brown </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">encourages the Zoroastrian </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tradition </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as an entry point to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the others. This </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">presents us </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with a variety of scripture and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual traditions </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that pre-date and have </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">influenced all the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">great </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faiths of both Jerusalem and the East.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In a true sense editor Brown editor has now </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">established </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the foundation for inter-faith dialogue </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">using text </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">studies and involving </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">all the major </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">traditions </span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>in </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the world today, based on </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>inherited written </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">texts. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ultimately, primal, aboriginal traditions are </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">included, as they are word, not text-based;</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">even though they have influenced </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">all the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">others. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To be truly and spiritually inclusive, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ways </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">need </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">also to be found to include these a</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ncient </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">traditions </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as well.)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We are </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">now entering a kind of study that is </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">truly </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">global </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in scope </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and covering </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">human </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the time of its origins. This is far older, in some</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ways at least, than </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we previous </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">experienced </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Judeo-</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian plus </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Islamic traditions.</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I consider this a significant accomplishment. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The implications of it will not be realized for</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a long time, but a start is being made in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">finding a truly global spirituality, based on</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">written texts.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">T</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">task </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">now before us is to encourage these </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">studies </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">take place in our local places of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">worship, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">cultural/community centres and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">schools. The promise of this is realistic in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Canadian society because of our tolerance, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and we need to start </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">creating models from </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what is already </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">taking place across this land.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks and congratulations Brian, for investing </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">your life </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in such </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a worthy undertaking.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Doug Koop,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Faith Today,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September/October 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Don't Turn Away From Suffering -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> What we Learn from People in Distress"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jxwg78p"><b>http://tinyurl.com/jxwg78p</b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Mathew Zachariah,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Calgary, AB</b></span></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>St. Andrew's Anglican Website</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, Alberta</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August Message:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"A Reflection on Racism and the Church"</span></b></div>
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<b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zofz38l">http://tinyurl.com/zofz38l</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mark Whittall</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ottawa, ON.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Blog Site</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 17th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Managers of Injustice"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h9n37uz">http://tinyurl.com/h9n37uz</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Stackhouse Jr.,</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Moncton, NB</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 22nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Can American Civil Religion</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Tolerate Dissent?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j9v8zyl">http://tinyurl.com/j9v8zyl</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 19th, 2016</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Getting Religion"</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zz6hkuu">http://tinyurl.com/zz6hkuu</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 19th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Indulgences Revisited"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zjokuk8">http://tinyurl.com/zjokuk8</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GRETTA VOSPER UPDATE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Removal Process Continues</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as well as Growing Support</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto Star</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 22nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hgfuora">http://tinyurl.com/hgfuora</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Disagreeing in Love"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Letter of Caution and Inclusivity</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from the United Church Moderator"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church of Canada Website</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 23rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_145850909"><br /></a></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h33o5z5">http://tinyurl.com/h33o5z5</a></b></span><br />
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</span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR THE LOVE OF CARBON</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is Part of Creation</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_325549021"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j9jufkr">http://tinyurl.com/j9jufkr</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HOW DID WE GET EVERYWHERE?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Study Posits Single Human Source</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emanating Out of Africa</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 21st, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gu7jff5">http://tinyurl.com/gu7jff5</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCC SEEKS UNITED-HINDU RELATIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Encourages Deeper East-West Dialogue</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church of Canada Website</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 20th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_827232836"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hu5zqte">http://tinyurl.com/hu5zqte</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHY DO MOST PEOPLE LEAVE RELIGION?</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They Just Stop Believing (US Study)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 22nd, 2016</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zrgbsbs">http://tinyurl.com/zrgbsbs</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CAMPOLO REJECTS </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN LABEL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He Gives Five Reasons </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Post,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 20th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h8e8y9z">http://tinyurl.com/h8e8y9z</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ANCIENT BURNT HEBREW SCROLL </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DECIPHERED - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Israeli and American </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Scholars </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Solve Old Mystery </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Using </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">State-of-the-Art Technology</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jerusalem Post (Israeli Perspective)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 22nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1696181758"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z28j7rq">http://tinyurl.com/z28j7rq</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times (American Perspective)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 22nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j62jg85">http://tinyurl.com/j62jg85</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FRANCIS' WORDS TO U.S. CONGRESS </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PROVING TRUE - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Year Ago, He Warned </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Against Hate-based Politics; </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Urged Support </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for Moral Leaders and Grassroots Initiatives</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 21st, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_255868300"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z7kpk6b">http://tinyurl.com/z7kpk6b</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CARTER URGES BAPTIST FAITH LEADERS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO COMBAT RACISM - Former President</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Continues to Focus on Key Issues</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Washington Post</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 19th, 2016</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zdknbvn">http://tinyurl.com/zdknbvn</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SHUNNING CASE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SHINES LIGHT ON RARE PRACTICE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Irving Hexham Comments</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CBC.ca Calgary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 16th, 2016</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zynwh97">http://tinyurl.com/zynwh97</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From websites of Sojourners and the Bruderhof:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Our deeds determine us,<br />as much as we determine our deeds.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- George Eliot</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If I can stop one heart from breaking,<br />I shall not live in vain.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Emily Dickinson</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is not our differences that divide us.<br />It is our inability to recognize, accept,<br />and celebrate those differences.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Audre Lorde</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sometimes the very walls of our churches <br />separate us from God and each other. In <br />our various naves and sanctuaries we are <br />safely separated from those outside, from <br />other denominations, other religions,<br />separated from the poor, the ugly, the dying...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />The house of God is not a safe place. It is <br />across where time and eternity meet, and <br />where we are – or should be – challenged to <br />live more vulnerably, more interdependently.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Madeleine L’Engle</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We must overturn so many idols, the idol <br />of self first of all, so that we can be humble, <br />and only from our humility can learn to be <br />redeemers, can learn to work together in the <br />way the world really needs. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Liberation that raises a cry against others <br />is no true liberation. Liberation that means<br />revolutions of hate and violence and takes <br />the lives of others or abases the dignity of <br />others cannot be true liberty. True liberty </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">does violence to self and, like Christ, who <br />disregarded that he was sovereign, becomes <br />a slave to serve others.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Oscar Romero</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"President Lincoln Issues </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Emancipation Proclamation"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5x2fp2">http://tinyurl.com/5x2fp2</a></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT - Peace Pilgrim</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion is to be used as a stepping stone </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to God, but it must never be used as a </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tower </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to hold one aloft from others. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We are all cells i</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">n the body of humanity. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">When anyone attempts </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to isolate another, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">they only isolate themselves more. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>For Those Interested -</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series starts in September</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 40.</span></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>BOOKS SOLD OUT, but more to come if needed.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now beginning eighteen years</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-seventh series of</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/">http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Mark - the Earliest Gospel"</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 22nd - November 24th.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resources -</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Edited by John Bowker</b><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #473624;"><b><span style="color: black;">"</span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reclaiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(reserve copies available in our church library)</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"></span></b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">happen the second half of October next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autumn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-91226508883974691412016-09-16T12:24:00.000-06:002016-09-20T12:49:34.078-06:00Collegues List, September 18th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 7</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you have </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">friends who would like to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">r</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">eceive </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">List notices, just send </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">email </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">addresses. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Your recommendation </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is all </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I would need </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to include them.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For my Special Items this week, I include</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the links to my September Anglican Journal</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">column: "The Mystery of the Child".</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I add a link to all the AJ columns I have</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">written during the past two years.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Contributions came from four</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of you during the past week.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Net Notes include items I thought</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">might interest you from my web search</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">during the past week.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Eight wise people share their insights</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">under the theme - Wisdom of the Week.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The New York Times archives offer three</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">stories from history as the newspaper</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interpreted them at the time.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I conclude with an updated and complete</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">design of the adult spiritual development</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">program at my church, St. David's, Calgary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">where I serve on staff.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
*****<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>SPECIAL ITEMS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My September Anglican Journal Column:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"The Mystery of the Child"</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h5qrn45">http://tinyurl.com/h5qrn45</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Link to all my Anglican Journal columns </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the past two years:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gkopvrs">http://tinyurl.com/gkopvrs</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Dear Wayne</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unfortunately, my webpage,<br /><a href="http://edges.canadahomepage.net/">http://edges.Canadahomepage.net</a> <br />has been hijacked, and I haven’t been <br />able to get it back yet. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For the time being, then, there is no <br />online archive of columns. If there’s <br />a special column you want, I can send <br />it to you from my own records.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>If you want to comment on something, <br />send a message directly to me,<br /><a href="mailto:jimt@quixotic.ca">jimt@quixotic.ca</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Two colleagues, relating to my book</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">notice last week for "No Greater Love," </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mother Teresa commemorative </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">edition, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sent the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">following articles -</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>See </b></span><a class="zUrl" href="http://tinyurl.com/zv2f3w6" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>http://tinyurl.com/zv2f3w6</b></span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna Dueck,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Context With Lorna</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>September 6th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Leadership Lessons from Mother Teresa"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jtdshzf">http://tinyurl.com/jtdshzf</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ed Schroeder,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. Louis, MO.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please click this link to read</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my support information and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">an in-depth review of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a book</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about Mother Teresa:</span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Come Be My Light"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zfq93y3">http://tinyurl.com/zfq93y3</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ed </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"From Paranoia to Metanoia"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j2tpbf6">http://tinyurl.com/j2tpbf6</a></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GRETTA VOSPER UPDATE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Story Isn't Over Yet</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Christian Post</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h36ajpr">http://tinyurl.com/h36ajpr</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have signed a petition in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">support of Gretta, and perhaps</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">you might do so too.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbt98u2">http://tinyurl.com/zbt98u2</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MORMONS LESS REPUBLICAN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Not Just Because of Trump</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 16th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hts3hdw">http://tinyurl.com/hts3hdw</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>A CRISIS OF FAITH IN</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Laïcité</b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion Police in France</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Saudi Arabia</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1559757692"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hc3scy2">http://tinyurl.com/hc3scy2</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TEACHING CALVIN IN CALIFORNIA</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Classic Church Theology for Moderns</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_460231819"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbgywq4">http://tinyurl.com/hbgywq4</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">REMEMBERING 9/11 </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A NYC Catholic Perspective</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 8th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zobfy24">http://tinyurl.com/zobfy24</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CHINA TIGHTENING CONTROL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OVER RELIGIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 16th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z2qlyrc">http://tinyurl.com/z2qlyrc</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FRANCIS DECLARES ASSASSINATED</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FRENCH PRIEST A MARTYR</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">His Response to Normandy Tragedy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_243521036"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gvk3u9u">http://tinyurl.com/gvk3u9u</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>FOLLOWUP TO "TEN REASONS FOR</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN CHRISTIAN DECLINE"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">S</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">even Points of Clarification</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Following Last Week's Article</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 12th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_333362053"><br /></a></b> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/za2lctf">http://tinyurl.com/za2lctf</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WORLD VISION SHUTS DOWN </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GAZA </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OFFICE AFTER FUNDS GO TO HAMAS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Misdirection of Funding to Terrorism</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Christian Post</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1393111935"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jg3scvu">http://tinyurl.com/jg3scvu</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"THE END OF WHITE CHRISIAN AMERICA"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EXPLAINS END OF PROTESTANT </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DOMINANCE </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Book Review)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Catholic Reporter</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 14th, 2016</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j4clkt2">http://tinyurl.com/j4clkt2</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>WISDOM OF THE WEEK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In order to rise<br />From its own ashes<br />A phoenix<br />First<br />Must<br />Burn. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Octavia Butler</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I read in a book that a man called Christ went <br />about doing good. It is very disconcerting to me <br />that I am so easily satisfied with just going about. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Toyohiko Kagawa</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Most [people] pursue pleasure with such<br />breathless haste that they hurry past it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Søren Kierkegaard</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What we do is very little. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>But it is like the little boy with a few loaves<br />and fishes.Christ tookthat little and increased it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Dorothy Day</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work<br />to banish them with illumination and forgiveness.<br />Your willingness to wrestle with your demons<br />will cause your angels to sing. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- August Wilson</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you always try to be heavenly and spiritually<br />minded, you won’t understand the everyday <br />work God has for you to do. But if you embrace <br />what is to come from God, if you live for Christ’s <br />coming in practical life, you will learn that divine <br />things can be experienced here and now, things <br />quite different from what our human brains can <br />ever imagine.…</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Make yourselves </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>free for God’s will and God’s <br />ways on earth.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Try saying this silently to everyone and <br />everything you see for thirty days: “I wish <br />you happiness now and whatever will bring <br />happiness to you in the future.” </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If we said it to the sky, we would have to <br />stop polluting; if we said it when we see <br />ponds and lakes and streams, we would <br />have to stop using them as garbage dumps<br />and sewers; if we said it to small children, <br />we would have to stop abusing them…if we <br />said it to people, we would have to stop s<br />toking the fires of enmity around us.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Beauty and human warmth would take root <br />in us like a clear, hot June day. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We would change.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Joan Chittister</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Bill Clinton Watches as Rabin and Arafat</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Shake Hands on White House Lawn"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/on68fsy">http://tinyurl.com/on68fsy</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Two Airliners Crash into World Trade Centre"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4wtdsn">http://tinyurl.com/4wtdsn</a></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Steven Biko Dies in South African Custody"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbfkblc">http://tinyurl.com/hbfkblc</a></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT- Henri J. M. Nouwen</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">When we honestly ask ourselves which persons <br />in our lives mean the most to us, we often find <br />that it is those who, instead of giving advice, <br />solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share <br />our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and <br />tender hand. The friend who can be silent with <br />us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can <br />stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, <br />who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not <br />healing and face with us the reality of our <br />powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>For Those Interested -</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series starts in September</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 40.</span></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>BOOKS SOLD OUT, but more to come if needed.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now beginning eighteen years</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-seventh series of</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/">http://rtb.stdavidscalgary.net/</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Mark - the Earliest Gospel"</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 22nd - November 24th.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resources -</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Edited by John Bowker</b><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #473624;"><b><span style="color: black;">"</span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reclaiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(reserve copies available in our church library)</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"></span></b><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">happen the second half of October next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autumn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-17985276116190005612016-09-10T08:33:00.000-06:002016-09-12T19:45:02.998-06:00Colleagues List, September 11th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 6</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Your recommendation </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is all </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I would need </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This week's issue begins with my book </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">notice </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for Mother Teresa's "No Greater Love." The</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">original edition appeared in 2002. The new</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">commemorative edition has just appeared </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at the time of her canonization in Rome </span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and </b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">contains background material developed after</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">feedback and assessment from the volume's</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">first appearance. A new audience awaits.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Four of you offer Colleague Contributions</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this week, and I include 12 Net Notes - items</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that appealed to me from my weekly trolling </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the internet for articles that may interest you.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We benefit from the wisdom of six seers,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">past and present, this week, and I include</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">three historical events of significance, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reported </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as they occurred, in the New York Times.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here in Canada we adjust to a new autumn</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">schedule. Hopefully life is good where you are</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as it is for me here.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NO GREATER LOVE </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Commemorative Edition</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Mother Teresa</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Foreword by Thomas Moore</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New World Library, Aug. 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Commemorative Edition $22.00 US</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ISBN #978-1-60868-446-5.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Original Edition 2002 (still available)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hardcover. 224 pages. $16.50 CAD.</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"No Greater Love" is the essential wisdom </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Mother Teresa - the most accessible, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>intimate, </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and inspiring book of her </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>teachings. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Thematically arranged to present her </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>revolutionary vision of Christianity in its </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>graceful simplicity, the book features her </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>thoughts on love, generosity, forgiveness, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>prayer, service, and what it means to be </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>a Christian. A passionate testament to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>deep hope and abiding faith in God, "No </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Greater Love" celebrates the life and work </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of one of the world's most revered spiritual </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>teachers.</b></span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Preface by Thomas Moore:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mother Teresa has caught the imagination of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the world not because she is a great writer</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">or theologian, but because she is a person of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">immense compassion and openness...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(In) her undefended state, she feels the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">suffering of the world, of the old and the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">very young and those between. She knows</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">firsthand the meaning of empathy and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">more so the profundity of pathos.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the intimate reflections published in this</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">book, we learn some of the secrets of this</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">person... her particular kind of Christianity,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with its spiritual vision, methods of prayer,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and inspiring figure of Jesus (she tells us)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">keeps her personal spirits and unlimited</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">compassion high.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To a sophisticated modern reader, some of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">her </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ideas and language, especially her piety, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">may </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">seem naïve and unnecessarily self-denying...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but modern psychology has yet to discover</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what the religions have taught for millennia -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that loss of self leads to the discovery of soul.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As I read her words, I try to hear them, not</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as naïve, but as sophisticated in a way that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is largely foreign to modern taste.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Rather than avoiding suffering, she becomes</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">intimate with it. Rather than heroically trying</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to overcome death, in the style of modern</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Western medical philosophy, she focuses on</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a person's emotional state and sense of meaning</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the last moments. She is acutely attentive, too,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to the feelings of children, a strong sign, in my</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">estimation, of a person profoundly initiated in</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the ways of the soul...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beneath Mother Teresa's straightforward faith</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and personal honesty lies a subtle knowledge</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of human motivation.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(She avoids a focus on the mental </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">aspects of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith because) when religion is largely </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">mental, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual attitudes may never get </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">translated </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">into </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">compassionate attention and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">action in </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">w</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">orld community.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">What is absent in these passionate words</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Mother Teresa is any attempt to convert</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">us to her beliefs. She simply describes her</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">strong faith and tells us about her work</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">among the poor and the sick... Her words</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">simply demonstrate how human beings,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">when given the most basic kinds of love and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">attention, find significant transformation and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">discover their humanity, dignity and at least</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">momentary happiness...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(With her recent canonization we can formally</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">declare Mother Teresa a saint)... but the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reflections in this book could show us, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as she </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">says, that we can all be saints.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- from the Foreword</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Wikipedia Bio: </b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hlztqj9">http://tinyurl.com/hlztqj9</a></span></b><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Comments:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The overarching theme of Mother Teresa's</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">book is missiological. By that, I mean that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the newly declared saint, like all saints who </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">preceded </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">her, had a mission in the world.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But Mother Teresa's purpose as a Christian</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is not to try to convert the world to her faith.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Her purpose is to demonstrate what her faith</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">means to her in the way she serves God and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">her fellow human beings.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Any "conversions" to her faith (and there </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are many) are not her responsibility. She</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">leaves that to God's Holy Spirit. Her task</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is to witness to what God enables her </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to do.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The model for mission, personified by</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mother Teresa, emerged out of the reality</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of a multi-faith, impoverished Indian culture.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That same model speaks to a secular world,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">especially in the West, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that tends to denigrate </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">all religion as </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">self-serving and violent.</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Far from viewing Mother Teresa as a vestige</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of traditional Catholic piety, her witness,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to my mind, puts her in a teaching role for </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">many </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of us who try to be faithful Christians </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in a rapidly changing world.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">What is our mission?</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Teresa demonstrates a mission to compassion </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and caring. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Some of us have a special vocation </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">justice-seeking, and Teresa only indirectly</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">appeals to that dimension of Christian mission.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">She has been criticized for ignoring justice</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and focusing primarily on band aid work.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I believe she knows injustice only too well,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but her primary task is mercy.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I found this re-encounter with the major </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">treatise </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the newly minted saint to be a </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">healthy </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">counter to one-sided missiological </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">thinking. </span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My life must reflect a dual mission </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">act justly </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be merciful.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jock Mc Tavish,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 7th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Dear Wayne</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I’ve just watched a quality debate between <br />Richard Dawkins and John Lennox on -- <br />“Has Science Buried God?”</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It was incredibly civil, respectful and broad. <br />Lennox does an excellent job explaining, <br />defending things “from the top down” as <br />does Dawkins “from the bottom up”.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jock</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1342694956"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jbpum2u">http://tinyurl.com/jbpum2u</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Elfrieda Schroeder,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In Transit Blog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 3rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Zwieback Anyone?"</span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gpcwx9d"><b>http://tinyurl.com/gpcwx9d</b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ron Rolheiser,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>San Antonio, TX</b></span><br />
<b><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Site</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>September 5th, 2016</b></span><br />
<b><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Feeding Off Life's Sacred Fire"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6w2pk4">http://tinyurl.com/z6w2pk4</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 22nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Justification"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jr6rflo">http://tinyurl.com/jr6rflo</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Consider Marty's new book on Kindle:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"October 31st, 1517 - Martin Luther</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> and the Day that Changed the World"</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_183777118"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/juchbku">http://tinyurl.com/juchbku</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<div id="success">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>NET NOTES</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>THE LAST TRUMP?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Reflections on Facism</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>Sightings,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>September 8th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1631653065"><br /></a></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jceqcae">http://tinyurl.com/jceqcae</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>--</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRANSGENDER IN CANADA</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Canadians Say - Accept, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Accommodate, Move On...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Angus Reid Institute</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 7th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h8mggvt">http://tinyurl.com/h8mggvt</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FIRST NATIVE MONGOLIAN PRIEST</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Speaks About His Mission</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 7th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z5eqlym">http://tinyurl.com/z5eqlym</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHY IS CHRISTIANITY DECLINING?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Assessing Traditional American Religion</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Make Your Own Application to Canada)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 6th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hhto7gt">http://tinyurl.com/hhto7gt</a></b><br />
<b><br /></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>HOW MOTHER TERESA CHANGED MISSIONS</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">An Evangelical Christian Perspective</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jxtqae9">http://tinyurl.com/jxtqae9</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Photos of Mother Teresa India Celebration"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 5th, 2016</span></b><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_577988877"><b><br /></b></a>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/grfpebv">http://tinyurl.com/grfpebv</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>WHAT RELIGION WOULD</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JESUS BELONG TO?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 4th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_785543748"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j4lszrm">http://tinyurl.com/j4lszrm</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE UNFOLDING OF A DEADLY </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HAJJ STAMPEDE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Experience Described </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times/RNS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 7th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/julm79v">http://tinyurl.com/julm79v</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Saudi Arabia Seeks to Prevent</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Repeat of Serious Hajj Crush"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 4th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zxds5oj">http://tinyurl.com/zxds5oj</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ARCHEOLOGISTS RESTORE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SECOND TEMPLE TILES</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>2,000 Year Reconnection</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Jerusalem Post</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>September 6th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hhhdbq6">http://tinyurl.com/hhhdbq6</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE WORLD HAS CHANGED</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SINCE SEPTEMBER 11th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fifteen Year Retrospective</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Catholic Reporter</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 9th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hss34fc">http://tinyurl.com/hss34fc</a></b></span><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>--</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WOMENPRIEST SUPPORTERS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SEE HOPE IN FRANCIS' OPENNESS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Women Deacons Seen Possible</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 4th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zxmu88l">http://tinyurl.com/zxmu88l</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>RESPONDING TO CHRISTIANS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>WHO ARE DONE WITH CHURCH</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>What are Real Reasons for Leaving?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>Christian Week Online</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>September 5th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zlsdz63">http://tinyurl.com/zlsdz63</a></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>UCC PANEL URGES DEFROCKING OF</b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ATHEIST MINISTER GRETTA VOSPER</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Long Process Ends in Split Decision</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 8th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gtbh9k5">http://tinyurl.com/gtbh9k5</a></b></span><br />
<b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>WISDOM OF THE WEEK</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</b></span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">True love is a giving and giving until it hurts. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Mother Teresa</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b> <b>It is my deepest belief that only by <br />giving our lives do we find life. </b></span><br />
</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b> <b>- Cesar Chavez</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, </b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span>
<br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>God is faithful. [God] lets us wander so we </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>will know what it means to come home. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Marilynne Robinson</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span>
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<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b> <b>I have held many things in my hands, and <br />I have lost them all; but whatever I have <br />placed in God's hands, that I still possess.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Martin Luther</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b> <b>--</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b> <b>It is not the critic who counts, not the one </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>who points out how the strong man tumbled, </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>or where the doer of deeds could have done <br />them better. The credit belongs to the one <br />who is actually in the arena; whose face is <br />marred by dust, sweat, and blood; who strives <br />valiantly; who errs and comes short again and <br />again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the <br />great devotions and spends himself in a worthy<br />cause; who at the best knows in the end the <br />triumph of high achievement, and who at the <br />worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, <br />so that his place shall never be with those cold <br />and timid souls who know neither victory </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>nor defeat.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b> <b>- Theodore Roosevelt</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>ON THIS DAY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b>
<b>From the archives of the New York Times:</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"German Luftwaffe Begins Abrupt, Heavy </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Barrage of London </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in World War Two - The Blitz"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kv75lx4">http://tinyurl.com/kv75lx4</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Palestinian Terrorists Massacre Israeli </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Athletes </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at Munich Olympic Games"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/1b56">http://tinyurl.com/1b56</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Mao Tse-Tung Dies in Beijing" </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zpo7x4t">http://tinyurl.com/zpo7x4t</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>CLOSING </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>THOUGHT - </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Frederick Buechner</b></span></span><br />
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<b>Have you wept at anything during<br />the past year?</b></span><br />
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<b>Has your heart beat faster at the <br />sight of young beauty?</b></span><br />
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<b>Have you thought seriously about the fact <br />that someday you are going to die?</b></span><br />
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<b>More often than not, do you really listen<br />when people are speaking to you, instead <br />of just waiting for your turn to speak?</b></span><br />
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<b>Is there anybody you know in whose place, <br />if one of you had to suffer great pain, you <br />would volunteer yourself?</b></span><br />
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<b>If your answer to all or most of these questions<br />is no, the chances are that you’re dead.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>For Those Interested -</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series starts in September</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>SOLD OUT, but more to come if needed.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now beginning eighteen years</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -</strong></span></span><br /><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br /><strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">take place in October of next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autumn. </b></span><br />
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<b><br /></b></span><b></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike><br /></strike>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-14876684690931014042016-09-03T08:59:00.001-06:002016-09-08T19:55:33.200-06:00Colleagues List, September 4th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 5</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you have </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">friends who would like to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">r</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">eceive </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">List notices, just send </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">email </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">addresses. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Your recommendation </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is all </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I would need </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to include them.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item this week is a personal </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reflection </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">after attending the ordination </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of a Catholic </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">womanpriest at St. David's </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, last week.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Six colleagues offer contributions, and I</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">share </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ten net notes of special discoveries </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">f</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">rom </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the world wide web that may interest you.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ten selections of spiritual wisdom for</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the week are offered, and five key events</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in history, reported by the New York Times.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For those interested, I offer our developing</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Adult Spiritual Development Ministry program</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at St. David's, Calgary.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We return to weekly Colleagues List mailings</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">after our summer and hope you will like</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this issue.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enjoy!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A PERSONAL REFLECTION</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON ATTENDING THE ORDINATION</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF A CATHOLIC WOMAN PRIEST</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The following article is being published</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with the approval of the woman ordained</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who prefers her name not appear here as</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">she needs to adjust to a new role in her</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary community.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The ordination ceremony was conducted</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at St. David's United Church, Calgary on</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Friday, August 26th, using leadership</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">endorsed by the renewal movement -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Roman Catholic Womenpriests:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Roman Catholic Womanpriests Website:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://romancatholicwomenpriests.org/">http://romancatholicwomenpriests.org/</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Western Canada region of Womanpriests </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is headed by a woman bishop, Marie Evans</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bouclin,</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who performed the rite of ordination </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in apostolic succession </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">according to a </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">churchly </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">liturgy.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Her associate, friend, and my colleague</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- womanpriest </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Monica Kilburn-Smith -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">participated as the community shared</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the new priest's first celebration of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the sacrament of the eucharist, to which </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">all gathered were invited (including me,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a Protestant).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Womanpriests Canada West - Calgary</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hyn4thg">http://tinyurl.com/hyn4thg</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This link offers a Calgary Herald article on</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary womanpriest Monica Kilburn-Smith.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This story appeared in a magazine of the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">newspaper </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">several years ago.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you have any questions about this article,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>contact Monica at: </b></span><a href="mailto:gemstones@shaw.ca"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>gemstones@shaw.ca</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have been a friend and supporter of the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>womanpriest </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>movement for many years and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>view it as an </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>authentic attempt to anticipate </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the day when </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>women are fully recognized as </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>priests </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in the </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Roman Catholic Church.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am also proud that St. David's United, Calgary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">could provide Christian sanctuary for this event,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the classic practice of the catholic tradition.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Three impressions</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A strong sense of an authentic call to the</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">priesthood on the part of the ordinand -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I had never met the candidate before this</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">mass but my first impression, which I</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">always trust, was that of a humble and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">deeply committed individual.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Making the decision to become a Catholic</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">womanpriest was not easy - and will continue</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be challenging - but I sensed she had been</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">able to work through many things in her</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual formation and has a strong sense</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of who she is and what will sustain her.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I came to this decision, not just by listening</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to her words and observing her deeds during</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and after the mass, but - most importantly -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the way she presented herself. She is a person</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of integrity, whose words, deeds and appearance</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are integrated. This was quite evident.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I honour her for this. I celebrate her, and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the people </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who have helped her come to this </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">point in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">life and spiritual formation.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Evidence of priestly integrity leads to affirmation </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ordinand by the gathered faith community -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have worshipped with this Calgary community</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the past but not for a time. I was very</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">impressed by what I experienced </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">during and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">after the mass. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I could see that </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">much preparation had gone into </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">building the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">family that birthed and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">welcomed </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this new priestly member on her </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">special day.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That spirit and quality was also evident in the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">episcopal officiant who </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ordained her and the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">collegiality of other clergy </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">accompanied </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">her into </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this new calling.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I come from a church tradition that follows</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the reformers who advocated for the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">priesthood </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the baptized. In this understanding, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we are </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">all ministers to each other (lay and clergy) and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the world.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That said, God frequently seems to call </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">some of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">us </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to undertake special service. A dual</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> vocation </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> leadership and</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> mutual </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ministry </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">community </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was very apparent here. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I saw no </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">evidence of clericalism (that great </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">danger to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the church where some are considered </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">institutional Christians of higher status </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">than </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">others and honoured/protected as such).</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Participating in this liturgy offered me the gift</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of ecumenism in a most rewarding way. At no</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">point did I feel excluded.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A witness to gracious support of the ordinand</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by persons who love and are closest to her -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ordination rites can be heady experiences!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But the proverbial "morning after" usually</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">brings us back to reality.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That's when our true friends can appear.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I sensed that the new priest has strong support</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from her husband and immediate family with </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">whom she can </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">always be most intimate and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">honest. This is a valuable teaching from the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Protestant tradition that many Catholic </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religious today </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">can never fully experience. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May this not be </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the case for much longer! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Allowing married </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">women </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and married men </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">into the diaconate, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as Pope </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Francis seems </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to want, is a step in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the right direction.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If she </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is to survive the inevitable turmoil that </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">confronts </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">those in ministry - and some of that </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is created </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by people you might least expect </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to cause difficulty - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the ordinand will need </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">substantive support from those</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> nearest and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dearest.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ordinations can sometimes be misleading.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They can convey that following the will of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">God in our calling will always lead to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">happiness </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and a sense of fulfilment.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unfortunately, that is not necessarily true.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But I sensed at this unique gathering that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a strong spiritual and practical support-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">system is already in place.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Those of us who have experienced some</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">terror in ministry can only hope and pray</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">God's great mercy and lovingkindness</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">upon this new member of the priestly </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">family.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here is the written greeting I extended to </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ordinand in</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> the church lobby guestbook:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"This is a foretaste of the feast to come."</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Amen. May it be so in many ways.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mark Noll,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Notre Dame Emeritus,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">South Bend, IN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Books and Culture,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mark Noll Interviewed by</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Books and Culture,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August, 2016</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Dean of Christian Scholars" </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcmo6n2">http://tinyurl.com/zcmo6n2</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Richard Rohr,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Albuquerque, NM</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Via Sojourners Online,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 25th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"How God as Trinity Dissolves Racism"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfy5mxd">http://tinyurl.com/jfy5mxd</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, Il.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 29th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Moral Injury" </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hboml2a">http://tinyurl.com/hboml2a</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Website</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 21st, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Utopia With Limits"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z2ogqyk">http://tinyurl.com/z2ogqyk</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Michael Higgins,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fairview, CT.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 3rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Mother Teresa, a Simple but</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Controversial Religiosity" </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h233sz4">http://tinyurl.com/h233sz4</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver, BC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Remembers Blog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 17th/September 1st, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Open My Eyes That I May See"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h5cjjdm">http://tinyurl.com/h5cjjdm</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Roses"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> <a href="http://wa/">http://tinyurl.com/jrggawj</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Weblog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim's website is down.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We'll bring him back ASAP.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">RELIGION PUBLISHERS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SALUTE HENRI NOUWEN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Editions to Appear</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publishers Weekly</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 25th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_516160638"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h3n3lnh">http://tinyurl.com/h3n3lnh</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">INDIAN GOVERNMENT </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HEADS DELEGATION</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To Roman Canonization </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Teresa of Calcutta</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This Weekend</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 29th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1236350145"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zq6vox2">http://tinyurl.com/zq6vox2</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Mother Teresa, Canonized, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Lives on in the Streets"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 1st, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_688666850"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zxyhmgy">http://tinyurl.com/zxyhmgy</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>SOBEYS BOYCOTT URGED </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>BY NS BAPTIST GROUP</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Food Chain Hit for Racial Profiling</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CBC.ca</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 23rd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_712176530"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jhmmtff">http://tinyurl.com/jhmmtff</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE CHRISTIAN INTELLECTUAL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRADITION IS ALIVE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Are We Aware of It?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Harper's Magazine</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 1st, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1863974327"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zk8p8j9">http://tinyurl.com/zk8p8j9</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CANADIAN EVANGELICALS </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DIFFER </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FROM AMERICANS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Similarities and Diffefrences Noted</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bob Todd, Vancouver Sun</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">October 30th, 2011</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Republished in the US by </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zm8p58l">http://tinyurl.com/zm8p58l</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">POLITICAL CORRECTNESS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HAS GONE TOO FAR</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Canadian Perspective</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Angus Reid Website</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 29th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jqvpary">http://tinyurl.com/jqvpary</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A LANDSLIDE VICTORY </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR CATHOLICS AND LUTHERANS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty Writes on Historic Vote</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 25th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_142606700"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/japyraf">http://tinyurl.com/japyraf</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HASIDIC SECT BANNS WOMEN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FROM ATTENDING UNIVERSTY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Afraid of Secular Knowledge</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Independent, UK</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 22nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_234346270"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z5ax9yw">http://tinyurl.com/z5ax9yw</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CANADIAN PASTOR SENTENCED</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO LIFE IN NORTH KOREA</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Harsher Penalty than Expected</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CBC.ca</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 26th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_703696129"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jmfmtze">http://tinyurl.com/jmfmtze</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FIVE THINGS I WISH ATHEISTS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UNDERSTOOD ABOUT CHRISTIANS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Extending the Dialogue</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 29th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zpda7zg">http://tinyurl.com/zpda7zg</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">because we couldn't make them. We have </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to regard them as good gifts because we </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">couldn't live without them. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Wendell Berry</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. <br />I simply want to be the builder of a great <br />affirmation: the affirmation of God, who <br />loves us and who wants to save us.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Oscar Romero</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is really so simple! The main thing <br />is to love your neighbor as yourself. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Once you do that, you will discover at <br />once how everything shall fall into place.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Fyodor Dostoyevsky</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Friendship is the most underrated relationship in our<br />lives…It remains the one relation not bound by law, <br />blood, or money—but an unspoken agreement of love. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Hanya Yanagihara</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Do not want things to turn out as they seem best <br />to you but as God pleases. Then you will be free <br />of confusion and thankful in your prayer.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Abba Nilus</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />I have discovered that many of the things <br />I thought were priceless are as cheap as <br />costume jewelry, and much of what I labeled <br />worthless was, all the time, filled with the kind <br />of beauty that directly nourishes my soul.…</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Now I think that the vast majority of us “no</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">rmal” <br />people spend our lives trashing our treasures <br />and treasuring our trash. We bustle around <br />trying to create the impression that we are hip,<br /> imperturbable, omniscient, in perfect control, <br />when in fact we are awkward and scared and <br />bewildered. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Martha Beck</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Obedience through fear is reluctant and <br />resentful. Obedience through gratitude is <br />joyful, instant, and spontaneous. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gratitude is like an overflowing stream, <br />positive, outgoing. It is a powerful antiseptic, <br />that kills the germs of bitterness. Gratitude <br />is the glue that binds and unites you to your <br />neighbor. It is the salt that flavors all inspired <br />relationships.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Daw Nyein Tha</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />It’s funny: I always imagined when I was a kid<br />that adults had some kind of inner toolbox, full <br />of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the <br />hammerof wisdom, the sandpaper of patience.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But then when I grew up I found that life handed <br />you these rusty, bent old tools – friendships, <br />prayer, conscience, honesty – and said, Do the <br />best you can with these, they will have to do. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And mostly, against all odds they’re enough. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Anne Lamott</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is when things go wrong, when the good things <br />do not happen, when our prayers seem to have <br />been lost, that God is most present. We do not <br />need the sheltering wings when things go smoothly. <br />We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling <br />along blindly. There is no such thing as belief <br />without doubt or struggle. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Madeleine L’Engle</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Germany Invades Poland: WWII Begins"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6hbn23">http://tinyurl.com/6hbn23</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Russian Communist Party Abolished"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o77sjun">http://tinyurl.com/o77sjun</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"MLK Gives 'I Have a Dream' Speech"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/lnac6d3">http://tinyurl.com/lnac6d3</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Paris Liberated After Four Years of Nazis"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/kqnkjv">http://tinyurl.com/kqnkjv</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Princess Diana Dies in Paris Car Crash"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/l37kpue">http://tinyurl.com/l37kpue</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Carry out a random act of kindness, <br />with no expectation of reward, safe <br />in the knowledge that one day someone <br />might do the same for you. "</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Diana, Princess of Wales</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>CLOSING THOUGHT </b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Malcolm X</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Children teach us a lesson adults should learn: <br />to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and <br />try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so <br />cautious, so “safe” and therefore so shrinking <br />and rigid; that is why so many humans fail.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most middle-aged adults have resigned </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">themselves to failure.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series begins in September</b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book sale now underway.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning eighteen years</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -</strong></span></span><br /><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br /><strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br /><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">take place in October of next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autmn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<b><br /></b>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-69448380004332366352016-08-19T12:04:00.003-06:002016-08-26T08:23:30.700-06:00Colleagues List, August 21st, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 4</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I continue to refine and reduce the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">length, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but hopefully </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I want to begin this issue with thoughts </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">prayers for Calgary Muslim friend,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Imam Davud Hanci. We were considering</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">involving him in our ACTS programming,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but he was arrested during a recent trip</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to visit family in Turkey. His wife and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">children have returned safely to Canada</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but he remains a prisoner of the Erdogan</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">regime on unspecified charges associated</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with the recent military uprising.</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1219847917"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbdaju6">http://tinyurl.com/zbdaju6</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Wayne please pray for us" - his Calgary</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">friend Malik Muradov recently wrote me.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For my last summer issue I share my</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August column, appearing this week</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Anglican Journal. It celebrates</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the life and work of a deceased mentor</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of mine, William Hordern of Saskatoon.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He was a pioneer Canadian theologian</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and his writing continues to inspire.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This issue also includes a number of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interesting contributions from colleagues,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and special articles I have gleaned, over</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the past two weeks, from the internet.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the week is offered by several</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">people - past and present - whose thought</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is worth considering, and I conclude with</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important historical events from the archives</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the New York Times.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you are interested, note how our autumn</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">adult spiritual development ministry program</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is evolving at St. David's United, Calgary.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My next Colleagues List issue will appear</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 4th, when we return to our</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">regular weekly schedule.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Blessings to all,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Anglican Journal Column for August:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"William Hordern - Canadian Theologian"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zz5lecj">http://tinyurl.com/zz5lecj</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mark Whittall,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ottawa, ON</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Blog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 19th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Sabbath" Olympics Reflection</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jrnys9x">http://tinyurl.com/jrnys9x</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thomas Ryan,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Boston, MA</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Paulist Fathers</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 2nd, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Reformation - The Differences</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Weren't as Deep as We Thought"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h4xpos9">http://tinyurl.com/h4xpos9</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Success and Truth in Religion"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jchk3t7">http://tinyurl.com/jchk3t7</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(related article)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 10th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Why a Stout Theological Creed</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> is not Saving Evangelical Churches"</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_743393692"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hogmyq9">http://tinyurl.com/hogmyq9</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Elfrieda Schroeder,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'In Transit' Blog</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 8th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Love Story"</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mkrsuut">http://tinyurl.com/mkrsuut</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"A Happy Death"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gqhybzz">http://tinyurl.com/gqhybzz</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I AM A WOMAN</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But the Church Rejects My Gifts</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 4th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jyozre4">http://tinyurl.com/jyozre4</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN BEIJING</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Gallery of Pictures</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 11th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gwj3exn">http://tinyurl.com/gwj3exn</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LATTER DAY SAINTS IN THE NEWS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Changing Face of Mormonism</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Hillary Pitches the Mormons"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 11th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j7sdrqj">http://tinyurl.com/j7sdrqj</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"I Am Not a Mormon" - An LGBT Protest</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jbscmc3">http://tinyurl.com/jbscmc3</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Lesbian Salt Lake City Mayor Marries"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>August 17th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zejo4ry">http://tinyurl.com/zejo4ry</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">INDIA'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">URGED TO UNITE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Movement Focuses </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on the Rights of First Peoples</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 10th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hksngsf">http://tinyurl.com/hksngsf</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JOINT COMMEMORATION </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF THE REFORMATION</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Global Events Involving </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Catholics and Lutherans</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As 500th Anniversary </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Approaches in 2017</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lutheran World Federation</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 8th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zfrvk8k">http://tinyurl.com/zfrvk8k</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"US Lutherans Adopt </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Historic Agreement" </b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Healing </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> of Major Reformation Differences</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 15th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jcbq9n7">http://tinyurl.com/jcbq9n7</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FRANCIS INVITES </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SYRIAN REFUGEES TO LUNCH</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Again, the Pope Seeks </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to Set an Example</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 11th, 2016</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_313733058"><br /></a></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z5nc2kr">http://tinyurl.com/z5nc2kr</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN EVANGELICALS </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AND DONALD TRUMP</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">James Dobson Explains His</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'Baby Christian' Remark</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most Americans Not Buying it</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 4th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_582462525"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zaaatjb">http://tinyurl.com/zaaatjb</a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Trump-Loving Evangelicals</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Owe Bill Clinton an Apology</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Forgiveness Requested vs. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Forgiveness Spurned</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Atlantic</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 10th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_481326413"><br /></a></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jssz3zy">http://tinyurl.com/jssz3zy</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MANY NEW CANADIANS ARE</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PASSIONATE ABOUT SPIRITUALITY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vital Contribution to Canada's Churches</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Vancouver Sun</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 8th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6yj35n">http://tinyurl.com/z6yj35n</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SOME VANCOUVER EVANGELICALS</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AND CATHOLICS OPPOSE HIS VISIT</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Franklin Graham Described as</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Incendiary and Intolerant"</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver Sun</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 17th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hv5bzn2">http://tinyurl.com/hv5bzn2</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WOMEN ARE READY </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR THE DIACONATE,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IS THE CHURCH READY </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO RECEIVE THEM?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Media</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 5th, 2016</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jsdobyb">http://tinyurl.com/jsdobyb</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">[The Gospel] is a royal summons to submission, <br />to obedience, to allegiance; and the form that<br />this submission and obedient allegiance takes <br />is of course faith. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- N.T. Wright</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Holy Scriptures were not given to us <br />that we should enclose them in books, but <br />that we should engrave them upon our hearts.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- St. John Chrysostom </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The whole modern world has divided itself <br />into Conservatives and Progressives.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The business of Progressives is to go on <br />making mistakes.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The business of the Conservatives is to <br />prevent the mistakes from being corrected. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- G.K. Chesterton</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A simple prayer, is like a soft sighing, </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">like a child’s prayer, keeps us alert.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Has not God revealed to those who </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are little, to Christ’s poor, what the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">powerful of this world have so much </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">trouble understanding?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Brother Roger</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">There are those who give little of the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">much </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">which they have – and they give </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">it for recognition and their hidden desire </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">makes their gifts unwholesome. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />And there are those who have little and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">give it all. These are the believers in life </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and the bounty of life, and their coffer </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is never empty. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Kahlil Gibran</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We are guilty of many errors and many faults,<br />but our worst crime is abandoning the children,<br />neglecting the fountain of life.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Many things can wait. Children cannot.<br />Right now their bones are being formed,<br />their blood is being made,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and their senses are being developed.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />To them we cannot answer, “Tomorrow.”<br />Their name is today.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Gabriela Mistral</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The most precious things of life are near </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at hand, without money and without price. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Each of you has the whole wealth of the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">universe at your very door...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So, on a large scale, the student and lover </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of nature has this advantage over people </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who gad up and down the world seeking </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">some novelty or excitement: he has only </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to stay at home and see the procession </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">pass.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The great globe swings around to him </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">like a revolving showcase; the change </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the seasons is like the passage of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">strange and new countries; the zones <br />of the earth, with all their beauties and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">marvels, pass one’s door and linger long </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the passing.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- John Burroughs</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bach Invention</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If I could live as finished as this phrase,<br />no note too strong; each cadence purposed, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">clear, the logic of the changing harmony<br />building and breaking to a major chord<br />strangely at home within a minor web<br />of music; if I could define my end,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from the beginning measures trace my course,<br />I might be old and prudent, shown by laws<br />how to devise a pattern for my days<br />and still be free, unhampered, yet refined.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He sat before the keys and turned the notes<br />into a fabric of design and peace;<br />here are the notes, the keys, my fingers free<br />to run them through their course, and here </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my mind seeing his wisdom work within </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the chords, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">finding his knowledge in </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the finished line.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />I would be wise if such restraint were mine.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Jane Tyson Clement</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Woodstock Festival Concludes"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3xlysla">http://tinyurl.com/3xlysla</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"India and Pakistan Become Independent</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> After 200 Years of British Rule"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ghyu3">http://tinyurl.com/ghyu3</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Nixon Resigns Due to Watergate"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/haobkg9">http://tinyurl.com/haobkg9</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"US Drops First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/dhzpn9">http://tinyurl.com/dhzpn9</a></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT - Henri J. M. Nouwen</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For a long time, I sought safety and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">security among the wise and clever, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hardly aware that the things of the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">kingdom were revealed to “little </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">children”; that God has chosen </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">“those who by human standards </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are fools to shame the wise.” </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But when I experienced the warm, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">unpretentious reception of those who </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have nothing to boast about, and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">experienced a loving embrace from </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">people who didn’t ask any questions, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I began to discover that a true spiritual </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">homecoming means a return to the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">poor in spirit to whom the kingdom </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of heaven </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">belongs.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series begins in September</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span><br />
<br />
</span><br />
<div id="success">
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sale books have now been secured.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning eighteen years</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -</strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="color: #473624;"></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">take place in October of next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autmn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-71411784554659125982016-08-05T11:43:00.001-06:002016-08-29T22:25:44.155-06:00Colleagues List, August 7th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 3</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I continue to refine and reduce the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">length, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but hopefully </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We have now reached the second half of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">our summer in these northern climes. We</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have enjoyed the presence of grandchildren</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in our midst - now hailing from Oman in the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Saudi Peninsula, Slave Lake in northern</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Alberta, and Calgary too.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I'd like to recognize a Colleagues List</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">record. Since my last mailing of CL on</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 23rd - less than two weeks ago -</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>4,200 global hits have been registered. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>If only </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">some of that number have read </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">my </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">thoughts on "Amazing Grace" I would</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>be very pleased.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">See also below the contributions of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">five readers in Colleague Comment.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They are Hardy Schroeder, Herb O'Driscoll,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mathew Zachariah, William Shantz and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Griffith. Thanks to all of you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>My Special Item this issue is a book notice</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for 90 year-old writer Frederick Buechner.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I introduce his new offering "Buechner 101" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">I am honored to do so.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have an unusually rich collection of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Colleague Contributions this week - from</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Isabel Gibson and Marjorie Gibson, plus</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jim Taylor, Martin Marty and Ron Rolheiser.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Thanks to all five of you.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Net Notes - offers a summer update on</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>my search for helpful stories from the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>world of faith on the web.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Wisdom of the Week - is a good selection</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of thought - ancient and modern.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>On This Day - offers two special stories</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Closing Thought - is a striking quote from</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Angela Y. Davis.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>If you are interested, check in, at the end</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of the blog, for our developing Autumn 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ACTS Ministry </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">program at St.David's Calgary, </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Blessings to all readers,</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hardy Schroeder,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Dear Wayne"</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Thanks, Wayne, for your heartfelt </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>observations on "Lost and Found" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>-- thoughts on 'Amazing Grace.' </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Colleagues List, July 24th, 2016: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zsyuyqb">http://tinyurl.com/zsyuyqb</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Elfrieda and I continue to appreciate </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>reflections. </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Blessings,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hardy</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Herbert O'Driscoll,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Victoria, BC</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 23rd, 2016</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Thank you for your moving reflections </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Your Colleagues List ministry is so very fine. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Thank you. </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blessings.</b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mathew Zachariah,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Thank you, Wayne, for sharing your poignant </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>thoughts about President Obama starting the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>singing of "Amazing Grace" in Charleston,Va. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What a empathetic moment it created!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May I take this opportunity to bring up a </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Wintley Phipps, man with a resonant voice, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>is known to many of us via his interpretation </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of many great hymns.Several years ago, he </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the hymn was undoubtedly John Newton, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>former slave trader, the origin of the tune </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>is always listed as "Unknown." Phipps</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>quipped that when he arrives in heaven,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>he would love to meet the slave whose </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>name is Unknown. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He argued that the tune came from the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>pitiful singing of the captured Africans in </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the belly of the beastly slave ships which </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to note the striking similarity of the hymn's </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>tune to West African sorrow songs and</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the uniquely interesting fact that all </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Negro Spirituals" (now called Gospel songs) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>can be played only on the black notes of a<br />piano. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I accepted Phipps' assertion about the origin </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of the tune as another instance of the dominant </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"white culture"devaluing and denigrating the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>contributions and of achievements of African-</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Americans and their cultures.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>On further research, I found Greg Howlett's<br />"Amazing Grace: Debunking A Myth" </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(<a href="http://greghowlett.com/" target="_blank">greghowlett.com</a>). </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He states that Phipps' assertion is simply </b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">William Shantz,</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thunder Bay, ON</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">July 22nd, 2016</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Re: </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your reflection on attending </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">family nuptuals in </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2011 and 2016</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colleagues List, July 10th, 2016</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gr5dcdt">http://tinyurl.com/gr5dcdt</a></strong></span><br />
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<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Wayne:<br /><br />1) In case it hasn't occurred to you the concept <br />'same-sex marriage' is a contradiction in terms. <br />Marriage is the union of two persons of opposite <br />sex.<br /><br />2) Two persons of the same sex can be strongly <br />tied together by shared sexual experience but <br />this is not marriage. This homosexual bonding <br />may be stronger than marriage but does not <br />constitute such.<br /><br />3) I have recently become aware that <br />sophisticated politically correct young men <br />now believe that the concepts/terms 'man', <br />'woman', 'male', 'female' are basically obsolete. <br />A person is simply a 'person', not a man or a <br />woman.<br /><br />4) The idea that every person is bi-gendered <br />(without sexuality related to anatomy) is <br />reminiscent of Jung's idea that every person's <br />psyche is both 'animus'- male and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>'anima' - female.<br /><br />5) Since my sincere politically correct friend <br />brought me up-to-date regarding the obsolescence <br />of sexuality, I understand the antipathy of American <br />Democrats to Republicans who mostly have no <br />doubt about whether they are sexually male or <br />female.<br /><br />6) If, like me, you believe that (with occasional <br />exceptions) a person is fundamentally male or <br />female (corresponding to their anatomy regardless <br />of gender) you are considered to be a SEXIST!<br /><br />7) I look forward to watching the Convention of <br />the American Democratic Party in Philadelphia<br />that will be carried out by up-to-date PERSONS <br />who are SEX-FREE!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Bill Shantz</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Griffith,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Hi Wayne,</strong></span></span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I have been growing my way in faith from </strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>through many years of exploration in the </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>contribution of mysticism and science to the </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>development of evolutionary Christianity </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(Diarmuid O'Mercu: 'Evolutionary Faith' and </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Paul Smith: 'Integral Christianity'). </strong></span></span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I have enjoyed this stance in my later years</strong></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(thinking I have found a place to settle) but </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>now have been blown away by a new book </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>by Nancy Ellen Abrams called, 'A God That </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Could Be Real.' </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zexmmof">http://tinyurl.com/zexmmof</a></b></span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">She argues that the Christian religion has not</strong></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>kept up with scientific discoveries about the </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>challenge was able to be so successful, </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>because it was picking at the points in </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christian thinking that do not make sense </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>anymore to many people. However, she </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>goes way beyond defending the traditional </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to a much more exciting Christian belief in </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a God that she calls an "Emergent God". </strong></span></span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I recommend this book to progressive</strong></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I won't say more because like a mystery </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>conclusions. To join her on the journey </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>through the evidence brought me, the </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>reader to a fuller understanding of the </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>transformation that is happening in our </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>understanding of reality and the </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>possibilities for humanity if we embrace </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the God who could be real. A very </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>challenging book. I will be interested </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to follow the debate she will inspire.</strong></span></span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Blessings for a wonderful summer,</strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Buechner 101 - introduces critically-acclaimed </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and widely-admired author Frederick Buechner </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to a new generation of readers, many of whom </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>already know of him from widely shared quotes </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>on social media. Published by The Frederick </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Buechner Center, and curated by Anne Lamott, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the volume samples his essays, sermons, and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>excerpts from memoirs and novels. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">The book also features tributes by admirers </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>such as Lamott, Barbara Brown Taylor, and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Brian McLaren. One of the most important </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>writer-theologians of the twentieth and twenty-</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>first centuries, Buechner is a Presbyterian </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>minister </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">and a Pulitzer-nominated writers’ </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">writer. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>A prolific writer for six decades, Buechner has </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>published more than thirty books in a variety </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of genres: fiction, autobiography, theology, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>essays, and sermons. Among his most beloved </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>works are The Book of Bebb, a tetralogy based </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>on the character Leo Bebb; Godric, a first person </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>narrative of the life of the medieval saint, and a </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1981; Secrets in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the Dark, a collection of sermons; four volumes </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of memoir, The Sacred Journey, Now and Then, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Telling Secrets, and The Eyes of the Heart; and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>his best selling book, Listening to Your Life: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Buechner's work has often been praised for its </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ability to inspire readers to see the grace in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>their daily lives. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>As stated in the London Free Press, "He is one </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of our great novelists because he is one of our </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>finest religious writers." He has been a finalist </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for the National Book Award, Presented by the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>National Book Foundation and the Pulitzer Prize, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and has been awarded eight honorary degrees </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>from such institutions as Yale University and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the Virginia Theological Seminary. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>In addition, Buechner has been the recipient </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of the O. Henry Award, the Rosenthal Award, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the Christianity and Literature Belles Lettres </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Prize, and has been recognized by the American </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>is continually listed among the most read </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">authors by Christian audiences.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Frederick Buechner Website -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Subscribe to regular mailings of his writings:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.frederickbuechner.com/">http://www.frederickbuechner.com/</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Welcome by Anne Lamott:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(I insist) that anyone interested in God, grace,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>meaning and truth needs to immerse his or</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>herself in (Buechner's) memoirs, essays, novels,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and sermons... I thrust him into people's</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>unsuspecting hands... and tell them "You have</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>got to read this..."</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Buechner is the person I consider America's</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>most important living theologian, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">that most </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">amazing mixed grill of gentle </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">intelligence, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">a brilliant, lovely religious thinker, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">with a </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">great </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">sense of humor, a first class </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">writer... </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">No one has brought me closer to God </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">than </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">C.S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner...</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Buechner writes of the truth, both of the Gospel</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and of his own damaged family, and of our truth,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>sight unseen - we've never met - in a way that </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>is so precise, revelatory and profound, that it</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>makes me experience an awakening to spiritual</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>reality all over again, each time. He writes about</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the joy and grief and mystery and confusion of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>each human life, his faith journeys, his family,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the existence of God in most unlikely places...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>he writes about listening, to your own heart,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to the rythms and narrative of your own life...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He has the most beautiful humility... he throws</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>on the lights for you, and accompanies you on</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>your own journey...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Buechner writes about forgiveness like no one</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>else can. He makes me feel that he would love</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and understand me, exactly as I am, right now,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>which believe me, is sort of a quirky mess...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Frederick and I have never met, but he is my</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>dear older brother, and I know I am his dear</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>baby sister...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have come to a time in my own life when</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>many of my formative mentors as a younger</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>person </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">have either passed away, or are now </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in their </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">80's and 90's. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A scary thought, really. But </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">maybe not so. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Wisdom is not necessarily </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the most current </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">or catchy thinking. It is good to know that</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">much can still be learned from wise people,</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">both living or deceased.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Frederick Buechner is one of those mentors</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>who, happily, is very much alive at 90! His</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>current writing continues to connect me</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to the wisdom of past and present.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This book attempts to capture the essence</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of a long, productive, writing, pastoral life,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and I - having read most of his books over</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the years - am grateful for the richness this</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>'anthology' has to offer. I think back to where</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was in my life when I first read this thought</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>or that one from him.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>For those who have not read Buechner, or</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>have been more sporadic, or too recent, I</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>believe that this </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">book would be a worthy </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">addition to your library.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Because I believe I received an excellent</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>biblical formation as part of my Lutheran</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>theological training, I was probably first</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>drawn to Buechner's word studies. These</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>were always closely connected to real life</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>experience - something that my theological</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>training did not always provide.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was also drawn to discoveries he offered</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>me by such insights as "listen to your life" -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>which helped me realize that there was so</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>much to learn by paying attention to the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>most mundane and incidental. I realize</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>today that Buechner helped me to be a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>good spiritual journal-writer, and perhaps</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>even a columnist as well.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He certainly did a lot to challenge me to</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>grow and refine my writing gifts.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>One of the benefits of this book, in addition</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to being a helpful anthology, are the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>tributes that a number of writers - besides</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Anne Lamott - have contributed. Reading</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>them helped me to realize that Buechner</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">speaks to different people in different</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">ways, but he always takes them deeper</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in their spiritual quest.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I don't preach sermons in church as often</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">as I once did (gratefully!) but when I do,</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and when people tell me they appreciate</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">that I help them think more deeply about</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">this spiritual matter or that, I know that</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Frederick Buechner has helped me.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">You do not have to be a writer or a preacher</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to appreciate Buechner. You can be a good</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">reader. This book will help you in that,</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and you will be rewarded.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Buy the book from Amazon.ca:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hc8npuw">http://tinyurl.com/hc8npuw</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Isabel Gibson,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Ottawa, ON.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Traditional Iconoclast"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>July 31st, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"The Great State"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jrkbqpj">http://tinyurl.com/jrkbqpj</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Marjorie Remembers"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Help!"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jybbqye">http://tinyurl.com/jybbqye</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jim Taylor,</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Okanagan, BC</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Personal Web Log</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>July 24th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Plagiarism is Theft"</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hq95pbm">http://tinyurl.com/hq95pbm</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Martin Marty,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Chicago, IL</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Sightings,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>August 1st, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"The Mormon Moment, and Others"</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h3znkek">http://tinyurl.com/h3znkek</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ron Rolheiser,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>San Antonio, TX</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Site</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">August 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Our Fear of Hell"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jqmfd5f"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">http://tinyurl.com/jqmfd5f</span></a></strong><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">NET NOTES</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>URSULA FRANKLIN DIES</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Scientist With a Passion for Peace</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Globe and Mail Obituary</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>July 27th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j56txuq">http://tinyurl.com/j56txuq</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>HEALTH SECRETS OF THE AMISH</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A Life Lived Close to the Land</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>New York Times,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>August 4th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h45ev39">http://tinyurl.com/h45ev39</a></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">TIM LAHAYE'S REAL MESSAGE</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Legacy of "Left Behind" Author</b><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">RNS Spiritual Politics Blog</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">July 27th, 2016</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1627929230"><br /></a></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcgs9am">http://tinyurl.com/zcgs9am</a></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>WISE WORDS FROM POPE FRANCIS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>An Evangelical Protestant Reflects</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Christian Week Online</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>August 1st, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jbeowfx">http://tinyurl.com/jbeowfx</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>CALGARY MAN DETAINED IN TURKEY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Implicated in Military Coup but</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Family, Friends Say He is Innocent</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>CBC.ca</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>July 24th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zfnbykr">http://tinyurl.com/zfnbykr</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>New York Times</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 21st, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Gulen Statement from Exile in America:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"I Condemn All Threats </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> to Turkey's Democracy"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hk9c23k">http://tinyurl.com/hk9c23k</a></b></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>MYANMAR'S CHRISTIAN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>POPULATION ON RISE</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Significant Recent Growth</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of Up to 3 Million Persons</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>UCA News</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>August 4th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_748390936"><br /></a></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j68y4uf">http://tinyurl.com/j68y4uf</a></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC OF </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>NOAH'S ARK DISCOVERED</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Archeological Find in an </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Ancient Galilean Synogogue</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>August 2nd, 2016</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jmvp576">http://tinyurl.com/jmvp576</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ISRAELI JEWS ADOPTING</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ISLAMIC MYSTICAL PRACTICES</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sufism is Increasingly Popular</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Washington Post</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 28th, 2016</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jtnhahw">http://tinyurl.com/jtnhahw</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIAN LEADERS</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>REQUEST HELP FROM CANADA</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>They Desire Direct Aid</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Toronto Sun</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>August 3rd, 2016</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zgzp33w">http://tinyurl.com/zgzp33w</a></strong></span><br />
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--<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>POPE NAMES PANEL TO STUDY </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CATHOLIC WOMEN DEACONS</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He Follows Up on Commitment </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Made Some Months Ago</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>August 2nd, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hljryq4">http://tinyurl.com/hljryq4</a></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Will the Catholic Church </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Have Women Deacons?"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>August 4th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hp6t6q6">http://tinyurl.com/hp6t6q6</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana;">***</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The face is the mirror of the mind, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">and eyes </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">without speaking confess </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">the secrets of the </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">heart. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">- Saint Jerome</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I could never myself believe in God, if it </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>were </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">not for the cross. The only God I </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">believe in is </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">the One Nietzsche ridiculed </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">as 'God on the cross.' </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">In the real world </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">of pain, how could one worship </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">a God </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">who was immune to it? </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- John Stott</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>How easily we forget that the church was </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>founded by disciples who betrayed their </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>master. None was willing to stand by Jesus </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>as the religious and political authorities </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>condemned him to death. At his moment </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of greatest need, the disciples fled in the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>darkness. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The boldest of the lot, Peter, was the very </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>one who cursed and denied him three times </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>before the cock crew. It was for traitors </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>that Jesus died. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Philip Yancey</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Welcoming is not just something that </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>happens as people cross the threshold. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>It is an attitude; it is the constant openness </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of the heart; it is saying to people every </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>morning and at every moment, “come in”; </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>it is giving them space; it is listening to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>them attentively. To welcome means </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>listening a great deal to people and then </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>discerning the truth with them</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">- Jean Vanier</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>How easy it is to denounce structural injustice, <br />institutionalized violence, social sin! And it is <br />true, this sin is everywhere, but where are the <br />roots of this social sin? In the heart of every <br />human being. Present-day society is a sort of <br />anonymous world in which no one is willing to <br />admit guilt, and everyone is responsible. We </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>are </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>all sinners, and we have all contributed to <br />this massive crime and violence in our country. <br />Salvation begins with the human person, with <br />human dignity, with saving every person from </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>sin.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Óscar Romero</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The world is full of hundreds of beautiful things </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>we can never possibly have time to discover, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and there is no time to be unkind or envious or </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ungenerous, and no sense in enslaving the mind </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to the trivialities of the moment. For you can be </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>equal to the greatness of life only by marching </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>with it; not by seeking love but by giving it, nor </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>by seeking to be understood, but by learning </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to understand.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Vivienne de Watteville</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>And the selfsame well from which </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>your laughter rises was oftentimes </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>filled with your tears. And how else </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>can it be? The deeper that sorrow </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>carves into your being, the more </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>joy you can contain.…</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>When you are joyous, look deep into </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>your heart and you shall find it is only </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>that which has given you sorrow that </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>is giving you joy.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Kahlil Gibran</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Let us go forward quietly, forever making </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for the light, and lifting up our hearts in the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>knowledge that we are as others are (and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>that others are as we are), and that it is right </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to love one another in the best possible way </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>– believing all things, hoping for all things, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and enduring all things.…</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>And let us not be too troubled by our weaknesses, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for even he who has none, has one weakness, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>namely that he thinks he has none, and anyone </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>who believes himself to be so perfect or wise </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>would do well to become foolish all over again.</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">- Vincent van Gogh</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>or our loved ones are not about pretending that </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>things are other than they are. It is not about </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>patting one another on the back and turning </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the truth. It could even sometimes make things </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>it is worthwhile, because in the end only an </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>honest confrontation with reality can bring </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>real healing. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Superficial reconciliation can bring only </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>superficial healing. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Desmond Tutu</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We cling to the present out of wariness <br />of the past. And why not, after all?</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We get confused. We need such escape <br />as we can find. But there is a deeper need <br />yet, I think, and that is the need — not all <br />the time, surely, but from time to time — <br />to enter that still room within us all where <br />the past lives on as a part of the present, <br />where the dead are alive again, where we <br />are most alive ourselves to turnings and to <br />where our journeys have brought us. </strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The name of the room is Remember — the <br />room where with patience, with charity, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>with </strong><strong>quietness of heart, we remember </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>consciously </strong></span><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to remember the lives we </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">have lived.</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Frederick Buechner</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ON THIS DAY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>From the Archives of the New York Times"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Charles and Diana Wed in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> St. Paul's </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Cathedral, London"</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://wa/">http://tinyurl.com/lkgqa3a</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"England Declares War on Germany in WWI"</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/m6o3yuk">http://tinyurl.com/m6o3yuk</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>CLOSING THOUGHT - Angela Y. Davis</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I am no longer accepting the things </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I cannot change. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I am changing the things I cannot accept. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>(end)</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series begins in September</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span><br />
<br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sale books have now been secured.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning eighteen years</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been researched </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">with </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Rostad Tours of Calgary. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We have selected South Africa as our location!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We plan a seventeen-day trip that combines a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>focus on faith, culture, and nature, and it will</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">take place in October of next year.</b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cost and itinerary will be published</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> this autmn. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-64200018979710707232016-07-23T08:21:00.000-06:002016-08-01T15:57:20.285-06:00Colleagues List, July 24th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 2</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I continue to refine and reduce the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">length, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but hopefully </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for the feedback noted in this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">week's Colleague Comment section,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">below.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Special Items - this week are:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Anglican Journal column for July -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Brief Encounter" - r</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">evisiting the classic </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">film of that name from 1946 </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My worship reflection for </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sunday </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 24th, 2016 at </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>St. David's United </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Church Calgary. It is entitled:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Lost and Found"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Thoughts on 'Amazing Grace'</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- and I hope you find these helpful.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Contributions - this week are</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from: Marjorie Gibson, Mathew Zachariah,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty, Ron Rolheiser and Jim Taylor.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks to all five of you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - connect us to ten key articles</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of value that were located online this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week - reflects the insights</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of six helpful spiritual guides.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Three news stories appear from the archives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the New York Times.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>A Final Thought is shared by </strong><strong>Leo Tolstoy.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For those interested, I include information</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on our developing 2016-17 Adult Spiritual</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Development program at St.David's, Calgary.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for joining me again this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMENT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Arthur Bauer,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Pompton Plains, NJ</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 10th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Wayne and Marlene,<br /><br />Your periodic mailings are inspiring, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>interesting, </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>challenging -- just what </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>one is thankful and </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>encouraged and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>empowered by. A loud and </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>strong </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Thank You:" -- you have found your </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>vocation and serve it well. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A blessing to all your recipients.<br /><br />I write primarily to express appreciation </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>for your article:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"My Thoughts on Attending Two Family </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Nuptuals, 2010 and 2016." </b></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, July 10th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gr5dcdt">http://tinyurl.com/gr5dcdt</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Even as more LGBT "come out" and are </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>accepted </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in society, there are many of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>us not in direct contact </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>or experience </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>with the change about us. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Y</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>our </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>thoughtful and incisive stories are </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>a gift to us. </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Keep up the good work!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Art</b></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEMS</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Anglican Journal column for July:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Brief Encounter"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Revisiting the Classic Film from 1946</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jhhxvdz">http://tinyurl.com/jhhxvdz</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My Worship Reflection for</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sunday July 24th, 2016 at</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>St. David's United Church Calgary</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Lost and Found"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Thoughts on 'Amazing Grace'</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My vote for the most poignant moment </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in the presidency of American President </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Barack Obama to date occurred in June </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of last year when he gave the eulogy </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>for nine black members who were </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>massacred during a prayer meeting at </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Church in Charleston, South Carolina. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Many of you will remember seeing the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>news clip that featured the president </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>leading a largely black congregation </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in the singing of the famous gospel </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>hymn “Amazing Grace.” </b></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You will no doubt recall that two of the <br />most famous lines from that hymn are <br />these: “I once was lost but now am </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">found, was blind but now I see.” </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(You may even want to start humming </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">those lines now, and that’s OK!) </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are going to sing that hymn after </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my reflection this morning, but if you </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">would like to locate the famous Obama </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">clip and revisit my message (since we </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">don’t have projection today) just google </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Wayne Holst” and click “Colleagues List.” </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You will easily find it all online.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Video Clips of President Obama </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Leading the Eulogy at Emanuel AME Church, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Charleston SC, June 27th, 2015</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Amazing Grace" (from eulogy) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z8yhq49">http://tinyurl.com/z8yhq49</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Charleston Eulogy (complete) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/opdgg3t">http://tinyurl.com/opdgg3t</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">So today I’d like to share some of my </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>insights on the theme:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“Lost and Found – </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Thoughts on Amazing Grace”</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- in addition to commenting on Obama </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in Charleston, I would like to develop </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>some discoveries from two of today’s </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>lections (taken from the books of Hosea </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and Colossians) that John Wilkes read </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>for us earlier.</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Obama in Charleston</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Charleston was a major locus of the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>American slave trade until slavery was </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>legally abolished during the 1860s after</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>President Abraham Lincoln. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Use your imagination. Watch President </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Obama as he enters movingly into the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>eulogy. He talks about “grace” and how </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>it impacted the lives of the nine deceased; </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>then he connects to the words of that great</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>hymn so familiar to him from his youth in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the black church. Gradually, he enters into </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>his thoughts and feelings behind the words. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He is joined in typical black church antiphony </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>by members of the clergy behind him, and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the congregation before him.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I believe that this pivotal moment on video </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>speaks volumes about the president’s own </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>faith and the community that shaped it.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In spite of Harvard Law School and almost </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>eight difficult years as US president the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>meaning and message of “Amazing Grace” </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>has not left him. We glimpse at that moment </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and note how profound this biblical, Christian </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>motif </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">really is for him; as it is for so many of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">us (repeating) -</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“I once was lost, but now am found, was </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>blind, but now I see…”</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We are moved by this. You don’t have to be </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>black to identify with it it. True spiritual </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>wisdom </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">cuts across the barriers of race, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">class and </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">creed; speaking universally to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">people. It </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">spoke to those descendants of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the slave </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">markets who were members of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Charleston’s </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">AME Church, as well as to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the current </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">occupant of the White House.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It speaks to us today. We can quibble about </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>terms like “being lost in sin” or “being saved </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>by the blood of Jesus” - but the important </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>point is this. All of us have experienced what </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>it means to be lost. And happily, many of us </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>have been able to celebrate the joy of being </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>found. The words we use to describe those </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>feelings may vary, and yet the resulting </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>experience can be profound.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Lost and Found - it is one of the great themes </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of our Christian faith. No matter what spiritual </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>heritage or faith tradition we claim – the images </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of rejection and acceptance, of aimlessness and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>new focus for our lives, are known to us. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I truly believe that is what lies at the center </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of your faith. It stands at the core of this </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>congregation’s tradition and remains at the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>heart of our current life together. Let’s not </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>forget that; in spite of all the confusing talk</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>with which modern life confronts </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">us.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hosea and Colossians</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The unfaithfulness of God’s people is met </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>by the faithfulness of God. But there is a </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>price to be paid and judgment is part of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the redemptive process. That, in a nutshell, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>is the meaning of the book of Hosea - </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">biblical prophet we heard this morning </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>from our first reading. (repeat)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We don’t like the bad news. We don’t </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>appreciate it when we’re told we’re </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>wrong and need to change. Yet, Hosea </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>was very much a bad news man; even </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>as he was a good news man as well.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hosea came from Israel, and from what </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>was the northern part of the Holy </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Land </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">centered in Samaria and Galilee. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Israel had split from Judah, the southern </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>region and soon Israel was destroyed by </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>its enemies to the east, the Assyrians. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hosea was told by God that he had a </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>lesson to teach the people from all this </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>– northerners </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and southerners alike. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">To prove his point, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">God told Hosea to take </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">as his wife a sinful </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">woman, a prostitute </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">named Gomer. Just </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">as the faithful prophet </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">restored unfaithful </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Gomer by marrying </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">her and returning her </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to respectability, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">so God will renew his </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">marriage covenant </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">with God's people Israel and Judah. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A price must be paid, but through the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>struggle, forgiveness and redemption </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>would be possible. The unfaithfulness of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>God’s people is met by the faithfulness </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of God.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We may question why it is the woman, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>not the man in the story, who is declared </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>unfaithful. But I believe that if </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hosea were </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">telling this formative myth today, he </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">would </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">advocate for true gender balance and mutual</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">responsibility. In truth, and again, human </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>unfaithfulness is met by divine faithfulness.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Amazing grace is what God is about when </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>God deals with all of us - whatever our gender.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In our second reading, the book Paul wrote </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to the Christians of the early church in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Colossae (Asia Minor in modern Turkey) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the apostle writes to a community of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>people he had never met, but whom he </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>wanted to instruct in true faith.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“Rival spiritualities” within the community,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Paul believed, needed </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to be challenged </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">by </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">his faithful teachings.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Apparently many of the early members of the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Colossian church had been followers of the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>teachings of Paul – possibly through the efforts </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of some of his disciples. But the community had </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>become divided because other teachings </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(unfaithful to Paul’s original message) had </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>begun to infiltrate among the members.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Scholars today tend to be convinced that </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Colossians is one of Paul’s authentic New</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Testament </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">letters. </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">What Paul claims to be </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">“true Gospel” is, in </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">fact, real Paul. What </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Paul in this letter claims </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">are the“rival </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">spiritualities” were in competition </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">his core message. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>”Remain faithful to the truths I originally </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>shared with you,” he admonishes; “and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>don’t be misled by false teachings.” Much </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of his letter continues as a repeat of what </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">apostle wanted the church of Colossae </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">know. He wanted them to stand secure </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">“the Way of Christ” as he understood and </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>proclaimed it.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hosea and the Colossians (books of the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hebrew Bible and the New Testament) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>were separated by perhaps 800 years of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>history and considerable distance (Israel </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and Turkey). Yet one overarching theme </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>connects them. Unfaithfulness is met by </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>faithfulness. Human flaws are redeemed </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>because of the “amazing grace” of God.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sometimes we quibble over these points, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>because the world evolves and perspectives </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>change. But as its core, truth is changeless. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Our task is to distinguish between what is </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>essential and non-essential.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Concluding Thoughts</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As I reflected this week on Obama in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Charleston and on our lections for today -</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I see valuable connections </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">between </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the hymn “Amazing Grace” and </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“unfaithfulness met by faithfulness” -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in the messages of Hosea and Colossians.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>President Obama - through the use of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>a hymn greatly loved in the black church </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and beyond it - was admonishing his </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>hearers (white and non-white alike) to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>resist fear and hatred in the wake of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>tragedy and loss. He was reminding all </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of us that </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">God’s love and acceptance is </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">greater than </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">even the worst evils to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">befall and affect our lives.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Hebrew prophets like Hosea and Christian </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>apostles like Paul remind us that God’s </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>'marriage covenant' with us remains true, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>in spite of our infidelities.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“Lost and Found” is a beautiful motif, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>describing our faith. All of us, in our own </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">ways, know that we can become lost. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>But thank God that Someone is there </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>watching over us. We are not alone. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We live in God’s world.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Amen.</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Remembers Blog</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 9th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Confidence"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://wa/">http://tinyurl.com/gmkx6d6</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Mathew Zachariah</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Calgary, AB</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 11th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Israel with 450 "Christian Zealots." </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Mathew</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Harper's Magazine, July 22nd, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"My Holy Land Vacation:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Touring Israel With 450 Christian Zionists"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/goargh5">http://tinyurl.com/goargh5</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"White Protestant America"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></strong><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6pbon8">http://tinyurl.com/z6pbon8</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 12th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"'The End of White Christian America' </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> (the phrase) is Meaningless"</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hgsz3kd">http://tinyurl.com/hgsz3kd</a></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ron Rolheiser,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>San Antonio., TX</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Site</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 18th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Angels With Sicles and God's Fury"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Jim Taylor,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Okanagan, BC</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Log</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 17th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Internet Pro and Con"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ztk7avw">http://tinyurl.com/ztk7avw</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 20th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"A Handful of Theologies"</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gtoeq6w" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/gtoeq6w</a></b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BEYOND ANNE FRANK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Netherlands Tells Full Holocaust </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Story </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of How 75-80% of Dutch </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jews w</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ere Annihilated.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_192452281"><br /></a></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ja33vvz">http://tinyurl.com/ja33vvz</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ISTANBUL AND THE EMPATHY GAP</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Why More Western Concern for Paris?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Salon.com</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 3rd, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hrusoun">http://tinyurl.com/hrusoun</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">-- </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ARCHEOLOGISTS DIG UP</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PHILISTINE ARTIFACTS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Where Goliath May Have Walked</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 9th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_252358706"><br /></a></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hzfbjjg">http://tinyurl.com/hzfbjjg</a></b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BARACK OBAMA </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LINCOLNESQUE THEOLOGIAN</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Following a Heroic President</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spiritual Politics</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 13th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://wa/">http://tinyurl.com/zj9tfz7 </a></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ANGLICANS ALLOW SAME SEX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MARRIAGE AFTER VOTE MIXUP</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Canadian Church Joins Others</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CBC.ca News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 12th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zvq5vem">http://tinyurl.com/zvq5vem</a></strong></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CREMATION FOR MAR THOMA</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLERGY NOW PERMITTED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Space Limits Lead to Policy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that is Closer to Hindu Beliefs</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 19th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hrzlatp">http://tinyurl.com/hrzlatp</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A THIRD OF NICE FRANCE TRUCK </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TERROR </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">VICTIMS </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WERE MUSLIMS</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Funerals for Men, Women, Children</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 19th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h9pcvsp">http://tinyurl.com/h9pcvsp</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>GULEN REJECTS BLAME FOR </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ATTEMPTED TURKISH COUP</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Muslim Cleric Lives in US Exile</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 17th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jac9mrg">http://tinyurl.com/jac9mrg</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BREAKING THROUGH THE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CULTURE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF FEAR IN EVANGELICALISM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jd2gppf">http://tinyurl.com/jd2gppf</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Responding to the Republican Convention -</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"God Has Not Given Us a Spirit of Fear"</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sojourners Online</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 22nd, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zlrtg9r">http://tinyurl.com/zlrtg9r</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MOST AMERICAN EVANGELICALS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO VOTE REPUBLICAN, NOT TRUMP</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Pew Survey Discovers a Bi-Polarity</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Party, But No Trump Loyalty</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Christianity Today</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>July 20th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/he4f62p">http://tinyurl.com/he4f62p</a></b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>To be wealthy and honored in an </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>unjust society is a disgrace. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Confucius</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Although the world is full of suffering, <br />it is full also of the overcoming of it. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Helen Keller</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Generosity is also an act of freedom, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a casting off of the constraints of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>prudence and self-interest. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Marilynne Robinson</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>that spread in all directions. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>And each one of our thoughts, words, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and deeds is like that. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Dorothy Day</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Obviously, while I love all, I must, like Christ </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>have a special love for the poor. At the last </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>judgement, we shall all be judged by the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>treatment we have given to Christ, to Christ </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>in the person of those who are hungry or </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>thirsty, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">who are dirty, wounded, and oppressed.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Dom Helder Camara</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>most plainly evidenced in the popular belief </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that money itself has value and that the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>worth of other things or of men is somehow </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>measured in monetary terms, rather than </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the other way around. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- William Stringfellow</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I am not afraid of being thought a sentimentalist <br />when I say that I believe natural beauty has a <br />necessary place in the spiritual development of <br />an individual or a society. I believe that whenever <br />we destroy beauty, or whenever we substitute <br />something manmade and artificial for a natural <br />feature of the earth, we have retarded some <br />part of our spiritual growth.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Rachel Carson</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the Archives of the New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Spanish Civil War Begins. Franco Emerges"</span></strong><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/lg2h5xj" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/lg2h5xj</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Last Russian Czar/Family Executed by Bolsheviks"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h6nq6s9">http://tinyurl.com/h6nq6s9</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Monkey Trial Ends in Tennessee; John Scopes</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Found Guilty of Teaching Evolution"</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cnqvw">http://tinyurl.com/cnqvw</a></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT -</span></strong><b style="font-family: verdana;"> Leo Tolstoy</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Wrong does not cease to be wrong </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>because the majority share in it. </b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>***** </b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>C</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>algary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series begins in September</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span><br />
<br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sale books have now been secured.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning eighteen years</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been selected</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>with Rostad Tours. It is a seventeen-day trip</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>which will take place in October of next year.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Location, cost and itinerary will be made </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>available summer 2016. </b></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Promotion will begin </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in September. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-27538432352917218012016-07-08T11:12:00.000-06:002016-07-19T21:44:57.332-06:00Colleagues List, July 10th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XII. No. 1</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I continue to refine and reduce the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">length, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but hopefully </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is the first issue of Volume XII of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, and I continue my bi-weekly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">summer schedule.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Friend Jean Koning of Peterborough ON.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">begins this issue with a personal comment.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item this week is entitled:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"My Thoughts on Attending Two Family</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Nuptuals - 2010 and 2016." </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Our families are changing and our wedding</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>ceremonies are becoming more varied.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Lorna Dueck, Martin Marty, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">John Stackhouse,</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jim Taylor and Ron Rolheiser provide us with</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>their Colleague Contributions this week.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Ten Net Notes of particular interest are</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>offered, as well as six wisdom selections;</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and two "On This Day" historic events from </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the archives </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">of the New York Times.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Our Closing Thought is from Martin Luther</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>King Jr.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>If you are interested, our Autumn St. David's</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Adult Spiritual Development program</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>continues to build (see blog's end).</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>---</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Blessings on your days. Mine are more</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>restful because of the time of year.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Wayne</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMENT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jean Koning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Peterborough, ON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Wayne:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(At 93) I look forward to continuing </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to follow </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the Colleague’s List, which </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>remains unfailingly interesting – </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>many thanks for that!</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Blessings,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Jean.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MY THOUGHTS ON ATTENDING </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TWO </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FAMILY NUPTUALS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">2010 and 2016.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Salt Spring Island Wedding (2010)</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Colleagues List, Sept. 20th, 2010</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/huwo7kh">http://tinyurl.com/huwo7kh</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Salt Spring Island Information</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hmwatar">http://tinyurl.com/hmwatar</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Roots and Wings -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Summer Travels in Ontario and BC" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(selection)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Our visit to Salt Spring Island (BC) was prompted</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>by an invitation from Laura and Bascia to attend </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>their wedding. It would be the first time Marlene </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and I would experience the vow-sharing of two<br /> people of the same gender. Even though such </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>weddings are becoming more common and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>families are invited to attend - the experience<br /> is still a bit strange for many.<br /><br /> A whole new set of terms are required for such </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ceremonies. 'Husband' and 'wife' no longer apply, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>for example. Kissing was part of the ceremony - </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>but was there a bride? Was there a groom?... </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Well... not really.<br /><br /> Seeing two women kissing as we did takes a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>little getting used to, but we realize that is </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>essentially a matter of custom. Customs can </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and do change. We will accept that.<br /><br /> The United Church minister who married them, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Rev. Bob Pollock of Vancouver, did a fine piece </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of pastoral work - both in the preparation and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>f</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ollow-through. It was obvious that all three of<br />the key persons involved in the ceremony had </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>put much thought and spiritual devotion into </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the proceedings.<br /><br /> I think Laura and Bascia appreciated that we </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>made the effort to 'come all the way from </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary' as they said, to represent a number </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of others in our family who did not attend for </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>various reasons. Frankly, as one who has </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>married many heterosexual couples over the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>years, I felt the level of spiritual preparation<br /> and climate of this ceremony was second </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to none.<br /><br /> We were proud and happy to attend this service </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>in the back yard of a friend's house on the island, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and then to participate in the joyous reception </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that followed at the Harbour House in the town </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Ganges.<br /><br /> We love this couple and wish them well on their </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>life journey. We reflect on the experience as </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>something taking us beyond the customary; but </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>one which will no doubt become commonplace </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>for future Canadian generations.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Medicine Hat Wedding (2016)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">On Canada Day weekend this year, Marlene and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I attended the wedding of her niece Laurelle</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brown and her partner, Lucas Dupley. It took</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">place at </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church,</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>in Medicine Hat, AB. 300ks southeast of Calgary.</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z4645qk">http://tinyurl.com/z4645qk</a></strong></span><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The building was constructed more than a century</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ago in a neo-Gothic design popular at the time.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Both are Catholics, and the families had invested</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>a lot of time and energy in the church ceremony</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>as well as the related events. It had been some </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>years </b></span></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">since we last attended a Catholic wedding, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and we both </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">found this ceremony meaningful </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and renewing.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The service was conducted by the deacon of</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>St. Patrick's, the Rev. Mr. Terry Olson, who </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>reflected spiritual and human sensitivity in</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the way both the rehearsal and ceremony</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>were conducted. I would suggest that the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Catholic families involved were not particularly</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>pious, but very serious and respectful. Terry </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>helped </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to make the marriage experience deeply </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">satisfying </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for all who attended, </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">memorable.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I reflected with the deacon on the fact that</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>this was the first Catholic wedding I had</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ever attended that was conducted by a</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>married man! In the Catholic Church, deacons</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>can be married, while priests (currently)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>cannot. We talked about how Pope Francis is</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>trying to open the diaconate to women, and</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>that developments in the diaconate today</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>may indeed eventually lead to both women </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and married </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catholic priests. Diplomatically, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Terry offered </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">no opinion on the matter, but </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I expressed considerable hope</b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> concerning </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">these </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">possibilities.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The ceremony focused on promise and</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>commitment. It was helpful that the person</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>advising the young couple was able to speak</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>from his own experience as a married person.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In an age when young couples seem to try</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to compete with each other on attempts to</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">devise "creative" vows </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and marriage locations, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found it refreshing </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that this couple seemed </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">most satisfied with </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">traditional values promoted </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">through a very </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>simple </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but profound ritual, and</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">held in a traditional location. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This example, I </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thought, should give some </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pause to many of </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Protestants </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">present.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No married couples attending could experience</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this ceremony without reflecting on their</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">own marital commitments and blessings.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Marlene and I are proud to live in a country </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>where human </strong></span><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">rights are taken seriously and </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">churches/officiants are </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">willing to act on those</strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">values. Even though we </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">need to respect religious </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">differences - we are </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">happy that no particular </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">religious/moral </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">perspective is permitted to </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">control the majority.</strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></strong>
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It is a privilege for me to be part of a family</strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">that celebrates diversity and </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">individual </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">differences in a respectful way.</strong><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna Dueck</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Lorna Dueck is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Appointed CEO of Crossroads</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Communications</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing Her Influence as an</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Evangelical Voice in Canada</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 27th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zqd224z">http://tinyurl.com/zqd224z</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Chicago, IL</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Sightings</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 29th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Brexit: Convulsive In-gatherings"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcyneql">http://tinyurl.com/zcyneql</a></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcyneql">July</a> 5th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"A Holy and Small Great Synod"</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> The Orthodox Meeting in Crete</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jlsj27j">http://tinyurl.com/jlsj27j</a></b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Stackhouse Jr.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Moncton, NB</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JohnStackhouse.com</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Canada: Getting Worse and Better"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ztgpngk">http://tinyurl.com/ztgpngk</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"When Sleep Becomes a Commodity"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jm6usse">http://tinyurl.com/jm6usse</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 6th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"The Hard Choice of Forgiving"</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://wa/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/h7m9j63</a></b><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Struggling With Grandiosity"</span></strong><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><a href="http://wa/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/jbhy4gf</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">***</b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ELIE WIESEL DIES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Holocaust Survivor "Bore Witness"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times Video</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zs92z9v">http://tinyurl.com/zs92z9v</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service (via)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Conflict and Change Blog</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by David Gushee</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 5th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"What Elie Wiesel Meant to Me"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/glczjq3">http://tinyurl.com/glczjq3</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Other Tributes:</b></span><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbsx3db"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/hbsx3db</strong></span></a><br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>THE THEOLOGY OF DONALD TRUMP</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>His is a Worldview Incompatible </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>With Christianity</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>New York Times</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 5th, 2016</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zskblrm"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/zskblrm</strong></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Is Donald Trump </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> Now a Born-Again Christian?"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Religion News Service</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>June 27th, 2916</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gt8t4uv">http://tinyurl.com/gt8t4uv</a></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>UNPACKING THE TERM 'MERCY'</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Pope Francis' Favorite Word</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>America Magazine</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>July 6th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z4vs8fb">http://tinyurl.com/z4vs8fb</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW MOSQUE IN SAINT JOHN NB</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Created for Recent Syrian Refugees</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CBC.ca News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hz6x88q">http://tinyurl.com/hz6x88q</a></b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'ATHEIST' MINISTER </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DEFENDS </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HER VIEWS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Gretta Vosper</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Faces United Church Court</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CTV.ca News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 29th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z4r4mlj">http://tinyurl.com/z4r4mlj</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRINITY WESTERN LOSES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ONTARIO COURT APPEAL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Rejection of Law School Grads</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Case Likely Going to Supreme Court</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week/</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Evangelical Fellowship of Canada</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfuslr7">http://tinyurl.com/jfuslr7</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LUTHERANS AND MENNONITES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FORGING STRONGER RELATIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Closer, Practical and Grassroots</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lutheran World News, Geneva</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/grg8vhw">http://tinyurl.com/grg8vhw</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">REFUGEES ENCOUNTER THE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WORD 'WELCOME' IN CANADA</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As Nation Celebrates 149th Birthday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gqdtb4g">http://tinyurl.com/gqdtb4g</a></b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CANADIAN UNITARIANS LOSE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THEIR CHARITABLE EXEMPTION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Revenue Canada Rejects Hazy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Description of Their Mission</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CBC.ca News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">July 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ju4twv2">http://tinyurl.com/ju4twv2</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISSUES IN THE FUTURE OF</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Challenges Affecting the Movement</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Christianity Today</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>June 29th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zunm796">http://tinyurl.com/zunm796</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>***</b></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sojourners and the Bruderhof Online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Here is the mystery, the secret, one might </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>almost say the cunning, of the deep love </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of God: that it is bound to draw on to itself </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the hatred and pain and shame and anger </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and bitterness and rejection of the world, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>but to draw all those things on to itself is </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>precisely the means, chosen from all </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>eternity by the generous, loving God, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>by which to rid his world of the evils </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>which have resulted from human abuse </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of God-given freedom.</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">- N. T. Wright</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>In making a choice it is not so much </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>a question of choosing the right as of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the energy, the earnestness, the passion </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>with which one chooses. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This is how personality is consolidated. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Even if a person chooses the wrong, he </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>will nevertheless discover precisely by </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>reason of the energy with which he chose, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>that he has chosen the wrong.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Søren Kierkegaard</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>In keeping silent about evil, in burying it </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>so deep within us that no sign of it appears </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>on the surface, we are implanting it, and it </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>will rise up a thousand fold in the future. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>we are not simply protecting their trivial old age,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>from beneath new generations. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>We are a spiritually impoverished generation; </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>we search in all the places the Spirit ever flowed </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>in the hope of finding water. And that is a valid </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>impulse. For if the Spirit is living and never dies, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>it must still be present wherever it once was </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>active… </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">It is like a small but carefully tended </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">spark, ready </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">to flare, glow, and burst into flame </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">the moment it </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">feels the first enkindling breath.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">- Edith Stein</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It is not how much we are doing but </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>how </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>much love, how much honesty, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>how much </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>faith is put into doing it. </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It makes no </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>difference what we are </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>doing. What you </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>are doing, I cannot </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>do, and what I am doing, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>you cannot </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>do. Only sometimes we forget </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and we </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>spend more time looking at </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>somebody </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>else and wishing that we </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>were doing </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>something else. We waste </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>our time </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>thinking of tomorrow, and today </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>we </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>let the day pass, and yesterday is gone.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Mother Teresa</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The present form of the world passes </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">away, </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and there remains only the joy </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of having used </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>this world to establish </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>God’s rule here.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>All pomp, all triumphs, all selfish </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>capitalism, </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>all the false successes </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>life will pass with </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the world’s form. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>All of that passes away.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What does not pass away is love. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>When one has </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>turned money, property, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>work in one’s calling into </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>service of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>others, then the joy of sharing and the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>feeling that all are one’s family does </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>not pass away. </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In the evening of life </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>you will be judged on love.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Oscar Romero</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Hong Kong Reverts to Chinese Rule </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> after </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">156 Years as a British Colony"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf6xaxq">http://tinyurl.com/pf6xaxq</a></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Treaty of Versailles Signed in France, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Ending WWI"</b></span><br />
<strong> </strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zjqez6e">http://tinyurl.com/zjqez6e</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Martin Luther King Jr.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I prayed a prayer and I prayed out loud that </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>night. </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">I said, “Lord, I’m down here trying to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">do what’s right. </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">I think I’m right. I think the </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">cause we represent is right. </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">But Lord I must </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">confess that I’m weak now. I’m faltering ...</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I’m losing my courage.”</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... And it seemed at that moment that I could </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>hear an </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">inner voice saying to me, “Martin Luther, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">stand up for </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">justice, stand up for truth. And lo </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">I will be with you, </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">even to the end of the world.” </b><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series begins in September</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span><br />
<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sale books have now been secured.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning eighteen years</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been selected</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>with Rostad Tours. It is a seventeen-day trip</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>which will take place in October of next year.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Location, cost and itinerary will be made </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>available summer 2016. </b></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Promotion will begin </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in September. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-53606075667962137842016-06-24T11:23:00.001-06:002016-06-25T08:51:16.155-06:00Colleagues List, June 26th, 2016<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XI. No. 44</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to refine and reduce the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">length, but </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is the final edition of Volume XI </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List. As a bi-weekly, it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is longer than usual.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">During the past year, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have sent you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">44 issues, and my </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">average for the past </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">11 years is 46 </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(a total of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">513) editions. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Many thanks to so many of you </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for faithful </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">readership and contribution to this blog.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am encouraged to continue this ministry.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>My Special Item this week is indeed special.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I introduce a new book by colleague Reg.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Bibby of Lethbridge, AB and his associate,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Canadian pollster, Angus Reid. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The book is entitled </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">"Canada's Catholics" </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">and </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">I hope you like it.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Scroll down, past this letter to read about it.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to Jim Taylor, Ron Rolheiser and</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Martin Marty for contributing your columns.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Twelve "Net Notes" </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">appealed to me during </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">the past two weeks. </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">I share them with you, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">below.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Nine contributions appear as "Wisdom of</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">the Week."</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">The New York Times provides three historic</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">news items from the archives.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">I end this letter with a closing thought.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">If you are interested, we start to build our</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">fall adult spiritual development program</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at St. David's, Calgary </span></strong><b style="font-family: verdana;">and I invite you to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">participate with us, </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">directly or indirectly.</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For that, scroll to the end of the blog.</span></strong><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">The next issue of Colleagues List will be</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Volume XII, No. 1. It appears, July 10th</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">and we continue our summer bi-weekly</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">schedule.</span></strong><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Good wishes,</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">CANADA'S CATHOLICS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Vitality and Hope in a New Era</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">by Reginald Bibby and Angus Reid</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Novalis, Toronto, June, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">192 pages. $19.95 CAD</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-2896-88261-8.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>An essential guide to the Canadian Catholic </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Church </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">from award-winning sociologist </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Reginald Bibby and </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">well-known pollster </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Angus Reid. </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">The Catholic Church </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">in Canada </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">experienced </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">seismic shifts in the 20th </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">century.</b><br />
<br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Once a stronghold of national and provincial </b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>culture and life, the Church underwent a </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>dramatic </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">transformation, with decreased </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">participation and </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">a loss of social prominence </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">However, according to </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Bibby and Reid, there’s </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">evidence that we ought not </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">despair Rather, </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">the </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Church is in a period of major </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">transformation, </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">and there is hope. </b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Drawing from </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">a new cross-country survey </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">of </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">3,000 </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Canadians, </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Bibby and Reid offer an </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">insightful look </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">into what lay </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Catholics believe </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">and what draws </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">women and men </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">to the life </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">of the Church.</b><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Reg. Bibby Wiki Bio: </span></strong><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j8svkru">http://tinyurl.com/j8svkru</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Angus Reid Institute: </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://angusreid.org/">http://angusreid.org/</a></b></span><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Note: Bibby is Protestant by background, and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Reid is Roman Catholic. Their research synergy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">greatly enhances the quality of this book.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Authors' Words:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">(Partway through our collaboration since 2014,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Reg came up with an idea that would help us </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">make this book possible - to extend the overall</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">sample of a Canadian survey on attitudes to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">religion in this country - to include 1,000 Catholics.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">This allowed us to generate largely unprecedented</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">data on beliefs, attitudes, and practices of Catholics</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">across the country, including, of course - Quebec.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Comprehensive national survey data on Catholics</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">has been sparse, which is somewhat surprising,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">given the historical place of the (Catholic) Church</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">in Canada, especially during the country's</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">formative years...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Media reports in recent decades, for example,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">have offered at best a confusing picture of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">status of Catholicism in Canada... (some of the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">perspectives tend to portray a Church in decline,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">while others suggest a Church that is healthy,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">vigorous and confident.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Faced with this cacophony of mixed signals, and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">contradictory reports (Reg and Angus) decided to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">go straight to Catholics to get a more direct</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">reading that would help provide insight into</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">current trends and future directions.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Contrary to dominant views among social</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">scientists that religion has been experiencing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">a declining role in contemporary societies, we</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">have found precisely the opposite to be the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">case in Canada when it comes to Catholics.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Indeed, globalization and immigration have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">been bringing to our shores millions of people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">whose identities are firmly fixed by religious</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">beliefs and practices.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Surprisingly, the Catholic Church in Canada has</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">been benefiting enormously from developments</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">in the postmodern world that experts had</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>predicted would be its nemesis.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Independent of the immigration factor, we also</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>see a Catholic community that remains deeply </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>rooted in an identity that is Catholic... Catholic</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>culture, along with beliefs, practices and the</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>vital role of faith in life's key events - birth,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>marriage and death - serve to unite the 13</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>million Canadians who define themselves as</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Catholic. Our research points to considerable</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>vitality and fertile ground for creating vibrant</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Christian communities in the new millennium...</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>The spirit of the research project and this book</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>has been a full-fledged partnership... an uplifting</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>and enjoyable relationship.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Our hope is that Catholics and others will find</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>the material to be of value. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Angus and Reg in the Introduction</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Taken together, Bibby and Reid have been polling </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Canadians for three quarters of a century. That </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">means </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">they have developed a rather refined sense </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">of </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">the communities out of which we live our lives, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">what occupies our thoughts. What a formidable</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">combination on an increasingly complex topic! </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">It is surprising that the subject they </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">address in </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">this book - Canada's Catholics - has </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">received so </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">little attention over the years. Here</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">, they </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">set </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">about to rectify that deficiency.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Since Roman Catholics make up a third of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Canadian population - by far he largest single</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">religious grouping in the country - this subject </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">is </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">of considerable importance as far as faith</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">studies go. </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Their work benefits not only </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Catholics, </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">but </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">the rest of us as well.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">The strong presence of Catholics in </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Canada,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">(in terms of the total population, </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">including the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">large French-</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">speaking </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Catholic population of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Quebec) is a</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"> very </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">big factor distinguishing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">this country </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">from </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">the United States.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Protestants were the principle founders of America.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">while Catholics were the formative constituency of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Canada. Subsequent immigration has changed the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">population mix of both nations, but that important</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">distinction remains. When Canadians and Americans </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">assess </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">each other, this key reality may be forgotten.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">I would suggest that the book under consideration</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">should not only serve Canadians, but those wishing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">to gain a better understanding of Canada from an</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">international perspective. Indeed, the book is written</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">with a globalized point of view. We are a nation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">immigrants - no doubt our First Nations people as</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">well - and we are now, more than ever, a global</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">community and not simply a people with European</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">ancestry. This is reflected in our church life today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">In a true sense, the Catholic Church is positioned,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">like few others, to </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">benefit significantly </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">from our</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">global society, multi-cultural </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">in-migration, and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">the resulting Canadian population.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Stated simply, many Catholics from around the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">globe are helping to build the new Canada and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">the new church of </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">which we are all part.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>As this occurs, I am so grateful that </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Canada </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">today is a far different place, faith-wise,</b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>that it used to be. In a world where narrow</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>nativism </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">constantly raises its ugly head, we </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Canadian s</b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">have been celebrating globalized </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">religious </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>and cultural </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">diversity for almost </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">fifty years. </b><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">What benefits some of us benefits us all.</span></strong><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">When Canada's heart goes out to Muslim </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">refugees </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">and when "</b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Canada's Catholics" </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">celebrate the </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">revitalization of a Christian </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">tradition other than </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">my own - I take great </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">pride in my country. I am part of it</b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> - even </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">as I </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">must also be </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">mindful that this blessed </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">tolerant state could</b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">easily be </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">lost without </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">our vigilance.</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br />I rejoice that</b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">all non-Catholic Canadians - </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Protestants and </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">non-Christian people of </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">faith - </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">are part of a great development.</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Speaking more to this volume - I have read,</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">reviewed or introduced most of Reg Bibby's</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">books over the past 30 years (see a selected</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">list of them by clicking his Wiki bio, above).</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">I am not as familiar with Angus Reid's </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">work, </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">even though he has been a </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">household </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">name.</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">To have a Catholic and a Protestant join</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">forces to create this important study is</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">indeed fortuitous. My sense is that one</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">tends to complement the other. </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Where </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">one has lacked background, the </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">other is </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">there to fill the gap.</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">In an ever-increasing and effective way, </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Canadians </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">are able to articulate their </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">evolving </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">identity as a people. This book </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">is one more </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">building block making that </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">possible.</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">For these and many other good reasons,</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">I encourage you to secure and read this </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">book </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">and to make it part of the way you </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">understand </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Canada and religion in this </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">country.</b><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>---</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Bibby Web Page:</b></span><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jnszknw">http://tinyurl.com/jnszknw</a></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Contact Reg:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><a href="mailto:pcbooks@reginald.bibby.com">pcbooks@reginald.bibby.com</a></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="color: black;"></span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the book:</span></strong><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Amazon.ca</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gt53vvg">http://tinyurl.com/gt53vvg</a></strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Chapters.ca</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zes4q9w">http://tinyurl.com/zes4q9w</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Jim Taylor,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Okanagan, BC</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Log</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 5th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"A Uniquely Canadian Church </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Has a Birthday"</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/z7qv4ve">http://tinyurl.com/z7qv4ve</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 22nd 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Live Longer, Join a Church"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gq3snbo">http://tinyurl.com/gq3snbo</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ron Rolheiser,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>San Antonio, TX</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Site</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">June 20th, 2016</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Of Guns and Pacifism"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzsav3m">http://tinyurl.com/jzsav3m</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Martin Marty,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Chicago. Il.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sightings,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 13th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Heresy and Popes"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z7fh9cl">http://tinyurl.com/z7fh9cl</a></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 20th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Hate is Mobile"</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jx35ujn">http://tinyurl.com/jx35ujn</a></b><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">***</b><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRUMP'S MORMON PROBLEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Republican Loyalists Face Dilemma</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 13th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zsw3nah">http://tinyurl.com/zsw3nah</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">GO SLOW ON ASSISTED DYING</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">A Lesson from the Past</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">June 13th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jlw6nxu">http://tinyurl.com/jlw6nxu</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>THE GOSPEL AS A SECOND LANGUAGE</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Making our Worship Terms Relevant </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Christian Century</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 9th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h4rre9y">http://tinyurl.com/h4rre9y</a></b></span><br />
<div id="success">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span><br />
<br /></div>
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">EASTERN ORTHODOX PATRIARCHS</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">MEET IN CRETE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Focus is on the Integrity of Creation</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Oblate USA Website</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>June 17th, 2016</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jg6jxpe">http://tinyurl.com/jg6jxpe</a></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Crete Gathering Reflects </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Classic Orthodox Divisions"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BBC News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 19th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zyek842">http://tinyurl.com/zyek842</a></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Will this Orthodox Council </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> be Ecumenically Relevant?"</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sightings,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 16th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h7m4647">http://tinyurl.com/h7m4647</a></b></span><br />
<br />
--<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A BRIGHTER FUTURE </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Five Ways Education Can Help</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CBC.ca News</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>June 23rd, 2016</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z42fubj">http://tinyurl.com/z42fubj</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ONE WINNER, FOUR LOSERS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>WITH BREXIT REFERENDUM</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Vox (via Sojourners)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 24th, 2016</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zkuja6s"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/zkuja6s</strong></span></a><br />
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<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ARCTIC ANGLICANS SAY NO </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO SAME SEX MARRIAGE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Desire Church Unity, However</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Anglican Journal</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 22nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jes96sr">http://tinyurl.com/jes96sr</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">SOUTHERN BAPTISTS REPUDIATE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">THE CONFEDERATE FLAG </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Seek Racial Unity </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">After Ferguson, Charleston</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">June 14th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h956axk">http://tinyurl.com/h956axk</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">--</span><span style="color: #0066cc;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SCIENTISTS ENTER PURPORTED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TOMB OF CHRIST IN JERUSALEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Making New, Critical Assessment</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The National Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h4l3e26">http://tinyurl.com/h4l3e26</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />--</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>GREECE AND TURKEY SPAR OVER </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>RAMADAN PRAYERS IN HAGIA SOPHIA</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 14th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>http://tinyurl.com/jrexoql</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>RABBI MICHAEL LERNER SPEAKS </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">AT </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">MUHAMMAD ALI LOUISVILLE MEMORIAL</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He Shares Profound Spiritual Association</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Youtube</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 10th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hxa9fc4"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/hxa9fc4</strong></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>HARVARD ACADEMIC NOW ADMITS THAT</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>GOSPEL OF JESUS' WIFE LIKELY A FRAUD</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Karen King Had Proposed Otherwise in 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>June 20th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hoj2c4l">http://tinyurl.com/hoj2c4l</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus' Wife"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">The Atlantic Online</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> July, 2016</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/z47gzw4"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/z47gzw4</strong></span></a><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>I have so much to do that I shall </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>spend the first three hours in prayer. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Martin Luther</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>You may not control all the events that happen </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>to you, </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">but you can decide not to be reduced </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">by them. </b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Maya Angelou</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>of resentment and the handcuffs of hate.It is </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>a power that breaks the chains of bitterness </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>and the shackles of selfishness. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Corrie Ten Boom</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Sometimes you say to yourself: the fire in me </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>is going out. </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">But you were not the one who lit </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">that fire. Your faith does not </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">create God, and </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">your doubts cannot banish Him to nothingness. </b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Brother Roger of Taizé</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>I've had enough of someone else's propaganda. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>no matter who it's for or against. I'm a human being </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. </b></span><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">- Malcolm X</b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>and in sight of all. People will give their lives if </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>only the ordeal does not last long but is soon over, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>with all looking on and applauding as if on the </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>stage. </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">But active love is labor and fortitude.</b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Fyodor Dostoyevsky</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">If I am soft to myself and slide comfortably </b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>into self-pity and self-sympathy, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>if I do not by the grace of God practice fortitude, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>then I know nothing of Calvary love. If I myself </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>have “a heart at leisure from itself,” then I know </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>nothing of Calvary love.…That which I know not, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>teach Thou me, O Lord, my God.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Amy Carmichael</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Eternity is a very radical thought...</b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>and thus a matter of inwardness. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Whenever the reality of the eternal </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>is affirmed, </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>the present becomes </b></span><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">something entirely different </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">from </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">what it was apart from it. This is </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">precisely </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">why human beings fear </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">it (under the guise of fearing </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">death). </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">You often hear about particular</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">governments </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">that fear the restless </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">elements of society. I prefer to </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">say </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">that the entire age is a tyrant that </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">lives in fear </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">of the one restless </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">element: the thought of eternity. </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>It does not dare to think it. Why? </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Because it crumbles </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>under </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>– and </b></span><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">avoids like anything – </b><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">the weight </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">of inwardness.</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">- Søren Kierkegaard</b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>ON THIS DAY</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>From the archives of the New York Times -</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Hitler Gains Stunning Victory Over France in WWII"</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5uy55h2">http://tinyurl.com/5uy55h2</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Muhammad Ali Convicted in Houston for Refusing Draft"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_728922446"> </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zo2ms5w">http://tinyurl.com/zo2ms5w</a></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"UN Declaration of Human Rights is Adopted"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/83wo9bn">http://tinyurl.com/83wo9bn</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>***</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>CLOSING THOUGHT </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">- Maya Angelou</b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>You may not control all the events that happen </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>to you, </b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">but you can decide not to be reduced </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">by them. </b><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>(end)</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b>*****</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning Our Program Planning Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Autumn 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FALL 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>This series begins in September</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "Rediscovering the Bible for Today"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Book: "Reclaiming the Bible </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for a Non-Religious World</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Bishop John Spong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp">http://tinyurl.com/jfanqdp</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week introduction to the entire Bible </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with help to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">engage it meaningfully, now.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 19th - November 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Excluding Monday of Thanksgiving Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $20.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 35.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sale books have now been secured.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning eighteen years</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-fifth series of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: TBA in September</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 48 book studies since 2000:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: TBA in September, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Group Decides Theme at First Meeting</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ten sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30 AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">September 15th - November 24th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle for a 2017 Tour Continues.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Travel Destination has been selected</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>with Rostad Tours. It is a seventeen-day trip</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>which will take place in October of next year.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Location, cost and itinerary will be made </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>available summer 2016. </b></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Promotion will begin </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in September. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow these notices for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weekly updates.</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<div>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-55249628705222577372016-06-17T16:42:00.000-06:002016-06-17T22:41:44.985-06:00Colleagues List, June 19th, 2016 (Short Issue)<strong style="font-family: verdana;">Vol. XI. No. 43</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am adding this issue to my normal</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">bi-weekly Colleagues List mailings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this season, because it is current.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>My June Anglican Journal Column:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Look at the Birds in the Sky"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hjcbxqe"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/hjcbxqe</strong></span></a><br />
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***<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WISDOM OF THE WEEK</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>But ask the animals, and they will teach you; </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the birds of the air, and they will tell you; </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and the fish of the sea will declare to you. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Who among all these does not know that the hand </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> of the Lord has done this? </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In [God's] hand is the life of every living thing and </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> the breath of every human being. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Job 12:7-10</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>When all of God’s creation flourishes, </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>human beings flourish, too. </b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Karen Swallow Prior</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>***</b></span><br />
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<br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-78733876386349611852016-06-10T15:42:00.000-06:002016-06-10T15:44:21.458-06:00Colleagues List, June 12th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 42</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>---</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is the first of bi-weekly Colleagues</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">List appearances through August.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This issue begins with an article colleague</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Doug Koop wrote on medical aid in dying</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from a spiritual perspective - which is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">now very much part of his ministry in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg. His article appeared recently</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Free Press. Thanks, Doug.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My special item this week is a book notice</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">entitled: "A Light to the Nations - The</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Indian Perspective on the Ecumenical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Movement in the Twentieth Century" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and was suggested to me some months</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ago by colleague Mathew Zachariah.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks, Mathew.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor and Ron Rolhesier share</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">their recent web-columns with us.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - contains eleven links to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">stories that got my attention these</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">past two weeks.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Seven wise sayings form my current</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week selections.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Seven history-making news items</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">come to us via the New York Times.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Closing Thought - is by </strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Langston Hughes.</strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Much of this week's issue was created</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">while Marlene and I visited family in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Northern Alberta. Soon, a piece I wrote</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on birds we encountered there in all their </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">glory, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">should appear on these pages.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Have a good week!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMENT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Doug Koop,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Hi Wayne:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Winnipeg Free Press published an </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>article of mine last Thursday, discussing </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>medical aid in dying from a spiritual care </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>perspective and it's now available on my </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>friend John Longhurst's blog site. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Feel free to use in your Colleague's List </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>if it meets your criteria.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Cheers, Doug</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Time to Face the Facts of Death"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> Winnipeg Free Press</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> May 28th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jjuxxp6">http://tinyurl.com/jjuxxp6</a></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SPECIAL ITEM</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Book Notice -</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The Indian Presence in the</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ecumenical Movement in the</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Twentieth Century,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Edited by Jesudas M. Athyal</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>World Council of Churches, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Paperback. 244 pages. $32.00 CAD</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ISBN #978-2-8254-1670-9.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Publisher's Promo:</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Long needed, this volume discusses some </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of the most important people, movements </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and institutions of Indian origin that were </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>trend-setters and even decisive in the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ecumenical movement.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Profiles of the lives and especially the work </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of key leaders from the Indian subcontinent, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from V. S. Azariah at the 1910 Edinburgh </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>gathering to Ninan Koshy's leadership of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the Commission on International Affairs, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>o</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ffer insight not just to the Indian contexts </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that informed them but also the new </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>dynamics </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at work in the global movement. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>As the ecumenical movement enters its </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>second </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>century, it is plain that the role of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Indian thinkers and church persons has </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>been instrumental in decentering and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>decolonizing ecumenism, enabling the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>movement to confront and address its </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Western and colonialist roots. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>As Athyal </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>observes in his substantive and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>t</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ruly </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>informative introductory essay, it is a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>story that touches all aspects of the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>rapidly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>changing shape of world Christianity.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's Bio:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jesudas M. Athyal is Visiting Researcher at </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Boston University School of Theology, Boston, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>USA. He was earlier Associate Professor of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Social Analysis and Dalit Theology at Gurukul </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Lutheran Theological College, Chennai. India</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Introductory Words:</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It would be a great mistake to think that this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">book, which is about leaders in the church in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">India, is only for Indian Christians. Anyone</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who cares about the mission and unity of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">church will find much to reflect on in these</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">engaging studies.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In many respects, the ten individuals profiled</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in this book are very different. Some are</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Protestant, others Orthodox; some have written</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">prolifically, others very little... and yet readers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">will likely be struck by the commonalities that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">emerge from these very individual lives.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(They were all engaged locally, but they also</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">had a global vision. They were all committed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to the reformation of the Indian church as </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">well as to Indian society.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Readers will see an integration of themes -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">unity and mission, social justice and evangelism,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spirituality and social action, education and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">worship... Interfaith relations is not, for them,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">an alternative to a passionate commitment to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christ, bur an authentic expression of it... </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ecumenism in South Asia was a protest,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">initiated by Indian Christians, against </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">imported pattern of denominational</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">fragmentation and missionary paternalism...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The ecumenical movement was, and is, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">extensively </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">shaped by Indians from the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Indian sub-continent... I was continually</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">inspired by what God has done in the lives</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of leaders from another part of the church,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">even as I was helped in new ways about</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my commitment to unity and mission in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my own setting.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- Michael Kinnamon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My first encounter with South-Asian</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christians from India and Sri Lanka</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">occurred fifty years ago when I was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a fellow student with a number of them</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at the Graduate School of Ecumenical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Studies, University of Geneva, Bossey,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Switzerland.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Half a century ago I began to realize</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">some of the unique characteristics</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of these Christians who came from</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">social, political and spiritual contexts</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that differed considerably from my own.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I had been programed to think of such</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">people as some of the brightest and best</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from our "missions" in foreign lands.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Frequently, however, their responses</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to issues reflected a maturity and depth</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- borne of innate experience much older </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">nuanced than we in the "First World" -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">had ever imagined.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A book like this one confirms in many</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ways what my initial impressions told me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The first chapter outlines in a very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">comprehensive way the Indian presence</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the ecumenical movement during the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">twentieth century. The subsequent chapters</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">focus on the lives of ten Indian Christians</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who contributed significantly to the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ecumenical process. Some are better</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">known beyond India than others.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A select bibliography and notes makes it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">possible to read more deeply in areas </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">personal interest.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">An over-riding experience to be gained</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from this study is that new models and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ways of thinking about mission and unity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are available to us from insightful and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">devoted Christians who have much good</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to share about their faith from real life</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">experience. These testimonials help to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">convince me of the principle that the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">better we come to terms with our own</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">particular circumstances - wherever that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">may be - the more </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">universally applicable </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">our vision can become.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am grateful that this book was </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">recommended to me by a friend </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is a Canadian of Indian heritage.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The more I come to know him, the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">better I feel I can understand many </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">those </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who contributed to this book.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Perhaps you might discover the same.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Jim Taylor,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Okanagan, BC</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"The Internalized Ethics of Selfies"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/he9qcvm">http://tinyurl.com/he9qcvm</a></b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Collection of Books by Jim Taylor</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio,TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 6th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Sensitivity and Suffering"</span></strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jcpmwd8">http://tinyurl.com/jcpmwd8</a></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHAT MADE ALI THE GREATEST?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Sportsman and Humanitarian</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Washington Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 5th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JESUS AND THE END OF THE WORLD</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Reading the Book of Revelation </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as Redemption, not Destruction</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ELIZABETH II - DEFENDER OF FAITH</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">At Ninety, The Queen Remains a Believer</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Tablet</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 9th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DR. MAYA ANGELOU ON WRITING AND LIFE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Series of Video Reflections by the Author</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Englewood Review of Books</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 27th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SOUTHERN BAPTISTS DOWN, ASSEMBLIES UP</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">American Church Statistical Update for 2015</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 7th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>PAPAL INFALLIBILITY - </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WE NEED ANOTHER TERM</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Continuing Long-Standing </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Views of Hans Kung</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Sightings</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>June 2nd, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hjgznoe">http://tinyurl.com/hjgznoe</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EVANGELICALS MUST NOT BEAR</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE MARK OF TRUMP</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Take a Stand for Justice"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Washington Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j9glnhq">http://tinyurl.com/j9glnhq</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MENNONITES COMING APART</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OVER SEXUALITY ISSUES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Traditional Churches of Peace</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 9th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gm8cnzx">http://tinyurl.com/gm8cnzx</a></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LEADERSHIP - </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHAT ONLY THE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHOLE CHURCH CAN DO</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Reflections by Stanley Hauerwas (video)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Alban Leadership Archives</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>December 21st, 2009</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h875bjw">http://tinyurl.com/h875bjw</a></b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">VIETNAMESE-CANADIAN PRIEST</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NAMED CATHOLIC BISHOP IN CANADA</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Arrived as a Boat Person</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">June 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1907066101"><br /></a></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zoja6wm">http://tinyurl.com/zoja6wm</a></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GERMANY RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AND TURKEY IS FURIOUS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Vox World</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>June 2nd, 2016</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfrzq7j">http://tinyurl.com/jfrzq7j</a></b><br />
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***<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The conditions are always impossible. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Doris Lessing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>direction. You just align with it.' </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>And that really won't do. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- Archbishop Rowan Williams</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is most </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>plainly </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">evidenced in the popular belief that money </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">itself has </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">value and that the worth of other things </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">or of men is </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">somehow measured in monetary terms, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">rather than </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">the other way around.</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>- William Stringfellow</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>--</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Be gentle-minded, for those of a gentle </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>mind shall possess the earth. Be patient </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and have a loving heart. Be guileless. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Be quiet and good, trembling in all things </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at the words you have heard. You shall not </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>exalt yourself or allow your heart to be bold </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and presumptuous. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Your heart shall not cling to the high and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>mighty, but turn to the good and humble </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>folk. Accept as good whatever happens to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>you or affects you, knowing that nothing </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>happens without God.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- The Didache</strong></span><br />
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--<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Faith is what you have in the absence of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>knowledge…and that absence doesn’t </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>bother me because I have got, over the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>years, a sense of the immense sweep of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>creation, of the evolutionary process in </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>everything, of how incomprehensible God </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>must necessarily be to be the God of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>heaven and earth. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>You can’t fit the Almighty into your </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>intellectual categories. </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>If you want <br />your faith, you have to work for it. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It is a gift, but for very few is it a gift </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>given without any demand for time <br />devoted to its cultivation.…</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It’s there, even when he can’t see it or </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>feel it, if he wants it to be there.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Flannery O’Connor</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The church is never true to itself when it is <br />living for itself, for if it is chiefly concerned <br />with saving its own life, it will lose it.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The nature of the church is such that it </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">must always be engaged in finding new </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ways by which to transcend itself. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Its </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">main responsibility is always outside </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">its </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">own walls in the redemption of common </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">life. That is why we call it a redemptive <br />society. There are many kinds of religion, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but redemptive religion, from the Christian </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">point of view, is always that in which we </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are spent on those areas of existence that </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are located beyond ourselves and our own </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">borders.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>- </strong><strong>Elton Trueblood</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was invited to visit a friend who was </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>very sick...</b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">When I came to him, he said </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to me, “Henri, here </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I am lying in this bed, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and I don’t even know how </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to think about </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">being sick. My whole way of thinking </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">about </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">myself is in terms of action, in terms of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">doing </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">things for people. My life is valuable </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">because I’ve </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">been able to do many things </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">for many people. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>And suddenly, here I am, passive, and I </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>can’t do </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">anything anymore.” As we talked </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I realized that he </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and many others were </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">constantly thinking, “How </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">much can I still </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">do?” Somehow this man had </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">learned to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">think about himself as a man who </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">was </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">worth only what he was doing. And so </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>when he got sick, his hope seemed to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>rest </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">on the idea that he might get better </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and return </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to what he had been doing. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">If the spirit of this</b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">man was dependent </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">on how much he would still </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">be able to do, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">what did I have to say to him?</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Henri J. M. Nouwen</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Vatican City Comes into Existence as a State"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mxxlttr">http://tinyurl.com/mxxlttr</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Allies Launch D-Day Invasion of Normandy"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/k8vw3">http://tinyurl.com/k8vw3</a></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"RFK Shot and Mortally Wounded in LA"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nwzs76e">http://tinyurl.com/nwzs76e</a></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Chinese Troops Crush Pro-Democracy</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> Demonstrators in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tiananmen Square</span>"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ez8r32">http://tinyurl.com/6ez8r32</a></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Helen Keller Dies in Westport CT"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/kfrzxa6">http://tinyurl.com/kfrzxa6</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Elizabeth II Crowned Queen in Westminster"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><strong> </strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/qhjvye">http://tinyurl.com/qhjvye</a></strong></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Six Day War Ends Between Israel and Syria"</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kf3fxqh">http://tinyurl.com/kf3fxqh</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - </strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Langston Hughes</strong></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Hold fast to dreams,<br />For if dreams die<br />Life is a broken-winged bird,<br />That cannot fly.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year - </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adult Spiritual Development/A</strong></span><strong>CTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Travel Destination to be determined in June</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and promotion will begin in September.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: monospace; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span><br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-7293024579206923922016-06-03T15:00:00.001-06:002016-06-03T15:00:24.424-06:00Colleagues List, June 5th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 41</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Now that June has arrived, I move into</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>a bi-weekly schedule for the mailing of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Colleagues List.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The next full issue will appear next week,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>June 12th, and every other week through</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the end of August.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Wayne</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>---</strong></span>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-39276211199249231822016-05-27T15:04:00.000-06:002016-06-02T20:26:43.698-06:00Colleagues List, May 29th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 40</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>My first feature in this issue of Colleagues</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>List is a poem written by Sarah Lukan</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Slave Lake, Northern Alberta. It is</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>dedicated to her husband Ronnie - one</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of the "first responder firefighters" when</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the Fort McMurray conflagration first began</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>some weeks ago. It is a joy to </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">be able to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">present two of our family members</b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> here.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>You may recall that I mention I </strong></span><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">interviewed </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah for an Anglican Journal </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">column entitled </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">"Armageddon" which </strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>appeared </strong></span><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in Colleagues </strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">List last week:</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jez349x">http://tinyurl.com/jez349x</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sarah's poem, for which we thank her,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is entitled:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"To All of Our First Responders</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> To the Fort McMurray Wildfires"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hr4rhep">http://tinyurl.com/hr4rhep</a></span></strong><br />
<strong style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Please scroll past this letter to read </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">remainder of this issue.</b><br />
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--<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My Special Item this week is a book notice</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>on the theme of:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Jacques Ellul: Essential Spiritual Writings"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I hope you find this piece worthwhile.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Colleague Contributions this week are from</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Martin Marty, Ron Rolheiser and Jim Taylor -</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>three of our regulars.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Net Notes is a selection of ten special articles</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>that caught my eye on the World Wide Web</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>this week.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Wisdom of the Week gives insights from</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>six spiritual guides to help us on our way.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The archives of the New York Times provide</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>two historic events reported in that paper.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Closing Thought - is from Nelson Mandela.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Thanks for joining me again - or for the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>first time - this week. I hope you return.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Wayne</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>***</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>SPECIAL ITEM</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JACQUES ELLUL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Essential Spiritual Writings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Selected, with an Introduction</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jacob E. Van Vleet</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">2016. 183 pp. $32.00 CAD </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">$22.00 US, Kindle $12.21 CAD.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-1-62698-183-6.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Thomas Merton is one of many who were </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>deeply </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">influenced by the work of Jacques </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Ellul (1912-1994), </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">a French philosopher </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">and lay theologian. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>A remarkable thinker and prophet of the 20th </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>century, he wrote over fifty titles on a range </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>topics: </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">law, history, sociology, theology, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">even </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">poetry. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">"</b><b style="font-family: verdana;">Jacques Ellul: Essential Spiritual Writings" </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">is the </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">first anthology of his work and provides </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">an ideal </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">work for those encountering Ellul for </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">the first time </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">as well as those already familiar </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">with his thought. </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">Throughout his writings Ellul </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">spoke out against the </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">"idols and myths" of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">the modern age, including </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">technology, politics, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">materialism, and violence. </b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>His prophetic critique of modern civilization </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>won </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">an appreciative audience far beyond </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Christian </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">circles. Yet this was only one half </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">of a project </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">that drew deeply on his Christian </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">faith. For nearly </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">every sociological book he </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">wrote, Ellul would write </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">a theological or </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">spiritual counterpart. And yet this </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">other </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">half of his work has received relatively </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>little </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">attention. This volume corrects the </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">balance, </b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>highlighting spiritual gems on </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>prayer, hope, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">and </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">universal salvation. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">His call to reject the</b><b style="font-family: verdana;"> worship </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">of the state </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">and to embrace nonviolent </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">activism </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">has an </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">abiding relevance and urgency, </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">particularly </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">in these times of protracted war </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">and violence, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">gaping economic inequality, </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">and enormous </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">suffering.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Introduction:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jacob E. Van Vleet is a lecturer in humanities </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and philosophy at Diablo Valley College, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Pleasant Hill, CA, and serves on the Board</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of Directors of the International Jacques Ellul </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Society. He is author of Dialectical Theology </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">and Jacques Ellul (Fortress Press, 2014)</b><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Subject's Bio:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jacques Ellul was a French philosopher, law </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>professor, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">sociologist, lay theologian, and </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Christian anarchist. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Ellul was a longtime Professor of History and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Sociology of Institutions on the Faculty </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Law and </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">Economic Sciences at the University </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">of Bordeaux.</b><b style="font-family: verdana;"> A prolific writer, he authored 58 </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">books and more </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">than a thousand articles over </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">his lifetime, many </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">of which discussed topics </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">like </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">propaganda, the impact of </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">technology on </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">society, and the interaction between </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">religion </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">and politics. The dominant theme of his work </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>proved to be the threat to human freedom and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>religion </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">created by modern technology. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Among his most </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">influential books are -- </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">"The Technological Society" and </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>"Propaganda:The Formation of Men's Attitudes"</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's Words:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Many </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">leading thinkers have been </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">influenced </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jacques Ellul. From Christians </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to atheists, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">anarchists to politicians, artists </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to activists,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the array includes such figures </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as: </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">William </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Stringfellow, John Howard Yoder, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ivan Illich, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ursula Franklin and others...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">While some of these names may at first seem</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">surprising, together they signal Ellul's truly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dialectical and interdisciplinary world view</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">which is embodied in his own canon...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Of the over fifty books he wrote in his</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">lifetime, most were either sociological or</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">theological. Ellul referred to these as "two</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">rails of a train track," both moving in the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">same direction but separate and distinct.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For nearly every sociological book he</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">wrote, Ellul would write a theological or</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual counterpart...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">While acknowledgment of this contrast</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is vital to understanding Ellul, this book</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is a compilation of writings from his</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual side. Rich with uncommon and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">remarkable wisdom, this portion of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ellul's volumes is undeniably timeless;</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">yet is especially apt in today's landscape.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Of course, this collection is by no means</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">exhaustive, but its selections reflect</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ellul's essential and imperative message:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">one of profound spiritual observation</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and ultimately of hope...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ellul was involved in the French Reformed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Church to a greater or lesser degree</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">throughout his life. Early on, Ellul was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">active in local Reformed organizations</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and societies. In the late 1960's, however,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he became increasingly skeptical of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">anything institutional, including any</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">denominational churches and other </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">establishments. This attitude primarily </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">grew from Ellul's distaste of modern</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">politics, which he believed to be mirrored</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in many religious institutions.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">One of the last straws came in 1973 when</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ellul campaigned for the French Reformed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Church to encourage and support those</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who were conscientious objectors and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">promote a complete rejection of military</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">power and control. Ellul's proposition was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">refused, confirming his conviction that the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">church was no longer motivated by the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">authentic gospel, but rather by its own</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">political interests.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Though Ellul was skeptical and critical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of institutional Christianity, he was a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">strong advocate of personal and group </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bible studies </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and home churches... </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ellul believed that </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a more genuine and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">personal type of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity could be </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">embraced and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">propagated in this way: </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">an organic and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">grassroots community </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of faith, rather </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">than hierarchical, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">top-down religion...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Ellul was strongly influenced by the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Danish philosopher S. Kierkegaard and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Swiss-German theologian K. Barth.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Though he remained within the French</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Reformed tradition, Ellul was not confined</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to it. He was influenced quite strongly by</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian existentialism and a theology</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">committed to the "wholly otherness" of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">God which the organized church could</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not contain or control. He also believed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in living </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">out one's faith as the "presence </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">God's kingdom here on earth.")...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(I have collected many of Ellul's key </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">theological </span></strong><b style="font-family: verdana;">tenets for presentation in </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">this book, and </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">not his sociological or </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">political writings.)</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana;">- from the Introduction</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To engage the thought of Jacques Ellul</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">today is to take me back fifty years when</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I first studied him during my 1960's </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">seminary days and graduate studies.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fortunately, I spent some very productive </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">time </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>at </b></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Graduate School of Ecumenical</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Studies (located near Geneva, in Bossey, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Switzerland) sponsored </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">by the World </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Council of Churches.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>(By the way, Bossey is about to celebrate</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>its seventieth anniversary in 2017 and it </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>has d</b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">istinguished itself in the training of</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">ecumenical </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">leaders for the world church).</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>An emerging reality during my time at</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Bossey was "secularization." We were</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>on the cutting edge of trying to come </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">to terms </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">with a significant, long-term </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">development </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">in the history of religion </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">that </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">continues </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">to strongly influence the </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">churches and </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">faith traditions into our </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">own </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">times.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jacques Ellul was a natural guest of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the WCC and its assembly planners</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>in those days, but illness prevented him</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>from attending a speaking engagement</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>with our student </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">body while I was there.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">We did, however, hear lectures about</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">him and read his books. Ellul continued</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">to teach and write into the 1980's and</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">I followed his thought well into my</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">early career. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Van Vleet collects his material around </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>half a dozen central themes of Ellul's</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>thought - God and Jesus; the Role of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the Christian; Myths, Idols and the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Demonic; Christian Ethics; the Dialectic</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of Christian Realism; and the New City</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and Universal Salvation.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>These themes became the life-long</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>scholarship of many modern theologians</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>who continue influencing contemporary </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>theology and spirituality.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Reading these selections will serve as</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>a worthy reminder for those who first</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>knew Ellul as a contemporary, or for</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>those who now read him in historical</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>perspective. For all of us, it is helpful</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to learn that visionaries like Ellul were</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>seminal advocates for both the classic</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>biblical/theological tradition of the</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>church and some directions that Christian</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>thought needed to take into the future.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I am grateful that Orbis Books, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Jacob E. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">Van Vleet </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">and </b><b style="font-family: verdana;">colleague Robert Ellsberg, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">the Orbis editorial director, have made</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana;">this book available to a wide readership.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>NET NOTES</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CHINA'S DECAPITATED CHURCHES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Move to Control Christian Growth</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>AN EARLY ASSESSMENT </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>OF OBAMA PRESIDENCY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Pluses and Minuses of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Leading in the Real World</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(American Jesuit Perspective)</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>America Magazine</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>June 6th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>RICHARD DAWKINS </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>REFLECTS ON HIS LEGACY<br />Global Influence has </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Positives to Contribute</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Higher Education<br />May 25th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE LEARNING OF </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"From Where I Stand" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Column by Joan Chittister</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Catholic Reporter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 25th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">POPE FRANCIS HOLDS TALKS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WITH SUNNI ISLAM LEADER</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Breakthrough Development</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 23rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>PEOPLE OF NO RELIGION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>OUTNUMBER CHRISTIANS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In England/Wales Survey</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Guardian, UK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 23rd, 2016</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ENGAGING THE SPIRITUAL </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WITHOUT FORGIVENESS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Encountering Those Who </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Reject Classic Christian Themes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>EXPLAINED: TRUMP'S UNLIKELY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>SUPPORT FROM WHITE EVANGELICALS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sightings,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 26th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>TUTU'S DAUGHTER MARRIES WOMAN, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>QUITS SA ANGLICAN PRIESTHOOD</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Church Don't Accept SSM for Priests</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Religion News Service</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 24th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMONG NEW SEMINARY GRADUATES -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A CROP OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Face of Ministry Continues to Evolve</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 26th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>WISDOM OF THE WEEK</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>There are two ways to get enough. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>One is to continue to accumulate </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>more and more. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The other is to desire less. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- G.K. Chesterton</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>You, eternal Trinity, are a deep sea. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The more I enter you, the more I discover, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and the more I discover, the more I seek you. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- St. Catherine of Siena</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>brothers and sisters? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- John Chrysostom</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adoration, as it more deeply possesses us, <br />inevitably leads on to self-offering. Charity <br />is the live wire along which the power of God,<br />indwelling our finite spirits, can and does act <br />on other souls and other things, rescuing, <br />healing, giving support and light. Such <br />secret intercessory prayer ought to penetrate<br />and accompany all our active work. It is the <br />supreme expression of the spiritual life on earth. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Evelyn Underhill</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We have to cross the infinite thickness </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of time and space – and God has to do it </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>first, because he comes to us first. Of the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>links between God and man, love is the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>greatest. It is as great as the distance to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>be crossed. So that the love may be as </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>great as possible, the distance is as great </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>as possible. That is why evil can extend to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the extreme limit beyond which the very </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>possibility of good disappears. Evil is </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>permitted to touch this limit. It sometimes </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>seems as though it overpassed it.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Simone Weil</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Our faith begins at the point where atheists </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>suppose it must be at an end. Our faith begins </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>with the bleakness and power which is the night </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of the cross, abandonment, temptation, and doubt </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>about everything that exists! Our faith must be </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>born where it is abandoned by all tangible reality; </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>it must be born of nothingness, it must taste this</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>nothingness and be given it to taste in a way </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>that no philosophy of nihilism can imagine.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- H. J. Iwand</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ON THIS DAY</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>From the Archives of the New York Times:</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"John T. Scopes Indicted in Tennessee </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> for Teaching Evolution"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2dh5qkl">http://tinyurl.com/2dh5qkl</a></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"India's First Prime Minister, </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jawaharlal Nehru</b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">, died"</b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT - </span></strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Nelson Mandela</strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>There is a universal respect and even admiration<br />for those who are humble and simple by nature,<br />and who have absolute confidence in all human<br />beings irrespective of their social status.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year - </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adult Spiritual Development/A</strong></span><strong>CTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Travel Destination to be determined in June.</span></strong><br />
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<br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-61190051962649555082016-05-21T08:20:00.001-06:002016-05-21T08:23:35.003-06:00Colleaguea List, May 22nd, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 39</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A number of presentations in this issue</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Colleagues List focus on learning from</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the Northern Alberta wildfires - made</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>particularly significant because of the</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>recent and continuing Fort McMurray</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>conflagration</strong></span><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">.</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I begin this CL issue with a personal </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>reflection on the </strong></span><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">theme of "Armageddon" </strong><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">- </strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">my May Anglican Journal column</strong><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">.</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Please scroll down, past this letter, to</strong></span><br />
<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">read that piece, and related themes</strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ron Rolheiser and Jim Taylor share a</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>number of articles, and there are ten</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>topics for your consideration under my</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>weekly Net Notes category. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Seven wisdom pieces, including the</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>closing thought, appear at blogsend.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Consider four special historical events</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>published under: "On This Day."</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>And have a good read!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for considering Colleagues List </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this week. </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you visit again, soon.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wayne</b><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">---</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SPECIAL ITEM</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>My Anglican Journal column for May:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ARMAGEDDON</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Insights from the Fort McMurray Fires</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcf4t7e">http://tinyurl.com/zcf4t7e</a></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"As World Warms, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Wildfires to Grow Worse in Canada"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Weather Network</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 18th, 2016</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zu8zjzk">http://tinyurl.com/zu8zjzk</a></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">***</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Youth Today - Who are They Really?"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h33o4yf">http://tinyurl.com/h33o4yf</a></strong></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Jim Taylor,</b><br />
<div id="success">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Okanagan,BC</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Personal Web Log</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 15th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Failing to Rein In Our Reptile Brain"</b></span><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/jhmy7yw" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">http://tinyurl.com/jhmy7yw</a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>May 18th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Ten Commandments for Today"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jdyd687">http://tinyurl.com/jdyd687</a></strong></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">***</b></div>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NET NOTES</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>INDIGENOUS SUICIDE SPIKE</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Native Communities Suffering</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>America Magazine,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 23rd, 2016</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z64dm4w">http://tinyurl.com/z64dm4w</a></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>TRANSGENDER CANADIANS PROTECTED</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>New Government Bill Provides Support</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CBC.ca News</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 17th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gm6hy6v">http://tinyurl.com/gm6hy6v</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>THE MYTH OF THE SECULAR APOCALYPSE</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Biblical Basis for Non-Biblical Narratives</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Christianity Today</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 13th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hkbaeyq">http://tinyurl.com/hkbaeyq</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">HERE IS WHY I HAVE A REASON TO HOPE</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I Have Faith in Tomorrow's Leaders</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>(by Jim Wallis)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Sojourners</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 20th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hnkfemk">http://tinyurl.com/hnkfemk</a></b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">MAJOR ARCHEOLOGY FINDS IN TURKEY</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>New Sites in Istanbul and Cappadocia</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Christian Post</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My 18th, 2016</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hex8k62">http://tinyurl.com/hex8k62</a></b><br />
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--<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>HENRI NOUWEN'S GIFT TO ANNE LAMOTT</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Author Tells of His Special Contribution</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Anglican Journal</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 19th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h3meb4s">http://tinyurl.com/h3meb4s</a></b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FORT MAC EVACUEE</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>From the Perspective of a 13 Year Old</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CBC.ca News</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 15th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h3kudnp">http://tinyurl.com/h3kudnp</a></b><br />
<br />
--<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">WHAT HAPPENED TO THE </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">(US) </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">RELIGIOUS RIGHT?</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Is it Imploding?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The Christian Century</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 4th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jeaw2d9">http://tinyurl.com/jeaw2d9</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>TO GOOD PEOPLE?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Classic Spiritual Question </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Still Unnerves Us</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Christian Week Online</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 15th, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h76o5ua">http://tinyurl.com/h76o5ua</a></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>SYKES-PICOT AND THE MAKING</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>OF THE MODERN MIDDLE-EAST</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Western Colonialism's Mistakes</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Considered After 100 Years</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>America Magazine</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>May 17th, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jshnkyn">http://tinyurl.com/jshnkyn</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">***</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Love is an act of endless forgiveness. </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">- Jean Vanier</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">--</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Never be afraid to trust an unknown future </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>to a known God. </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">- Corrie Ten Boom</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>You can't separate peace from freedom, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>because no one can be at peace unless </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>he has his freedom.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Malcolm X</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The opposite of poverty is not wealth. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In too many places, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the opposite of </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">poverty </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">is justice. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">- Bryan Stevenson</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It is possible even in the contradictions </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and confusions of this life to keep the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>center of your being calm and undisturbed. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It is possible even in this life to go through </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>one hellish situation after another with </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>strength and confidence of spirit. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It is possible to endure physical pain </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>and suffering while the mind and heart </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>are filled with peace and joy. That’s what </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I mean by being in paradise even while </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>you are still part of this earthly scene of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>chance and change.</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">- Howard Hageman</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Use what little obedience you are capable </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">even if it be like a grain of mustard seed. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Begin where you are. Live this present </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>moment, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">this present hour as you now sit </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in your seats, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in utter, utter submission </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and openness toward </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">God. Listen outwardly </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">to these words, but within, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">behind the scenes, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">in the deeper levels of your </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">lives where you </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">are all alone with God the Loving </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Eternal One, </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">keep up a silent prayer, “Open Thou </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">my life. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Guide my thoughts where I dare not let </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">them </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">go. But Thou darest. Thy will be done."</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">- Thomas R. Kelly</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">***</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ON THIS DAY</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the archives of the New York Times:</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Independent State of Israel Proclaimed"</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/a4eqxjm">http://tinyurl.com/a4eqxjm</a></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Mount St. Helens Erupts in Washington State"</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/bfyhulx"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/bfyhulx</strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> "T.E. 'Lawrence of Arabia' Dies in English Cycle Crash"</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>"Charles A. Lindbergh's First Solo Flight Across Atlantic"</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CLOSING THOUGHT - Rachel Naomi Remen</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is often more wisdom to be found at the <br />edges of life than in its middle.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life-threatening illness may shuffle our values<br />like a deck of cards. Sometimes a card that has <br />been on the bottom of the deck for most of our <br />lives turns out to be the top card, the thing that <br />really matters. Having watched people sort their <br />cards and play their hands in the presence of <br />death for many years, I would say that rarely<br />is the top card perfection, or possessions, or <br />even pride. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most often the top card is love.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(end)</b><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year - </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adult Spiritual Development/A</strong></span><strong>CTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON,</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-62581741246545891252016-05-14T08:37:00.000-06:002016-05-18T11:16:39.345-06:00Colleagues List, May 15th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 38</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This issue contains good commentary on</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Fort McMurray fire. I hope to share some</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of my own reflections with you next week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in a column I wrote for the Anglican Journal.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This week's issue continues to provide feedback</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on my upgraded blog and I thank those who</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">continue to share their thoughts.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please scroll past this letter to read these</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">comments and the following items:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item - this week is a book notice </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on a new volume by Matthew Fox entitled:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spirituality Journey" which I appreciate, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and hope </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">you will too.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues contribute four special pieces -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">so please read what Lorna, Jim, Ron and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marty </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have to say this week.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I include 11 Net Notes from the world-wide</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is followed by seven wisdom statements,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">five historical notices from the archives of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the New York Times, and a closing comment.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks again for joining me this week - along </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">1,100 others who visited Colleagues</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">List this </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">past seven days.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Schroeders,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 6th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Wayne,
</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>You've set lofty goals for yourself ... </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and our sense is that you're </strong></span><br />
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succeeding!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks again for stimulating and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>provoking </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>all of us 'colleagues.'</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Elfrieda and Hardy </strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Pat Cashion,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Re: Colleagues List, May 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks Wayne.<br /><br />An interesting and thought-</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>provoking </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>collection, as
always.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Funnily enough, my lousy typing </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>corrected </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>my attempt to type </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
'interesting' to say </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>'intersecting' </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>instead. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A moment of grace, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I think, as all </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
t</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>he </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>different things we hear </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>need </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to intersect </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>s</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>omehow in our minds </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and more
importantly </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>our spirits, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>i</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>t seems to me.<br /><br />Pat </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SPECIAL ITEM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A WAY TO GOD</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thomas Merton's</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Creation Spirituality Journey</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Matthew Fox</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New World Library</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Release date Canada - May 20, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Paper. 308 pp. $27.00CAD $18.95US</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-1-60868-420-5.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>This powerful book was prompted by an </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>invitation Matthew Fox received to speak </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>on the centennial of Thomas Merton’s birth. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Fox says that much of the trouble he’s </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>gotten </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>into — such as being expelled from </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the Dominican Order in 1993, after thirty-</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>four years, by Cardinal Ratzinger (who later</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>became Pope Benedict) — was because of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Merton, who prompted Fox to attend the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Institut Catholique in Paris to undertake </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a doctoral program in spirituality. <br /><br /> Fox reimmersed himself in Merton’s journals, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>poetry, and religious writings, finding that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Merton’s marriage of my</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>sticism and prophecy, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>contemplation and action closely paralleled </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>mystic </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>who inspired Fox’s own Creation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Spirituality. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In <i>A Way to God</i>, Fox explores Merton’s </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>pioneering work in interfaith, his essential </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>teachings on mixing contemplation and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>action, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and how the vision of Meister Eckhart </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>profoundly i</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>nfluenced Merton in what Fox </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>calls </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>his Creation </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Spirituality journey.<br /><br /><i>A Way to God</i> creates a methodology for </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>understanding the vast contributions that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Merton made to the history of spirituality. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Readers will rediscover both the beauty </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>depth </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Merton’s thinking and his </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>pioneering work </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>in bridging the religions, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as well as discover </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a new dimension to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Merton: his journey as </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a Creation </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Spirituality pilgrim.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thomas Merton Wiki Bio:</span></strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Merton"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Merton</strong></span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Author's Words:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The publisher's interview summarized -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Merton was influential in my early vocation.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I read his autobiography when I was 16; and it </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was he that recommended I take doctoral studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in Paris in 1967. Last year, I was asked to do a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">presentation about Merton for a centennial</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">celebration of his birth and, while preparing it,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I discovered how we had traveled a quite similar </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">journey to creation spirituality.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Creation Spirituality is both a tradition and a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">movement, celebrated by mystics and agents of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">social change from every age and culture. It is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the oldest tradition in the Bible ("J" source) and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">also the tradition of the historical Jesus. Creation</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spirituality integrates the wisdom of Eastern and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Western Spirituality and global indigenous cultures,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with the emerging scientific understanding of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">universe and the passion of creativity...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Merton told me that people today are looking for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"the way to God" and that is why spirituality is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">so important - Merton discovered this in his own</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">journey and I did in my theological studies, and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">teaching, writing and activism...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">There are four paths of Creation Spirituality </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">through which to view Merton -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Via Positiva is the path of delight, joy, awe,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">wonder "astonishment".</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Via Negativa is the path of Silence and the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">emptying of the mind; and also of grief, suffering</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and nothingness...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Via Creativa is the experience of God through</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">creativity and The Via Transformativa is experiencing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">God via justice-making and compassion...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Merton is still widely respected today because of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">how he spoke out in his own time (the 1950s-60s)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">when it counted; about science, religion and social</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">justice - from a deeply contemplative practice and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spirit. Pope Francis spoke of Merton recently when</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he visited America. This too was a recognition of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Merton's continuing relevance...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Young people are interested in Merton today. They</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">relate to his commitments to social and eco-justice </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as well as </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">activism.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Author's (brief Wiki) Bio:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Matthew Fox (born Timothy James Fox in 1940) </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is an American priest and theologian. </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> Formerly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a member of the Dominican Order within the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Roman Catholic Church,</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> he became a member </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the Episcopal</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> Church (USA) following his expulsion </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from the order in 1993. Fox was an early and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>influential exponent of a movement that came to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>be known as Creation Spirituality. The movement </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>draws inspiration from the mystical philosophies </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of such medieval Catholic visionaries as Hildegard </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of </strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bingen, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Francis of Assisi,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Julian of Norwich, Dante Alighieri, Meister Eckhart</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Nicholas of Cusa,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> as well as the wisdom </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">traditions </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the Christian scriptures. Creation </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spirituality is also </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">strongly aligned with ecological </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and environmental </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">movements of the late 20th </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">century and embraces </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">numerous spiritual traditions </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">around the world, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">including Buddhism, Judaism, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sufism, and Native </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">American spirituality, with a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">focus </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on "deep ecumenism."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">See also:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://www.matthewfox.org/">http://www.matthewfox.org</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Matthew Fox emerged during the 1970s/80s as </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a creative thinking advocate of what would come</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be known as </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"creation-centered spirituality."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">His new focus on the classic spiritual themes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the "Four Vias" became well-known, and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">particularly because he started his reflections</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with "Via Creativa" and not "Via Negativa" -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">implying a humanity focused on its "goodness"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and not its "evil" and "guilt."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I remember when the value of that insight</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">first struck me, and it has continued to guide</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my spiritual quest ever since.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Many spiritual seekers today tend to ignore</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">completely the "negativa" part, and Fox</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">may well be to blame for some of that. But</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">it must be maintained that "evil" and "guilt"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">were always part of Fox's formula.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fox helped many people in our world to rejoice</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the fact that God created humans as good.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They were not "born in sin" as the liturgies of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the churches had so often emphasised.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fox was outspoken in his views, and he didn't</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hesitate to criticize his own Roman Catholicism,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">including his Dominican Order, more than 25</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">years ago. It would not be hard to demonstrate</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that, in an era of more conservative popes,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he brought rejection from his church upon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">himself. While other creative Catholic thinkers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">would have toned down their rhetoric to remain</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">within their faith community, Fox did not.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He has continued to write and press the envelope</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of creation-based spirituality </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">during the last </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">decades as an Episcopalian priest, based in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">California, a heartland of spiritual questing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and diversity.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The book under consideration is a helpful </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">presentation - not only about Matthew Fox, but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">also about its subject - Thomas Merton. In this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">volume, Fox claims that Merton was a key mentor</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in his spiritual formation and development over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the years. He gives many examples from Merton's</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">life and writings to demonstrate his debt to the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">even more famous Merton.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">There may be more objective presentations</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Thomas Merton, but probably not a better</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">one on the subject of Merton's influence on</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fox, and a whole generation of modern spiritual</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">seekers who may or may not be committed to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">organized religion. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The very fact that New World Library publishes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this attractive book, rather than a church-based</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">publisher, is indication that Fox seeks and appeals</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to a broader base of spiritual seekers.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Merton and Fox fans, this is a helpful study.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna Dueck,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 10th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Shining a Spotlight </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> on Religious Boundaries"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h8wypa6">http://tinyurl.com/h8wypa6</a></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Jim Taylor,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Okanagan, BC</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Personal Web Log</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>May 4th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Anyone Can Be Broken"</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 9th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Ten Commandments of Mercy"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zp6pmkf">http://tinyurl.com/zp6pmkf</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago. IL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 9th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Mega-Morality"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE AHMEDI</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Pakistan's Persecuted </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Islamic Religious Minority</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 12th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE FORT MCMURRAY FIRE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Insights of a Fellow Albertan</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Context With </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna Dueck, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto ON.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/j9qeexh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/j9qeexh</strong></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Trudeau at Fort McMurray"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>New York Times Video</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>May 13th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE PASTOR AS THEOLOGIAN</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Congregations Crave Substance</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Alban Weekly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE VALUE OF CHURCH SYMBOLS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As Aids to Living Spiritually</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbxh3zx">http://tinyurl.com/zbxh3zx</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Tablet, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 14th, 1016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Evangelicals Explore Catholic Spirituality"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gm6t6rp">http://tinyurl.com/gm6t6rp</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRUMP AND AMERICAN EVANGELICALS</span></strong><br />
<div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Reaping What We've Sown"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zzvt59l">http://tinyurl.com/zzvt59l</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE HELL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Evangelicals Take Up the Challenge</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Geographic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hl4d7hk">http://tinyurl.com/hl4d7hk</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>HOW AMERICAN EVANGELICALS</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christianity Today,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>May 5th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jrus3wo">http://tinyurl.com/jrus3wo</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CANADIAN FORCES LIBERATE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE NETHERLANDS IN WWII</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">71 Years Ago Last Week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Global News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 5th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jrnhork">http://tinyurl.com/jrnhork</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FRANCIS PROMPTS CONSIDERATION</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OF CATHOLIC WOMEN DEACONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 12th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zrrng8c">http://tinyurl.com/zrrng8c</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Catholic Women Applaud Pope"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Women's Ordination Conference</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 12th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hp46sg3">http://tinyurl.com/hp46sg3</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GLOBAL WARMING CITED AS FRAGILE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BOREAL FOREST WILDFIRES INCREASE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fort McMurray Disaster is a Symptom</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 10th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h7dow7v">http://tinyurl.com/h7dow7v</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"After the Fort Mac Fire, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> A Frank Talk is Needed"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 13th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW PEW STUDY REVEALS WOMEN</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FACE MORE CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Men Not Affected to the Same Degree</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Assist News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 10th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We have to start teaching ourselves </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>not to be afraid. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- William Faulkner</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>None of us got where we are solely by <br />pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We got here because somebody - -<br />a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony,<br />or a few nuns — bent down and helped <br />us pick up our boots. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Thurgood Marshal</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--l</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We think we know a lot, but what we know <br />is very little. Even all those who have striven <br />all their life to bring progress to mankind <br />learned scientists and highly educated people -<br /> all realize in the end that all their knowledge <br />is but a grain of sand on the seashore.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> All our achievements are insufficient. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Thaddeus of Vitovnica</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Those who love their dream of a Christian </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>community </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more than they love the Christian </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">community itself </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">become destroyers of that </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christian community even </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">though their </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">personal </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">intentions may be ever so honest, </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">earnest and </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sacrificial.., They enter the community of </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Christians with their demands set up by their </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>own law, </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and judge one another and God </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">accordingly. It is not </b><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we who build. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christ builds the church. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Dietrich Bonhoeffer</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Just because so many things are in conflict <br />does not mean that we ourselves should be <br />divided. Yet time and time again one hears <br />it said that since we have been put into a <br />conflicting world, we have to adapt to it. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Oddly, this completely unchristian idea is </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>often espoused by so-called Christians, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of all people. How can we expect a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>righteousness to prevail when there </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is hardly anyone who will give himself </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>up undividedly to a righteous cause?</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Sophie Scholl</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Is not the truth of the matter really this,<br />that we are just like a child who would <br />rather be free from being under his <br />parents’ eyes? Is not this what we want? </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To be free from being under the eyes <br />of God? When Christ resolves to become <br />the Savior of the world, a lament goes <br />through all humanity. Sighing grievously <br />they ask: Why do you do this? You will <br />make us all unhappy. Simply because to <br />become a Christian is the greatest human <br />suffering. Christ, being an absolute, <br />explodes all the relativity whereby we <br />humans live. In order to live in the spirit <br />rather than the flesh, as he requires, one <br />must go through crisis after crisis, being <br />made thereby, from a human point of view, <br />as unhappy as it is possible to be.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Søren Kierkegaard</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It is not love in the abstract that counts. <br />We have loved the workers, the poor, <br />the oppressed, but we have not loved <br />“personally.” It is hard to love. It is the <br />hardest thing in the world, naturally <br />speaking. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Have you ever read Tolstoy’s Resurrection? </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>He tells of political prisoners in a long </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>prison </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>train, enduring chains and persecution for </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the love of their brothers, ignoring those </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>s</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ame brothers on the long trek to Siberia. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It is never the brothers right next to us, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>but the brothers in the abstract that are </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>easy to love.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Dorothy Day</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the Archives of the New York Times:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Axis Defeated in North Africa, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> during WWII"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nmjgmfp">http://tinyurl.com/nmjgmfp</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Germany Surrenders </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Unconditionally in WWII"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/a6rcoqm">http://tinyurl.com/a6rcoqm</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Native Americans Occupy </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Wounded Knee"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/llcc95u">http://tinyurl.com/llcc95u</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Nelson Mandela Named </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> First Black S. African President"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cjpt5jp">http://tinyurl.com/cjpt5jp</a></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Daniel Ellsberg Cleared in </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Pentagon Papers Case"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hdv4jno"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/hdv4jno</span></a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"JPII Shot, Seriously Wounded </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> by Turkish Assailant"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ajc7tf3">http://tinyurl.com/ajc7tf3</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT </strong>- </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Johann Christoph Arnold</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>What so many people today fail to realize <br />is that forgiveness is a door to peace and <br />happiness. Forgiving is not ignoring <br />wrongdoing, but overcoming the evil <br />inside us and in our world with love. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To forgive is not just a command of Christ <br />but the key to reconciling all that is broken <br />in our lives and relationships. We get rid <br />of an enemy by getting rid of enmity</strong>.</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year - </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17 </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adult Spiritual Development/A</strong></span><strong>CTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUALTRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
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Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-13601235353171657022016-05-06T15:23:00.002-06:002016-05-12T11:52:46.734-06:00Colleagues List, May 8th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 37</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Global news feeds this week have told</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">much of humanity about the great Northern</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Alberta </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">fire in Fort McMurray. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I plan to share some helpful reflections</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about this when, hopefully, the crisis is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">passed. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please stay tuned. But in the meantime,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">remember the 80,000+ displaced citizens</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and those thousands on the ground helping</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">them - in your thoughts and prayers. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Comment - this week is rich</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and varied. Please scroll past this letter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to read what Brian Arthur Brown, John</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Everard Griffith, Harry Winter and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Isabel Gibson have to say.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I introduce two short books this week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as my Special Item. Please scroll down</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to read about:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Off to a Good Start" by David Sparks (and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Time - From Famine to Feast" by Donna Shaper</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - provide my usual 10 gleanings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from the World-Wide-Web this past week.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week - is offered by </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">six spiritual guides whose words I </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">found helpful.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">On This Day - offers 2 historical events</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">retrieved from the NYTimes archives.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Closing Thought - is by Winston Churchill.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If interested, please journey with me, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at blog's end, as we build our Adult</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spiritual Development Ministry at</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. David's Calgary for </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the coming year.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for the almost 1,000 hits this </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">blog has </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">received during the past week.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMENT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Brian Arthur Brown </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Niagara Falls, ON</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Hi Wayne
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thank you for the piece on </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ralph Waldo Emerson; </strong></span></div>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zl4ryh5"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">http://tinyurl.com/zl4ryh5</span></strong></a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(May 1st, 2016 CL)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I am slightly embarrassed
that I was </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>not more </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>knowledgeable about his </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>position on Indian and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>related
Eastern </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>religious thought ... almost a </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>parallel </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to Spinoza a few years earlier.
That has </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>been my area of work for the last four years. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Four Testaments: </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Tao Te
Ching, Analects, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dhammapada, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Bhagavad Gita </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>This book will be published </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>on July 15 </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and I'll
have </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the publisher </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>send you </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>copy for possible review.</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Brian</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks, Brian</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Everard Griffith </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Hi Wayne, this article from The Guardian </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(April 15th) was
sent to me and I think </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>it is worth </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>reading. </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It is about the </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
economic </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>theory </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of "neoliberalism" </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that has </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>dominated </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>our </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>world for many </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>decades </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and here is </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>credited </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>with being </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the root of many of our problems.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Also, this is
a failed theory that is now </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>c</strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>oming </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to an end. The ending is most </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>scary saying
that </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>there is no theory </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>waiting in the wing to lead us </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>into our </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>future. </strong></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbv3zxc"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">http://tinyurl.com/zbv3zxc</span></strong></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">As
I </span><span lang="EN-US">read it I began to wonder if the </span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">C</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">hristian </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">teachings (as many progressives </span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">interpret them) </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">could form the basis for a </span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">new
economic theory </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">and practice that can </span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">bring together compassion </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">and justice. </span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">I
am no academic and wonder if </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">others </span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">are thinking about this? </span></strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>An aside: Having a Moravian grounding </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I
have </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>always felt the United Church of </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Canada's jump </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from "Jesus Saves" to </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Social Action" has
been </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a leap and not </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a bridge… and now, after many </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>years we </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>are trying to build
that bridge that </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>brings </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the gospel and social action together </strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>in a </strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>s</strong></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>olid
foundation.</strong></span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>P.S. your list postings always inspire me </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to t</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>hink more deeply about more things…</strong></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Blessings, John</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's comment:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for your attempts to link economic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with theological thought for our times.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Your comments about the failure to create</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">better bridging between traditional theology</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and modern issues like economics, inter-faith,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and the plethora of spiritualities out there -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">really concern me too. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We seem to have lost touch, as Christians,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with so much of what is actually going</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on around us, and in our daily lives.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So many people of faith seem to be l</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">eft </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">stranded </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and un-fed theologically</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(including you and I).</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Harry Winter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. Paul MN</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 1st, 2016</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Many, many thanks, Wayne, for </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ron Rolheiser's column of April 25th, </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>in your
May 1st CL offering: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zl4ryh5">http://tinyurl.com/zl4ryh5</a> </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In my opinion, it's one of his very best, </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and I've forwarded
your offering to the </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Oblates of Mary in the Minnesota,</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> USA</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>district... </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Canadian and USA Oblates </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>continue to work together</strong></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks too for your effort to update and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>improve your blogsite. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It's
looking better and better.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Harry</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's Comment:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron and I go back to 1989 when I</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">invited him to speak at a Lutheran</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Health Care Conference in Banff AB.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That's 27 years ago!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Isabel Gibson</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ottawa, ON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong></strong><br />
<strong>Re: William Blake quote</strong><br />
<strong>May 1st CL issue:</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"The great and golden rule of art, as well as of life, <br />is this: that the more distinct, sharp, and wiry the <br />bounding line, the more perfect the work of art, <br />and the less keen and sharp, the greater is the <br />evidence of weak imitation, plagiarism, and bungling. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />"What is it that distinguishes honesty from knavery, <br />but the hard line of rectitude and certainty in the <br />actions and intentions? Leave out this line and you <br />leave out life itself; all is chaos again, and the line <br />of the Almighty must be drawn out upon it before <br />man or beast can exist."<br /><br />- William Blake</strong></span><br />
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<strong>--</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>Wayne:</strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Nice quote from William Blake. </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I see that he was talking about </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>painting, not writing, but it makes </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>sense to me, too (as a writer.)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Regards,</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Isabel</strong></span></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notices for Two Titles -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(noted separately)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OFF TO A GOOD START</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Openers & Prayers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for Church Meetings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by David Sparks</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church Publishing House,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON. April, 2016. Paper.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">138 pages. $19.95 CAD.</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>ISBN #978-</strong><strong>1-55134-239-9.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publishers Promo:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Will you give the devotion at the beginning </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of the meeting? With "Off to a Good Start"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>you can confidently answer, Yes! </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Inside are 24 openers with a scripture, prayer, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>reflection, questions, and a simple activity.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I find that many "opening" and "closing" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">rituals at church meetings, studies and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">other activities have a tendency to be</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">perfunctory and "last minute" in nature.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It's almost as though we should call a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">one year hiatus on all such rituals - </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">until</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> some serious thinking is done </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about why </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we go through these activities </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the first </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">place.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Is it because we are meeting in church</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and should therefore "do" something </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religious?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Is it to give a member of the clergy in </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">our </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">midst an opportunity to perform a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">duty befitting their vocation?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If we find the traditional Bible-reading</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and reflection-devotional of the past to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">be </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">boring, what are we doing to take its</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">place - if anything?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Like prayers before meals at home,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">family devotions, or at other </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">public </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">gatherings - meaningful reflections at</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">church (</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not just a quick "spiritualized" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ritual harvested at the last minute </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the internet) - seem to be going the way</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the dodo bird.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As one raised in an era of devotional </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reverence </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at home, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at church, and in </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the public square, I find this </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">development </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">very sad. But what am I doing about it?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I think David Sparks is on to something</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with a book like "Off to a Good Start."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We are people of ritual. If we continue</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to do rituals, why not fill </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">such experiences </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with meaning?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy this book to liven up your life while</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">doing the work and ministry of the church!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We need more people like Sparks and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">more books reflecting a philosophy like </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this one to help us move </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">past the routine </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to a sense of doing something </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">worthwhile, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and worthy of special investment.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(buy the book, below: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and now a second title)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TIME</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Famine to Feast</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Donna Schaper</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wood Lake Publishing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Kelowna, BC. 2016. Paper.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">87 pages. $14.95CAD.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-1-77064-811-1</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publishers Promo:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Help! I just don’t have enough time!</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> If this sounds like you, know that you </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>are in good company. There is a time </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>famine out there – a pervading sense </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that we have more to do than we can </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>possible get done in the time we have </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>– </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and most of us live with some version </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of it. The trick, of course, is to move </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from famine to feast, from a sense of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>not having enough time, to a sense of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>freedom, enjoyment, and fulfillment </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>within the time we have.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> In <em>Time: From Famine to Feast</em>, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Donna Schaper offers encouragement </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and advice on how to leave the land of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>famine and find a seat at the feast. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Discussing and then moving beyond </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>systemic sources of the time </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>famine, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Schaper’s ultimate goal is </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to explore:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>“the inner way, the way </em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>we </em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>have</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>internalized the commandments </em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>of multiple systems and feel bad </em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>or </em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>wrong or in violation or out of</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>c</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>ompliance i</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>f we don’t obey our </em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>orders to be busy, </em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>active, connected, </em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>overworked, and time </em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>famished.”</em></strong></span><br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></em></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>This is a spiritual journey that will </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>require us to be honest about just </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>how starved we really are, as well </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as navigate our “work-family time </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>dilemma,” discern what “coheres” </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>us, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>begin to use “spiritual technologies,” </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and get comfortable with play. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Of course, practice is required, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>so Schaper provides 52 of them – </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a “spiritual practice,” for each </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>week of the year designed to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>bring us to our place at the feast.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Schaper correctly recognizes that </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">intense nature of our lives, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">many </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of our inter-personal conflicts and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">our nagging sense of fatigue and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">overwork are all spiritual problems</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at base.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The author sets out to deal with </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a spiritual problem with a spiritual</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">solution. That is also, essentially, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I believe this book is about.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This book is written as a </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">6-week </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lenten devotional kind of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">small-</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">group study guide. But it's 52</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">practices can be followed most </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">any </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">time of year.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Shaper is a seasoned writer and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual guide. I like her work.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So, I need to stop my busy routine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a while, and with a group of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritually "dis-abled" colleagues,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spend quality time with her book.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">_____</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the books from:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church Publishing -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Off to a Good Start"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zb34zmh">http://tinyurl.com/zb34zmh</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wood Lake Publishing -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Time - From Famine to Feast"</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Amazon.ca: </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Most Successful Subversives"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zaxd3b6">http://tinyurl.com/zaxd3b6</a></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thomas Ryan,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Washington DC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Paulist Fathers,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Approaching the Anniversary</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> of the Protestant Reformation"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jgqlefe">http://tinyurl.com/jgqlefe</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Michael Higgins,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Fairfield, CT.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Catholic Church Must Find the Money"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/z9jtmxs">http://tinyurl.com/z9jtmxs</a></span></strong><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago. IL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Religion in Global Affairs"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hgwc4zq">http://tinyurl.com/hgwc4zq</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 2nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>"Daniel Berrigan - RIP"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zy2ounr">http://tinyurl.com/zy2ounr</a></strong></span><br />
<div id="success">
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />
<strong>***</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SOREN KIRKEGAARD</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Existentialist</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gpl37d8">http://tinyurl.com/gpl37d8</a></strong></span><br />
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--<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">REMEMBERING DANIEL BERRIGAN</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Peacemaking with Clarity and Humor</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hcb5zka">http://tinyurl.com/hcb5zka</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MORE ASIANS VISITING HOLY LAND</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Six Nations Listed in Top 20 Visitors</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 5th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jd3u8c8">http://tinyurl.com/jd3u8c8</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LUTHER'S LIFE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AND TRIAL ONSTAGE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"A Shakespearean Figure"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Catholic Reporter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbb9vzs">http://tinyurl.com/hbb9vzs</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">U2 GUITARIST ROCKS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CISTINE CHAPEL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Music History Made</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzdjftc">http://tinyurl.com/jzdjftc</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ANCIENT LITURGY IN</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CONTEMPORARY CHURCH</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Discovering Value in Tradition</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 1st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jrl5ttr">http://tinyurl.com/jrl5ttr</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN EVANGELICALS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ABANDONED POLITICALLY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Talk of Creating a Third Party</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Christian Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h8nzksb">http://tinyurl.com/h8nzksb</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRUMP'S TRIUMPH A LESSON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR NON-AMERICANS TOO</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Don't Ignore Constituency</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gm9e7be">http://tinyurl.com/gm9e7be</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GLOBAL CATHOLICS AND LUTHERANS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO COMMEMORATE REFORMATION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">2017/500 Celebration Being Planned</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lutheran World Federation Feature</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">With Canadian Colleague Susan Johnson</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 6th, 2017</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hwx92gh">http://tinyurl.com/hwx92gh</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FORT McMURRAY ALBERTA FOREST FIRE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GAINS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Humanitarian and Ecological Concerns</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times (text and videos)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 5th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbw6jx8">http://tinyurl.com/hbw6jx8</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hfzwfsw">http://tinyurl.com/hfzwfsw</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>From Sojourners and Bruderhof online:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Religion without humanity<br />is very poor human stuff. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Sojourner Truth</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Love is holy because it is like grace — <br />the worthiness of its object is never really <br />what matters. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Marilynne Robinson</strong></span><br />
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--<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To love at all is to be vulnerable.<br />Love anything, and your heart will <br />certainly be wrung and possibly be <br />broken. If you want to make sure <br />of keeping it intact, you must give <br />your heart to no one...</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and <br />little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; <br />lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of <br />your selfishness. But in that casket – <br />safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will <br />change. It will not be broken; it will <br />become unbreakable, impenetrable, <br />irredeemable. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The alternative to tragedy, or at least <br />to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. <br />The only place outside heaven where <br />you can be perfectly safe from all the <br />dangers and perturbations of love is hell.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- C. S. Lewis</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I knew before that God gave life to <br />humankind and desires that they <br />should live; now I understand more <br />than that. I understand that God <br />does not wish people to live apart, <br />and therefore he does not reveal <br />to them what each one needs for <br />himself; but he wishes them to live <br />united, and therefore reveals to each <br />of them what is necessary for all.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />I now understand that though it <br />seems to people that they live by <br />care for themselves, in truth it is <br />love alone by which they live.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>He who has love is in God, and <br />God is in him, for God is love.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Leo Tolstoy</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The chief biblical analogy for baptism<br />is not the water that washes but the <br />flood that drowns. Discipleship is more <br />than turning over a new leaf. It is more <br />fitful and disorderly than gradual moral <br />formation. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Nothing less than daily, often painful, <br />lifelong death will do. So Paul seems to <br />know not whether to call what happened <br />to him on the Damascus Road “birth” or <br />“death” – it felt like both at the same time.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- William Willimon</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Every day and every hour, every minute, <br />walk round yourself and watch yourself, <br />and see that your image is a seemly one. </strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>You pass by a little child, you pass by with <br />ugly and spiteful words, with wrathful heart; <br />you may not have noticed the child, but he <br />has seen you, and your image, revolting <br />and godless, may remain in his defenseless <br />heart. You don’t know it, but you may have<br /> sown an evil seed in him and it may grow, <br />all because you were not careful before the <br />child, because you did not foster in yourself <br />a careful, actively benevolent love.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Love is a teacher; but one must know how <br />to acquire it, for it is hard to acquire, it is <br />dearly bought, it is won slowly by long labor. <br />For we must love not only occasionally, <br />for a moment, but forever.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Fyoder Dostoyevsky</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ON THIS DAY</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>From the archives of the New York Times:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Allies Announce Fall of Berlin,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> German Collapse in Italy and Austria"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yv4rr2">http://tinyurl.com/yv4rr2</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"German Dirigible Hindenberg Crashes </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> and</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Burns in New Jersey"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/clnlwz">http://tinyurl.com/clnlwz</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - </strong><strong>Winston Churchill</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. <br />Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(end)</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>***</strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year - </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17 </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adult Spiritual Development/ </strong></span><strong>ACTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUALTRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong></span><br />
<br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-37750040607976116342016-04-30T08:10:00.001-06:002016-05-06T13:20:10.014-06:00Colleagues List, May 1st, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 36</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ralph Waldo Emerson and his Essential</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spiritual Writings is the Special Item</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">book notice I share with you this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For those seeking perspective on many</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the modern spiritualities influencing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">our world, especially in the West, this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">investigation of the writings of an early</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">American, New England religious figure</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">should be helpful. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please scroll down through this letter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to read and learn more about him.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Communications this week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are from regular contributors Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Rolheiser and Taylor. Enjoy them!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes offer 10 items from the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">www I found helpful this week.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week = the reflections</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of six special contributors await you.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Three big news stories, written as </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">they </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">took place, are provided from </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">archives of the New York Times.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We conclude this issue with words</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from Anne Frank of Amsterdam.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We begin building our fall program</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Adult Spiritual Development at</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. David's United Church, Calgary</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and you are welcome to journey</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">together with us into a new year.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for accompanying me on my</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List. I hope you find some</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of this rich collection to be helpful.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">RALPH WALDO EMERSON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Essential Spiritual Writings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Introduction by Jon M. Sweeney</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Orbis Books, Maryknoll NW</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">2016. Paper. 153 pages. $32.00 CAD</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-1-62698-177-5.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.” </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>RWE</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1883), </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>“the Concord Sage,” was a lecturer and an</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>essayist, </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>who became the preeminent exponent </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Transcendentalism. After studies at Harvard </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Divinity School he became a Congregational </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>minister, but eventually resigned, judging, </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>“This mode of commemorating Christ is not </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>suitable to me.” </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Strongly influenced by Indian </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>philosophy and religion, he believed that we </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>can receive divine truth through nature.</strong></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Though he is considered one of the most </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>significant intellectual figures in American </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>history, this volume offers a fresh perspective </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>by highlighting his extensive writings on </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>spiritual themes. Like his friend Henry David </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thoreau, Emerson is one of those who might </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>have described himself as “spiritual, not </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>religious,” thus speaking directly to a </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>g</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>eneration of contemporary seekers.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson Wikipedia Bio:</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jhevwjp">http://tinyurl.com/jhevwjp</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Editor's Bio:</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Jon M. Sweeney, editorial director of </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Franciscan </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Media, is a scholar, author, </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and culture critic with </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>wide range of </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>interests. His many books include </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>The </em></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale </em></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>of Mystery, </em></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Death, and Salvation,</em> and </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Francis of Assisi in His </em></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Own </em></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Words.</em> </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For the Modern Spiritual Masters </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Series </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>he has </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>edited <em>Phyllis Tickle: Essential </em></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Spiritual Writings.</em></strong></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Editor's Words:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Sage of Concord (Mass.) remains an</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">enormous figure on the historical spectrum</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of American intellectual and cultural life...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Telling the story of Emerson's life, of its</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">place in the history of American religion </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">letters, has (tended in our recent past) </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">become a way to avoid his actual writings.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This volume aims to address this (neglect).</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This collection of Emerson's words aims to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">actually demonstrate why he was Concord's</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sage.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All of Emerson's writings in this volume are</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">taken from his published, written work.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I want to offer a portrait of the mature</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson... I want to (share) what would</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">most faithfully match what was available</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to readers during his lifetime about what</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this leading light of Transcendentalism</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">thought and said. He published (a great</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">deal) in his lifetime and there is much</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">available upon which an editor might draw.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Emerson was born (1803) in Boston and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">died (1883) in his beloved Concord. He</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">broke from Unitarianism (his father was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a Unitarian minister and he studied to be</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">one) and, in a true sense, he </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">pre-dated </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">modernist (scientific) </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">challenges to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">traditional and doctrinal </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson focused on the divinity of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">individual, and many continue to resent</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">him for this same reason - that he</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">elevated the individual at the expense of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dismantling just about everything else.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Walter Percy, the American Catholic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">novelist wrote that "Emerson's was the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">mind most singly responsible for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">legitimizing the abandonment of tradition,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history, and even society in the name of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the imperial Self and the pursuit of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">happiness."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(The editor does a nice job of outlining how</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Calvinist faith of the original Puritan</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christians of New England branched out into</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unitarianism, and then, Transcendentalism.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He leaves it to the reader to reflect on</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">modern expressions and implications.) </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Reviewing his era in the seminal development</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of American religion we learn how traditional</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity was transformed. Emerson refined</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what eventually became a spirituality </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of 'nature' </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and 'self' </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">worship - which was a substitute </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">classic European </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity developed by </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Harvard </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">seminarians </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who were dissatisfied </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with how intellectualism </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">had come to dominate </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religious life.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It was Emerson's combination of affability,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">determination, and idealism that led him</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to being the leader of the Transcendentalist</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">movement. Emerson believed that the only</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">way of knowing the Divine, as well as truth -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was by intuition and experience, in the natural,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">created world, rather than the inherited special</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">providence of revealed religion. He believed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that every human mind was imbued with a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">divine instinct... and the divinity inside</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">every person too often had gone untapped...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Many Christians (at the time, and today also)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have retained the classic notion of revelation - </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">idea that there were certain truths revealed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by God in the Bible that "stand outside" </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">any </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">normal ways of human knowledge... </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">believed that Christian faith had </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dwelled too </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">much on revelation.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Emerson also believed that divine exclusivity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the mission, teachings, and person of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jesus </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christ needed to be jettisoned, and this </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">caused </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">considerable debate and reaction on </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the part </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of many contemporaries as well as </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">those today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who believe he sought to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"dismantle" </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">historic </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity. Critics </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">claimed then and do </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">now </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that he was too optimistic </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">regarding human </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">n</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ature. He denied any reality </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to evil and failed </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to acknowledge how the human </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">heart too often</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reveals </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that it is far from divine.)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Emerson needs to be listened to in our time </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">if </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for no other reason than many of his ideas </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">are </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">evident in currently popular "spiritualisms" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and he is the unacknowledged source of a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">lot of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">these fermentive ideas. To better note</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and understand</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> such modern movements </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">need to better </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">understand their roots.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Particularly, later in life, Emerson wrote often</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of ways to stimulate growth in the life of the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">soul... His writings demonstrate the unique </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">qualities of the working philosopher, community</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">organizer, man of letters, and public intellectual.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lawrence Buell wrote of him: "his writings still</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(retain) the power to startle and excite, (and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">produce unexpected flashes of insight."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- from the Introduction</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To better understand some of the characteristics</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of modern North American (and in many ways </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">global) religion today, I suggest a visit to the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">beautiful </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">town of Concord, Massachusetts. Many</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the ideas we contend with, seem to have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">germinated there.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here is the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wikipedia article about the town:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zrhrbz7">http://tinyurl.com/zrhrbz7</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For a community numbering less than 20,000 </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>today,</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Concord has had a hugely disproportionate</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">influence on human affairs than its population </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">over the years </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">might suggest.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My wife Marlene and I spent more than one day </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">here </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">several years ago while visiting New England.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The magic of this place - for so many reasons -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">continues to inspire and haunt us.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marlene loved the Alcott family home (remember</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"?) and I - the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where so many New</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">England luminaries - like Nathaniel Hawthorne,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Henry David Thoreau, and of course, Ralph Waldo</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson himself - were laid to rest.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A culture all its own developed here during the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">nineteenth century. It was created, I believe,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">through a unique blending of nature, people.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and ideas.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> The resulting influence on the world, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">however, has been </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">incalculable.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The tall white spire of the Unitarian Church in </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the centre of town indicates that this place was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not your typical Protestant early-American </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">community. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">While </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">deeply rooted in New England, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dotted with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">lovely white-spired churches, the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this church is special. Emerson was </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">never the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">minister here, or a member, by his </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">own choice. He moved beyond institutional</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religion. Yet his influence i</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">s inseparable from </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the church building as well as the community.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I could argue that, in many ways, Concord - its</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history, as well as</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> many of its surnames and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">facilities - </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">represents the heart of America.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Please consult the Wikipedia article above</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to help you understand what I mean.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But now a little about the book.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson wrote good material all through his </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">life, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that life has been well documented. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">book focuses mainly on his spiritual writings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and how his spirituality evolved over the years.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The editor provides dozens of literary selections</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and groups them under themes such as: Introducing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">His Thought, After Christianity, Divinity and the Soul,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Stoic Values, To Cultivate Virtue, and Encountering</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Holy. The book closes with several worthwhile</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">pages of Memorable Aphorisms (selected quotes from </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">his oeu</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">vre.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I often grow weary of reading so much of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Age fluff that is in such abundance </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">today. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">While Emerson covers many of the same </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">themes </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as trendy New Agers, this author writes </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with vigor, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">clarity and intelligence. Moderns </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">may mouth </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Emerson's themes but most cannot </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">come close </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to his substance.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A book like this helps us to understand a lot</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the inherent issues of the modern religious </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">quest. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Even though Emerson has been dead </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for 135 </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">years, much of what concerned him </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">also </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">concerns us - even though we may end</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up following d</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ifferent spiritual paths than he.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the book from Orbis:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the Book from Amazon.ca:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 25th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Pornography and Prince"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zav8wtt">http://tinyurl.com/zav8wtt</a></strong></span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>--</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Ron Rolheiser,</strong><br /><strong>San Antonio, TX</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Personal Web Site</strong><br /><strong>April 25th, 2016</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>"Marking an Anniversary"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> 200 Years Since the Founding of </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> the Oblates of Mary Immaculate</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/jahbmrj">http://tinyurl.com/jahbmrj</a></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><strong>Jim Taylor,</strong><br /><strong>Okanagan, BC</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Personal Web Log</strong><br /><strong>April 25th, 2016</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>"Mass Media Fail to Explore Religious Motives"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gnxvzs9">http://tinyurl.com/gnxvzs9</a></span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>***</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">REMEMBERING PRINCE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Pop Music Priest </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in a Secular World</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 22nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6k9b6n">http://tinyurl.com/z6k9b6n</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">INDIAN PRIEST SENT HOME</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Not Charged in Canada</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 26th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h7w3oes">http://tinyurl.com/h7w3oes</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CALLED TO RESIST BIGOTRY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Statement of Faithful Obedience</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sojourners Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jrj66e2">http://tinyurl.com/jrj66e2</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FALLING IN LOVE </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WITH </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE BARD</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">On the 400th Anniversary of His Death</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jeznqn2">http://tinyurl.com/jeznqn2</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Choral Evensong </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Commemorating William Shakespeare</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BBC Radio 3 (UK)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zw69ghr">http://tinyurl.com/zw69ghr</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WHAT OF CONTEMPORARY LITURGIES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Are They Essentially Entertainment?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jswvtpp">http://tinyurl.com/jswvtpp</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">LIFTING THE VEIL </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">OFF THE 'NONES'</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Nones Are Alright"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> A New Book From Orbis</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Catholic Reporter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 27th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jsln25r">http://tinyurl.com/jsln25r</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">GERMAN CARDINAL </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TARRED </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AS 'ANTI-CHRIST'</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Stance Defending Muslims</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jb5gu84">http://tinyurl.com/jb5gu84</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TWO POSSIBLE FUTURES </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR EVANGELICAL CHURCHES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Living in a Secular Age</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Christian Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jxhnfns">http://tinyurl.com/jxhnfns</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE COST OF REPORTING A RAPE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Issues at Core of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mormon Identity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 26th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zjsmdpx">http://tinyurl.com/zjsmdpx</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UNITED AND ANGLICAN CHURCHES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IN CANADA ACCOUNT </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR THEIR</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL OBLIGATIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Challenging News Misunderstandings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">United Church of Canada </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 27th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h8pyftu">http://tinyurl.com/h8pyftu</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Anglican Church in Canada</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 29th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/job2l3d">http://tinyurl.com/job2l3d</a></strong></span><br />
<div id="success">
</div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>There is a higher law than the law of government. <br />That's the law of conscience.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Stokely Carmichael</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>also to love our enemies; probably because </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>generally they are the same people. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- G.K. Chesterton</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>There are two kinds of people: those who do </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the work and those who take the credit.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Try to be in the first group; there is less </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>competition there. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Indira Gandhi</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The duties and cares of the day crowd about us <br />when we awake each day – if they have not already <br />dispelled our night’s rest. How can everything be <br />accommodated in one day? When will I do this, <br />when that? How will it all be accomplished?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thus agitated, we are tempted to run and rush. <br />And so we must take the reins in hand and <br />remind ourselves, “Let go of your plans.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The first hour of your morning belongs to God. <br />Tackle the day’s work that he charges you with, <br />and he will give you the power to accomplish it.”</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Edith Stein</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The great and golden rule of art, as well as of life, <br />is this: that the more distinct, sharp, and wiry the <br />bounding line, the more perfect the work of art, <br />and the less keen and sharp, the greater is the <br />evidence of weak imitation, plagiarism, and bungling. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />What is it that distinguishes honesty from knavery, <br />but the hard line of rectitude and certainty in the <br />actions and intentions? Leave out this line and you <br />leave out life itself; all is chaos again, and the line <br />of the Almighty must be drawn out upon it before <br />man or beast can exist.<br /><br />- William Blake</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has <br />to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without <br />getting tired. How does a lamp burn? </strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Through the continuous input of small drops of oil. <br />If the drops of oil run out, the light of the lamp will <br />cease, and the bridegroom will say, “I do not know <br />you” (Matt. 25:12). What are these drops of oil in <br />our lamps? They are the small things of daily life: <br />faithfulness, small words of kindness, a thought <br />for others, our way of being silent, of looking, of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>speaking, and of acting. These are the true </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>drops </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of love that keep your religious life burning like a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>living flame.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Mother Teresa</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>***</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"World's Worst Nuclear Reactor Disaster"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3cl93s">http://tinyurl.com/3cl93s</a></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"UN Founding Meeting in San Francisco"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/n7jxxwh">http://tinyurl.com/n7jxxwh</a></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"South Vietnam Falls to Communist Forces"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nxslscu"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/nxslscu</span></a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - Anne Frank</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The final forming of a person's character <br />lies in their own hands. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(end)</strong></span> <br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For Those Interested:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year - </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17 </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Adult Spiritual Development/ </strong></span><strong>ACTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-58459414102196753202016-04-23T13:37:00.000-06:002016-04-25T09:31:03.559-06:00Colleagues List, April 24th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 35</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This has not been a good week for many</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Catholic and Evangelical Christians in Canada.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The previous and current governments of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Canada are also implicated in seemingly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">questionable behaviour.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The new Liberal government has withdrawn</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">an appeal against </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Catholic Church for trying </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to evade a </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">multi-million dollar commitment to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">compensate </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">First Nations communities </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">damage done by </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">their historic residential </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">schools. </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong><br />
<strong>Backstory: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hktg8kf">http://tinyurl.com/hktg8kf</a></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Mainline Protestant groups </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have been working </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hard on their </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"healing fund projects," but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Catholics are the big players in that tragedy.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Will this decision get Catholics off the hook?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The "not-guilty" verdict by an Ontario justice</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in favour of Senator Mike Duffy casts negative</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dispersion on the behaviour of former Prime</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Minister Stephen Harper, a member of a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian and Missionary Alliance mega-church</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in Calgary. One church or denomination cannot</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">be blamed for the behaviour of one of its members</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but many conservative Canadian Christians have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faithfully supported the Harper government in three</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">federal elections over the past decade or so.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Backstory: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzr47hy">http://tinyurl.com/jzr47hy</a></span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Church loyalty is compromised when words and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">deeds lack integrity.</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Church and state are legally separate in Canada</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but such news can nevertheless prompt a negative </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">attitude on the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">part of the Canadian public toward</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the churches.</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All this leads to my book notice for this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I introduce a just-appearing title by Toronto</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">author Michael Coren. For years Coren was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a super-conservative on matters of church</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">doctrine and he took a strong stand against</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the movement to liberalize Canadian laws</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in favour of the LGBT community.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Now Michael has dramatically reversed his</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">former gay stance in the book:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"EPIPHANY: A Christian's Change of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Heart and Mind Over Same Sex Marriage"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Repeating past journalistic tactics, this is a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dramatic but </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">differing kind of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">testimony by </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a well-known Canadian </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">author.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please scroll through this letter to read about </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the book and my thoughts concerning it.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Communications this week are from</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson, Ron Rolheiser, Jim Taylor and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty. Thanks for sharing these items!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - provide eleven links to stories I</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">thought would interest you this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week is provided by six people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">whose insights should be helpful to you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The New York Times offers two intriguing</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">news items from their archives - On This Day.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Closing Thought is from - </strong><strong>Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For those interested, at the end of this blog, we</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">begin to build our new 2016-17 program year</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Adult Spiritual Development </strong></span><strong>ACTS Ministry </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel in 2017?"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> Please let me know: </strong><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for joining me this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please keep the constructive critique coming!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EPIPHANY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Christian's Change of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Heart and Mind Over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Same-Sex Marriage</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Michael Coren</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">McClelland and Stewart; Signal</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Release Date: April 26th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hardcover. 221 pages. $24.00 CAD</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #9780771024115</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>From the poster boy of Catholic conservatism, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>major change of heart and soul on one of </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>most controversial and intractable </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>stances.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />What happened was that Michael Coren </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>had </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>profound spiritual and personal change of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>heart. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Epiphany</i> is about how and why that happened; </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the reaction from both sides of the fence; and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>how </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christian doctrine, when studied closely </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>without </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>bias, heartily supports Michael's </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>findings. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>As a middle </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- aged, very white, very straight, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>very </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christian man, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>he was obliged, first </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>reluctantly and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>then eagerly, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to explore </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>complex dynamic </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>between faith and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>homosexuality and to work </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>out a new </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>narrative. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The crux of that narrative: God is love. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />Honest, brave, and rigorous in its scholarship, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Epiphany</i> is a groundbreaking book on one of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>society's most pressing issues.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Author's Words:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"This past February, a conservative Roman </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Catholic </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>blog, Contra|Diction, gave me perhaps </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>my best headline </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ever: 'Michael Coren Complicit </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>in </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Destruction of Souls </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Who Practice Homosexuality, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Pt 1' (I'm still waiting </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>for part two). It was one of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>countless posts, tweets, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and articles that have </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>condemned me for coming out </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>in favour of same-</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>sex marriage. I've also been fired </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from columns </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that I wrote for years, been banned </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from various </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Catholic TV and radio stations, had </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>speeches </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>cancelled, and been accused of cheating </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>on my </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>wife. My children have been called gay, and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>have been compared to a child molester and a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>murderer. These are new experiences for me. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Until last year, I was considered something of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>champion of social conservatism in Canada </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>was well known among politically active </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christians. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I hosted a nightly show on Crossroads Television </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>for twelve years, was a syndicated Sun columnist, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and wrote briskly selling books with such titles </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Why Catholics Are Right</i>. Today, I am working </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>away </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>at a new book, <i>Epiphany: Changing Heart </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>and Mind </i></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>on Same-Sex Marriage</i>. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>How and why did it go so </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>terribly wrong?" </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Coren encourages you to read his book)</span></strong><br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Author's Bio:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Michael Coren is the best-selling author of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>fifteen books, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>including biographies of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>G.K. Chesterton, H.G. Wells, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Arthur Conan </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Doyle, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>well </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as Why Catholics Are Right, Heresy, and Hatred. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>He has contributed to the Dictionary of National </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Biography and several other anthologies, and his </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>journalism is published in many countries and in </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>more than a dozen languages. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The author lives in Toronto.</strong></span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>More extensive Wikipedia bio:</strong></span><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coren"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coren</strong></span></a><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To live is to change, and to be perfect </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is to have changed often.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- John Henry Newman</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have always valued this statement by</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Cardinal John Henry Newman, a wise</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">nineteenth century English Catholic prelate.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But I would have never until now applied </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">insight to English-Canadian journalist </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and writer based in Toronto, Michael Coren.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He is the notorious author of "Epiphany"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but, after engaging it, I would like to suggest </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a change of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">heart in me as well.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Michael has been trying to influence public</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">opinion on many issues for some decades. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He is quite well known, at least in some circles,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for conservative, arrogant and intransigent</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">positions on religious and moral matters. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Because I tend to support softer and more</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">balanced arguments from those by whom </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am influenced,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Michael was never high on</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my list of advisors. He tended to resort to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">journalistic self-promotion and made his</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">points by articulately devastating adversaries</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with his poisonous pen.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Now comes his latest book "Epiphany - A</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christians Change of Heart and Mind Over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Same-Sex Marriage." While a leopard</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">can never fully change his spots, I am now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">inclined to view the author differently.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">True, his self-promoting exhibitionism is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">still evident, but his dramatic articulation</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is now used to describe detractors who</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">were his friends a short while back.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">What to make of this dramatic about-face?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am inclined to think of myself as Ananias</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in Acts 9:16-19 after Saul's Damascus road </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">conversation. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">You will recall that the Lord appeared to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">him and told him to go to Saul and help</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">him. Ananias protested "Lord, many people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have told me about this man, about all the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">terrible things he has done to your people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in Jerusalem." But the Lord persisted and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ananias went. "The Lord has sent me in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">order that you might see again, and be</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">filled with the Holy Spirit," he told Saul.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The rest, of course is history.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Am I also ready to bless, and not curse,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Michael Coren for all the nasty things</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he has written about gay people? (and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that's just the beginning). He has written</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that Catholics are right, and by implication,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am wrong. He has been a darling of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">conservative Catholics and Protestants</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">alike for some of his doctrinal, social</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and moral stances - widely publicized,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but now also called into question by the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">new "love" criteria he has discovered.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">By the way, he now considers himself</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">an Anglican and not a Catholic. He has</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">suffered some real abuse from former</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">allies. Some might say he should expect</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as much. To my mind, few Catholics are</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the arrogant bigots he was and now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the chickens have come home to roost.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I, however, like the proverbial Ananias </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">am inclined to advise supportive caution </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">when dealing </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with this man. Coren has </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">taken strong </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">stands in the past (as he </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">now does in </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"loving" support of gays.) </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He has </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">flip-flopped once, and can change </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">his </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">mind again.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">And yet again, I, like Ananias, have </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">positive strong urge to believe Michael</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and suggest we treat him compassionately</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and give him a chance.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">First, the author is very honest and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">apologetic about </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the hurt and abuse </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">some of his previous views </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have heaped </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on people. I believe his </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">remorse is not </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">g</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">rand-standing but authentic. He has</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">had to pay a big price for his change</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of heart and mind.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Second, he chronicles carefully and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">clearly this change of heart and mind. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">At base, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he does not now believe that </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">loving God would create gay people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"in His own image" only to condemn</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">them. He offers a gut-wrenching story</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of transformation and it is believable.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">While </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hetero with wife and family, and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not gay himself, he </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">has worked </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hard to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">identify with the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reality and spirituality </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">gayness.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Finally, he invites the reader to hold</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">him accountable, not only for his </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">past, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but for his present and future positions</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on the matter.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I will not promote Michael's book as</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">testimony to his "seeing </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the l</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ight" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">after all these years. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But I do encourage you to read it is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"a work in progress" - demonstrating</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">how one thoughtful and I believe -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sincere man - has "sought once more</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be perfect and has therefore</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">changed."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I suspect that Cardinal Newman would</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">approve.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail review by John Semley:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jfn97h3">http://tinyurl.com/jfn97h3</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the book from Amazon.ca:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z2ydmmf">http://tinyurl.com/z2ydmmf</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Gibson,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Vancouver, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Marjorie Remembers Blog</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 22nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Morality and Multi-Culturalism"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ze5hb4o">http://tinyurl.com/ze5hb4o</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Loyalty and Patriotism Revisited"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zqrry9h">http://tinyurl.com/zqrry9h</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Aboriginal Suicides, Loss of Hope"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/z7nd5rx">http://tinyurl.com/z7nd5rx</a></strong></span><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>--</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>Martin Marty,</strong><br />
<strong>Chicago, IL</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />
<strong>April 18th, 2016</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>"Religion Coverage"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j3ayj63">http://tinyurl.com/j3ayj63</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Deseret News (Marty reference)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(March 30th, 2016)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Why Faith-Based Media Outlets and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Coverage Matter More than Ever"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zlbmrsu">http://tinyurl.com/zlbmrsu</a></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ELIZABETH II - at 90</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Significant Life Mark </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(a video review)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zavfndf">http://tinyurl.com/zavfndf</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IS THE POPE CATHOLIC?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Now, a Serious Question</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religious News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 20th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jcxlykk">http://tinyurl.com/jcxlykk</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HOW ISLAM CREATED EUROPE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Muslim-Christian History Redux</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Atlantic Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zyrerpd">http://tinyurl.com/zyrerpd</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'POPE'S REFUGEES' TELL THEIR STORY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They Believe Experience was a Miracle</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hxdzf9l">http://tinyurl.com/hxdzf9l</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MORMON MEMBER RETENTION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IS SLIPPING</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Young Adults Dropping Out</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 14th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jhccobu">http://tinyurl.com/jhccobu</a></strong></span><br />
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</div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AFTER ISIS -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">STILL NO PEACE IN IRAQ</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chronic Inter-Islamic Conflict </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Atlantic Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jog46l3">http://tinyurl.com/jog46l3</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HOPEFUL SIGNS THAT </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">DARE US </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO BE THE CHURCH</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Discovery Amid Confusion</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 19th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gws27zm">http://tinyurl.com/gws27zm</a></strong></span><br />
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--<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>DYING CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CONSIDERED CHRISTIANITY</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>New Book Claims</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Religion News Service</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>April 20th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbx3ym6">http://tinyurl.com/zbx3ym6</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MORE INDIAN TRIBAL PEOPLE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CHOOSING CHRISTIAINITY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This May be Cause for New</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Conflict With Hinduism</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 20th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/js9j2np">http://tinyurl.com/js9j2np</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PALMYRA'S ARCH OF TRIUMPH</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">RECONSTRUCTED IN LONDON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">One Way to Defeat ISIS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 19th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jsqbzbc">http://tinyurl.com/jsqbzbc</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">US HAS 'OVERWHELMING FRUSTRATION'</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WITH ISRAEL ON POLICY TRAJECTORIES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/go5jtfh">http://tinyurl.com/go5jtfh</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Provided by Sojourners and Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Who am I to judge?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Pope Francis</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> requires less mental effort to condemn </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>than to think. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Emma Goldman</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Hate is a wasteful emotion. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Most of the people you hate don't know <br />you hate them and the rest don't care.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Medgar Evers</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The earthly-minded person thinks and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>imagines that when he prays, the important </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>thing – the thing he must concentrate upon – </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is that God should hear what he is praying for. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>And yet in the true, eternal sense it is just </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the reverse: the true relation in prayer is not </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>when God hears what is prayed for, but when </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the person praying continues to pray until he </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is the one who hears – who hears what God </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is asking for.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Søren Kierkegaard</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Earth teach me stillness<br />as the grasses are stilled with light.<br />Earth teach me suffering<br />as old stones suffer with memory.<br />Earth teach me humility<br />as blossoms are humble with beginning.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />Earth teach me caring<br />as the mother who secures her young.<br />Earth teach me courage<br />as the tree which stands alone.<br />Earth teach me limitation<br />as the ant who crawls on the ground.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />Earth teach me freedom<br />as the eagle which soars in the sky.<br />Earth teach me resignation<br />as the leaves which die in the fall.<br />Earth teach me regeneration<br />as the seed which rises in the spring.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />Earth teach me to forget myself<br />as melted snow forgets its life.<br />Earth teach me to remember kindness<br />as dry fields weep with rain</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- A Ute Prayer.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It is not only prayer that gives God glory </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>but work. Smiting on an anvil, sawing a </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>beam, whitewashing a wall, driving horses, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>sweeping, scouring, everything gives God </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>some glory if being in his grace you do it </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as your duty. To go to communion worthily </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>gives God great glory, but to take food in </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>thankfulness and temperance gives him </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>glory too. To lift up the hands in prayer </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>gives God glory, but a man with a dung </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>fork in his hand, a woman with a slop pail, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>give him glory too. He is so great that all </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>things give him glory if you mean they <br />should. So then, my brethren, live.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Gerard Manley Hopkins</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Major Earthquake Hits San Francisco"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/67ormh">http://tinyurl.com/67ormh</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"American Writer Mark Twain Dies at 74"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2g8eqa">http://tinyurl.com/2g8eqa</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>If only it were all so simple! If only there were </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>evil people somewhere insidiously committing </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>them from the rest of us and destroy them. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>But the line dividing good and evil cuts through <br />the heart of every human being. And who is willing </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to destroy a piece of his own heart?</strong></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(end)</strong></span><br />
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*****<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016-17 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-82728077738646175762016-04-16T08:12:00.001-06:002016-04-20T18:49:21.157-06:00Colleagues List, April 17th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 34</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As I prepare to send out this issue, it is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reported that Pope Francis has brought</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">12 Syrian refugees - a number of them </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">children - </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">back to Rome with him, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">after </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">visiting the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">island of Lesbos with other</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">leaders. By this symbolic </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">gesture </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">he is </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">drawing attention to the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">gravity of the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">refugee question and his </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">objection to the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">violence in the Middle </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">East. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This man knows how to make good use</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the important office he holds today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In my Special Item this week, I share </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with you my </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Anglican Journal column </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for April. It is entitled:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Pope Francis Joins the Human Quest"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To read this, please scroll down through</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my cover letter and read the rest of my</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">blog as you note articles of interest.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty focuses on the pope as well.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He writes in "Colleague Communications"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on the theme of 'Conscience.'</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor and Ron Rolheiser also make</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">helpful "Colleague Contributions."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Net Notes" includes ten items I thought</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">would interest you this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Five contributors offer their wisdom</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and I include two historic stories from</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the New York Times - "On this Day."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>"Closing Thought" is from </strong><strong>J. R. R. Tolkien.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">At the end of the blog, we begin to build a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">new program year of Adult Spiritual</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Development at St. David's United Calgary.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Perhaps this will interest you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for reading this issue. I am always</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">happy to hear your constructive comments.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My April Anglican Journal Column:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Pope Francis Joins the Human Quest"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zoaapv7">http://tinyurl.com/zoaapv7</a></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 11th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Conscience"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gmb2uvd">http://tinyurl.com/gmb2uvd</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Tayler,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 13th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Revisiting the Ten Commandments"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hy34gpr">http://tinyurl.com/hy34gpr</a></strong></span><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio,TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 11th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Love - A Projection and a Reality"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zn5qhoc">http://tinyurl.com/zn5qhoc</a></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>NET NOTES</strong></span><br />
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<strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">THE NEW CATHOLIC TRUCE</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Francis Renegotiates </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Liberal-Conservative Divide</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>New York Times,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>April 10th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jpwt8yb">http://tinyurl.com/jpwt8yb</a></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">--</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>WOMEN AND THE WORSHIP GAP</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Globally More Religious than Men</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Pew Research Center</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>March 22nd, 2016</b></span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zatfwgl"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/zatfwgl</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FAITH IS A RECEIVED TRADITION</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Not 'Make It Up As You Go' Spirituality</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christian Week Online</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>April 10th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h8gq6kx">http://tinyurl.com/h8gq6kx</a></strong></span><br />
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--<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BIBLE OLDER THAN </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ORIGINALLY THOUGHT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hebrew Archeology </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Reveals Earlier Dating</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jerusalem Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 12th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/jdelghp"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/jdelghp</strong></span></a><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>REACTION TO INDIA </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FIREWORKS TRAGEDY<br />One Hundred Plus </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Killed in Kerala Hindu Temple</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>UCA News<br />April 15th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zyg9u4f"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/zyg9u4f</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>OF UCC APOLOGY<br />First Canadian Church </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to Issue Prophetic Call</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church of Canada News<br />April 12th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zw6qy82"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/zw6qy82</strong></span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CANTERBURY DISCOVERS </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BIOLOGICAL FATHER</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mother's Affair </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Before Marriage a Shock</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 10th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>THE HIGHLY RELIGIOUS </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SAY THEY'RE HAPPIER</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">US Survey Says </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">They are More Satisfied</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 12th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/go3nbsk">http://tinyurl.com/go3nbsk</a></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CANADA SETS LIMITS </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>TO ASSISTED DYING LAWS<br />Government Wants to Avoid </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Suicide Tourism"</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Religion News Service<br />April 14th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CANADIAN HIGH COURT GIVES <br />NATIVE STATUS TO METIS<br />600,000 Now Given <br />Equal Rights to First Nations</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Global TV<br />April 14th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>WISDOM OF THE WEEK</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>online:</b></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>All joy wants eternity — wants deep, deep </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>eternity. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Friedrich Nietzsche</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The physical voice we use in prayer need not </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>be </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>great </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>nor startling; even should we not lift </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>up </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>any great cry </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>or shout, God will yet hear us. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Origen</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The ends you serve that are selfish will take you <br />no further than yourself, but the ends you serve <br />that are for all, in common, will take you into </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>eternity. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Marcus Garvey</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>--</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>You can look everywhere for peace, but you may </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>not find it. Or you can forget yourself and get on </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>with whatever work is there in front of you. That’s </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>what brings peace – doing whatever needs to be </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>done in the house, showing love to your spouse, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>or whatever else comes to mind. If you do it for </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the sake of the kingdom, it will bring you peace.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Ruth Land</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Inspection stickers used to have printed on the </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>back, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">“Drive carefully: the life you save may be </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">your own.” </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">That is the wisdom of men in a </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">nutshell. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What God says, on the other hand, is, </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">“The life you </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">save is the life you lose.” </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">In other words, the life </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">you clutch, hoard, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">guard, and play safe with is in </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the end a </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">life worth little to anybody, including </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>yourself; and only a life given away </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">for love’s sake </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">is a life worth living. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">To bring this point home, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">God shows us a man who </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">gave his life</b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">away to the extent of dying a national </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>disgrace without a penny in the bank </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">or a friend to </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">his name. In terms of </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">men’s wisdom, he was a </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">perfect fool, </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">and anybody who thinks he can follow </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>him without making something like the </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">same kind</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">of fool of himself is laboring </b><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">not under a cross but </b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">a delusion</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>- Frederick Buechner</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>***</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>ON THIS DAY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>From </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the Archives of the New York Times:</b><br />
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">"Titanic Sinks in North Atlantic"</b><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/m7sh67b"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://tinyurl.com/m7sh67b</strong></span></a><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Lincoln Mortally Wounded in Washington </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Theatre" </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/dfzm5s">http://tinyurl.com/dfzm5s</a></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /><br />For myself, I find I become less cynical rather </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>than more — remembering my own sins and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>follies; and realize that men's hearts are not </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>often as bad as their acts, and very seldom as </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>bad as their words.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(end)</strong></span><br />
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*****<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning a New Program Year -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SEASON, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NEW SPIRITUAL TRAVEL PROJECT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Planning Cycle Begins With a Question:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
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<br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-18326182800369243722016-04-08T17:25:00.004-06:002016-04-10T18:24:10.434-06:00Colleagues List, April 10th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 33</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Therefore </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I want to:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- remove the duplication</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- improve the reading flow (and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- sharpen the focus, of all material </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This week's issue begins with communications</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">from Lynn Watson of Bancroft, Ontario and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Horman of Waterloo, Ontario. I consider</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">both to be friends from two distinctly different</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">periods of my life. Still, we remain connected</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as a result of this blog. Thanks for writing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Scroll to the beginning of this issue, below.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Special Item - this week is my latest column</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to appear this past week in the Anglican</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Journal online. It is entitled</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"On Becoming Less Self-Absorbed"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is an appeal to Canadians, but a message</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for all of us. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I hope you enjoy it. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Communications are provided by:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty, Jim Taylor and Ron Rolheiser. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - this week are a potpourri of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">stories that attracted me from my searches</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">across the internet.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week comes from -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Day, Jane Addams,</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Cesar Chavez and </strong><strong>Thomas à Kempis.</strong><strong> </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">On This Day - offers news stories from history</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">written as they occurred and appearing from</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the archives of the New York Times.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Closing Thought this week is offered from -</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Henri J. M. Nouwen</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you are interested, the final week of our</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ACTS winter/spring program posting at </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. David's </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary appears below.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I appreciate the comments received, both</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about my blog upgrade and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">concerning </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">issues raised previously.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Greetings!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lynn Watson,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bancroft, ON</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Wayne</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I think you may be interested in </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the following post:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>'Croft Talks God at Playhouse -</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sponsored by St. Paul's United </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Church, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bancroft, North Eastern Ontario</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Click this link,</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h7dme5f">http://tinyurl.com/h7dme5f</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Then click again to hear the presentation.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks Lynn, good to enjoy the fruit</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of your ministry efforts.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>John Horman,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Waterloo, ON</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>April 3rd, 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I suspect that homiletic concerns lie at the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>root of both this week's and last week's CL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Special Item postings:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Did Jesus Really Exist? (March 27th, 2016)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Maclean's Easter Edition</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j4h6kwb">http://tinyurl.com/j4h6kwb</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-weight: bold;"> (and)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>The Many Faces of Christ (April 3rd, 2016)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo7bgfy">http://tinyurl.com/jo7bgfy</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Of course, it is a natural human tendency </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to ascribe virtues to the past that are, alas, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>absent in our world today. And so, for as </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>far back as our evidence goes, previous </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>generations have always been more of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>whatever is lacking now than they are in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the present. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>In the Babylonian flood story, for example, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the young gods are simply not as wise and </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>as sensible as the older gods. Within a Christian </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>context, this natural human tendency meant that</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> if a preacher needed to scold his congregation </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for being too "x", then this is contrasted with </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>earlier Christians who instead were "y". </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Hence we have on the one hand the Acts of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the Apostles, a creative work with perhaps </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>here and there some tenuous connection to </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>actual events, depicting Christians united in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>faith and in their teachings, sitting and learning </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>at the feet of the apostles, and hence also the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>image of Jesus as the paragon of whatever </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>virtue may be deemed lacking in the current </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>congregation...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>I am reasonably sure that there was a </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>historical person named Jesus who in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>some sense lies at the root of all of this. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>That explains why these sayings are </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>generally prefaced by "Jesus says" </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>and not "Harvey says". </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>But Jesus is also susceptible to homiletical </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>(preaching) pressures. Jesus was after all no </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>longer available to contradict, so generally if </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the congregation does too much of "x", then </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jesus by contrast said "y". Once stories come </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to be told about incidents in the life of Jesus, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>then of course they must also illustrate "y".</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... I find that Christians in general are too hard on </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>themselves. They use an ideal Jesus and an ideal </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>early Christian church as a stick to beat themselves </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>for not adhering to impossible and often even </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>thoroughly useless goals. Actually much of what</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>is really attractive about Christianity can easily be </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>shown to be the product of later developments in </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Christian thought. This is especially true of social </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>teachings. The only social teaching which seems </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>to me very likely to go back to the historical person </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>of Jesus is one which most Jesus scholars tend </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>not to emphasize, namely the denunciation of </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>divorce, a group of sayings which meets all Norman </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Perrins' criteria of authenticity, but which, as we learn </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>from I Corinthians, sometimes caused problems </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>in application.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>In fact, the origins of most movements, not only </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Christianity, tend to be obscure. The reason for this </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>is that no one usually thinks it worth writing about </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>the origins of their movement until the memories </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>have faded or are even non-existent. Apart from the </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>idea of a golden age, sometimes people just don't </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>know, but feel compelled to say something anyway. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>And so they get the past that they feel they deserve.</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>John</b></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks John for interesting reflections on our</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">last two Easter-related Special Items.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SPECIAL ITEM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Latest Anglican Journal Column:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"On Becoming Less Self-Absorbed"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hwfsdwk">http://tinyurl.com/hwfsdwk</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Link to the Monday Night Book Study notes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in question: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z7u4tzj">http://tinyurl.com/z7u4tzj</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"How to Save Your Soul"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jnepa3v">http://tinyurl.com/jnepa3v</a></span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Tipping Points"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hnwr4d9">http://tinyurl.com/hnwr4d9</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Power of Prayer and Ritual"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h5a9q4m">http://tinyurl.com/h5a9q4m</a></strong></span><strong></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PATTERNS IN NATURE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Most Beautiful Book of 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Weekly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gp27rgx">http://tinyurl.com/gp27rgx</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EVERYBODY LOVES DAVID</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Review of 'The Secret Chord'</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zywuzga">http://tinyurl.com/zywuzga</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'MORE GRACE, LESS DOGMA' -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Pope on Divorce, Contraception</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">National Public Radio,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z3mrglz">http://tinyurl.com/z3mrglz</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Francis and Situational Doctrine"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 8th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hw6bvsx">http://tinyurl.com/hw6bvsx</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">VOW TO END CHILD MARRIAGE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Bane to Many Young Girls</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zw7pvdv">http://tinyurl.com/zw7pvdv</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON BEING GAY AND HUTTERITE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Movies Shows Human Struggle</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Canadian Press/Castanet </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jsq6nov">http://tinyurl.com/jsq6nov</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IN THE CHURCH</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Focus on Depth, Not Faddism</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/heykqxf">http://tinyurl.com/heykqxf</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>7 REASONS MEN SHOULD NOT BE ORDAINED</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Most Visited Article/Video at Sojourners</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>April 4th, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/htd9zlz">http://tinyurl.com/htd9zlz</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COVER-ALL BATHING SUITS ROCKING EUROPE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Fashion on the Beach for Muslim Women</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 7th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jyjrrfh">http://tinyurl.com/jyjrrfh</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP NEEDS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO IDENTIFY WITH JESUS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Facing Issues of Identity</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">April 3rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hqfj6mk">http://tinyurl.com/hqfj6mk</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A NEW RELIGIOUS REALITY </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>FOR EUROPEAN ACADEMIC THEOLOGY</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>University Inter-Faith Faculties Now</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Emerging, Previously Only Christian</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Lutheran World News</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>April 8th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hv8wt44">http://tinyurl.com/hv8wt44</a></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof Online:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Law and justice are not always the same.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Gloria Steinem</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, <br />bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We must turn the other cheek, give up <br />our cloak, go a second mile. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Dorothy Day</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In
the unceasing ebb and flow of justice </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and oppression we must all dig channels </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as
best we may, that at the propitious </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>moment somewhat of the swelling tide </strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>may be
conducted to the barren places of life.</strong></span></span> <br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">-
Jane Addams</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "source sans pro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">--</span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Kindness and compassion towards all living </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>things is a mark of a civilized society. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>against human beings or against animals, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is not the exclusive province of any one </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>culture or community of people. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Cesar Chavez</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A person who cares nothing for praise or </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>blame knows great inward peace… Praise </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>does not make you holier than you are, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>nor blame more wicked. You are exactly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>what you are, and cannot ever be any </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>better </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>or worse than that, in the eyes of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>God. Attend to what is really within you, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>then, and you will not care what others s</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ay of you. People look at externals, but </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>God looks at the heart. They weigh actions; <br />God knows your intent... To feel no need of <br />human support and assurance is a mark of <br />inward confidence – of those who truly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>walk with God in their hearts.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Thomas à Kempis</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Martin Luther King Shot to Death in Memphis"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3zl4yc7">http://tinyurl.com/3zl4yc7</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Peary and Henson First to Reach North Pole"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/73ed4mr">http://tinyurl.com/73ed4mr</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Picasso Dies in France, at 91"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/meyxgbs">http://tinyurl.com/meyxgbs</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT -</strong><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Henri J. M. Nouwen</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Being patient is difficult. It is not just waiting </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>until something happens over which we have </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of a conflict. Patience is not waiting passively </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>until someone else does something. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to be completely present to the moment, to taste </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the here and now, to be where we are. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>When we are impatient, we try to get away from <br />where we are. We behave as if the real thing will <br />happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else.<br /><br />Be patient and trust that the treasure you are looking <br />for is hidden in the ground on which you stand</strong></span>. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(end)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>*****</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continuing Our Program Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Winter 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WINTER</strong><strong> 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS SERIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "The Other Two Religions of Jerusalem"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Judaism and Islam</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books: "Chosen? Reading the Bible</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Walter Brueggemann</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> "Islam: A Short History"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Karen Armstrong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj">http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd">http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week investigation into the religious </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sources of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">modern global unrest centered </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Mid-East:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">January 18th - March 21st, 2015</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Including Monday of Family Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $35.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 33.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sets have now been sold.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning seventeen years </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-second series of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/"><strong>http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/</strong></a></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 46 book studies:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: The Books of JOB and DANIEL</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hebrew Bible Wisdom and Apocalyptic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">literature have meanings for our time.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Five sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">March 10th - April 14th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>The Bible Study Group provided the </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">service </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">reflection </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">Sunday, Jan. 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">and it was well received.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ACTS LENTEN RETREAT, 2016</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS EVENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Good Experience Again This Year</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cochrane, Alberta</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/</span></strong></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Took place:</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday February 28th</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11:30 AM - 4:00 PM</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Opening the Jubilee Door:<br />A Focus on the Ecological Spirituality<br />of St. Francis of Assisi"<br /><br />Registration, including lunch and <br />refreshments during the day - $35.00<br /><br />Reflections were led by Susan Campbell<br />enthusiastic, qualified and new MSF director;<br />included a nature walk.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">26 paid registrations. 24 attended</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Our "Memories Project" the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sight and Sound </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Packet was supplied by 24 persons </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who took </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Jerusalem and the Lands of Three </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Great Faiths" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tour last October. It was produced </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jock McTavish. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">12,000+ pictures were offered </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and processed into </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">various accessible electronic presentations.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Distributed free to all 29 people who participated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in our tour </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">additional packets available at </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a modest price </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for those </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interested.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Project Beginning this Spring--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
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Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-11251885601623766182016-04-01T12:10:00.004-06:002016-04-08T17:23:04.700-06:00Colleagues List, April 3rd, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 32</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Therefore </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I want to:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- remove the duplication</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- improve the reading flow (and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- sharpen the focus, of all material </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Introducing this issue:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Many responses were received from the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Easter edition of Colleagues List - my</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">critique of the Maclean's cover story </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Did Jesus Exist?" and my attempt to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">write a personal statement of Easter faith.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Comment (please scroll down)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">offers </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the views of Dana Young, John Griffith </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John Stackhouse Jr. Thanks to each one. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Communications provide the post-</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Easter reflections of Ron Rolheiser and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor. Thanks also to you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item this week is a book notice -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a new title by colleague Philip Jenkins of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Baylor </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">University in Waco TX who has recently</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">published:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Many Faces of Christ:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Thousand Years Story of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Survival and Influence of the Lost Gospels</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I find this book very stimulating and hope you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">do too.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes provide ten "discoveries" I have </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">made on the internet this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Post-Easter Wisdom of the Week - comes from:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>John Chrysostom, </strong><strong>Frederick Buechner,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Dietrich Bonhoeffer, </strong><strong>G.K. Chesterton and</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thomas Aquinas</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Read the NYT archive story of the week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"On This Day" and conclude with a poignant</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Closing T</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hought by Harriet Tubman.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thanks for many kind words and supportive</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">thoughts as I soon conclude seven years of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List using this format.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMENT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Dana Young,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>March 28th, 2016 </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Hello Wayne,</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thank you for your colleagues offering </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>this Easter weekend. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/j4h6kwb"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">http://tinyurl.com/j4h6kwb</span></strong></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(see my comments at end of Special Item)</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />I just wanted to let you know how much </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>your declaration of faith (if that is the correct </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>title) touched me. I often find I struggle to <br />explain myself to other Christians in my life, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>secular folks and even those within my family/</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>church family resulting in a feeling of being </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>alone or "wrong" in my consistent adherence </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to uncertainty. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />Your comments echo my thoughts almost exactly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and I sincerely thank you for sharing them.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Have a fantastic week!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dana</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>John<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Everard</span></strong> <strong>Griffith</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 26th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Re: "Contending With Pop Theology"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, Easter Issue, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Did Jesus Exist?" (link repeated)</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j4h6kwb">http://tinyurl.com/j4h6kwb</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks for your thoughtful, ecumenical, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>deeply</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> thought provoking blog - </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Colleagues List</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">first paragraph sums up my </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>reaction to the Maclean's article. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />My next thought was they should have done </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>an article entitled: </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"DOES Jesus Really Exist?" </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>That would have required real research. </strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Your reflections on your own faith resonate </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>with me. I don't think we will ever know </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>exactly what happened 2000 years ago, but </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I find it hard to believe that this powerful </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>story </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>was created out of someone's imagination </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>without some connection to real events. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For me, the importance of Jesus is the message <br />that remains with me and is the foundation of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the evolution of our species - love; love that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>connects us to the divine creative energy of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the universe (God); connects us to our neighbour </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(Community) and to our true self (our sacred </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>nature).</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>So for all the cataclysmic discoveries and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>emerging </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>theologies of the last 50 years --</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />Jesus does still exist for me. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Blessings for this holy time.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>John </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 26th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">John G. Stackhouse Jr.</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Moncton,</strong></span> </span><strong>New Brunswick</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>More </strong><strong>Re: "Contending With Pop Theology"</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To your list of Jesus experts, may I say you </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>really ought to add Craig Evans, who has </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>debated Ehrman and is easily his scholarly peer. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_A._Evans"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_A._Evans</strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Best, J</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ohn</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Book Notice -</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE MANY FACES OF CHRIST</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Thousand Years Story of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Survival and Influence of the Lost Gospels</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Philip Jenkins</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Basic Books/Perseus Books Group, Oct. 2015. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hardcover, 326 pages. $31.00 CAD.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-0-465-00692-6.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Publisher's Promo:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The standard account of early Christianity </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>tells </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>us </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that the first centuries after Jesus’ </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>death </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>witnessed an efflorescence of Christian </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>sects, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>each with its own gospel. We are taught </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>these alternative scriptures, which </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>represented </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>intoxicating, daring, and often </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>bizarre ideas, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>were suppressed in the fourth </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and fifth centuries, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>when the Church canonized </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the gospels we </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>know today: Matthew, Mark, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Luke, and John. </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The rest were lost, destroyed, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>or hidden.<br /><br />In <i>The Many Faces of Christ</i>, the renowned </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>religious historian Philip Jenkins thoroughly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>refutes our most basic assumptions about </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Lost Gospels. He reveals that dozens of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>alternative gospels not only survived the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>canonization process but in many cases </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>remained influential texts within the official </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Church. Whole new gospels continued to be </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>written and accepted. For a thousand years, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>these strange stories about the life and death </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Jesus were freely admitted onto church </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>premises, approved for liturgical reading, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>read by ordinary laypeople for instruction </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and pleasure, and cited as authoritative by </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>scholars and theologians.<br /><br />The Lost Gospels spread far and wide, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>crossing geographic and religious borders. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The ancient Gospel of Nicodemus penetrated </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>into Southern and Central Asia, while both </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Muslims and Jews wrote and propagated </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>gospels of their own. In Europe, meanwhile, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>it was not until the Reformation and Counter-</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Reformation that the Lost Gospels were </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>effectively driven from churches. But still, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>many survived, and some continue to shape </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christian practice and belief in our own day.<br /><br />Offering a revelatory new perspective </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>on the</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>formation of the biblical canon, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the nature of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the early Church, the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>evolution of </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christianity, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>The Many Faces of Christ</i> </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>restores these Lost </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Gospels to their </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>central role in Christian history.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Author's Bio:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jenkins"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jenkins</strong></span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Author's Words:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For well over half of Christian history, believers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">relied on a body of written and visual materials</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">going well beyond the strictly defined Bible as </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we know </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">it today.... (it is better to stress) the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">different </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sources of faith in any religion (than </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to focus </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">excessively on a received canon such </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as the Bible...)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religions naturally tend to develop other bases </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of faith, including alternative scriptures and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">devotions, until periodically, these are swept</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">away by puritanical reform movements claiming</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to take believers back to the basics.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">That is the cyclical story of all scripture-based</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religions...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Throughout history, believers have always felt</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the need to justify their ideas and practices by </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">scriptures, so that the generation of new would-</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">be gospels is an inevitable and even healthy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">part of evolving belief...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Apocrypha in any religion can be defined simply</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as "stories people want" (and a study of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history of Christianity, for example, provides</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ample evidence of this...)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As popular needs and concerns changed over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">time, so particular scriptures were produced</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to meet the new cultural demand, and some</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">won a significant following...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Rediscovering the lost scriptures forces us</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to rethink much of Christian history. Our</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">chronology of that story often reflects what</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was originally a Protestant mythology of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">decline and betrayal of the original Christian</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">message, a mythology that has subsequently</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">been adapted by liberal and progressive</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christians... Any kind of authentic Christianity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">seems to go missing in action from roughly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">400 through 1500 CE, the "long middle"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Christian history...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In contrast to that pseudo-history, this book</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">stresses the very strong continuities that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">unite the Middle Ages with the earliest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian world and the apostolic era...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Those ancient texts (about which I write</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">here) continued to flourish in many parts</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the Christian world - not only in African</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Asian churches, but also in such bastions</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Catholic faith as Britain and Ireland.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Books that were burned in one region remained</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">popular elsewhere. (Many of these alternate</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">scriptures, like the Gospel of Nicodemus,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">remained popular even in the heart</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of Catholic Western Europe... Many of these</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">texts described different concepts of Jesus</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that Muslims and Jews would also consider</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">...)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Although the Reformation era witnessed </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">widespread suppression of alternative</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">scriptures, the upsurge of learning and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">literacy generated many new approaches</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to Christian faith, including multiple new</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">churches and denominations...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The popular view of Christian history is a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">myth, in the sense of a tale recounted to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">create or justify a particular kind of faith.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(this cycle of an original golden age of truth, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">followed </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by centuries of darkness and loss, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ending with a glorious rediscovery of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what is really true - keeps repeating itself</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">through much of our religious </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history...)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Nobody doubts the central role of Christianity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the history of the West, nor the Bible in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Western culture and art. But for over a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">millennium, that biblical world was imagined</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">very differently from anything we would</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">recognize today, and was approached by</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">other scriptures (as we would know them.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">To trace (the real history that existed) we</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">often have to look beyond the limits of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"the West" as we traditionally define it.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- from Gospel Truths (chapter one)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Century Review - </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">September 30th, 2015</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gs2o6e3">http://tinyurl.com/gs2o6e3</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Reflecting on growing up in my warm and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">supportive Christianity (Canadian Lutheran </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">yet </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">c</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ulturally distinct) I now realize that I </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">formed by a faith story that reflects </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">author says "</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was originally a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Protestant </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">mythology of the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">decline and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">betrayal of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the original Christian </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">message"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and the special recovery of that message</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to a privileged group of believers.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Never was this more evident than when</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">we annually celebrated the Reformation </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on October </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">31st. My pastors would remind </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me of, and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">impress upon my young mind,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the great </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">work of Martin Luther who, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">through much </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">turmoil of conscience and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">effort, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"rediscovered the central core of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the gospel message" - </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">which is to be found </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in Romans 1:17. Here </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. Paul reminds us </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">t</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hat "the just </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">shall </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">live by faith, not by </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">trying to do good works."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I was intrigued by the Book of Mormon</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and made a personal visit to the place in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Palmyra, Upper New York state, where</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Joseph Smith received a special, God-</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dictated </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">revelation from the angel Moroni.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I was not aware, at age 15 or so, that I</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was being influenced by two major</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religious forces that Jenkins writes of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">his current stimulating study on the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">role </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of sacred scriptures in faith development.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Luther connected me with the essence of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith as I understood it. Joseph Smith was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">an example of false teachings that I was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to avoid at my peril.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">After reading "The Many Faces of Christ"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I see that my faith and my fears about</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith were both part of a much larger</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">story that play into my understanding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of what I am as a Christian today.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Both traditions have truth associated with</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">them. Both can be, understood by themselves, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">narrow </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and misleading. All are part of a </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">much </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">larger Christian narrative.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Philip Jenkins never fails to challenge.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He stretches me when I would like to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">remain in my comfort zone. He intrigues</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me by opening new faith connections that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I might never have imagined were possible.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We have long known of the existence of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">non-canonical Christian texts - beginning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with the Gospel of Thomas and expanding</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">exponentially. What we have not known</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">has been the extensive influence of such</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">texts on such large numbers of people</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">over so long a period of history.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Paul's core gospel message about </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">justification may not have been as</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important in the great scheme of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">things as I was once led to believe.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Book of Mormon may not have been</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">so ficticious a book of sacred scripture</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as the common wisdom of my background</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">had taught me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The great mix of faith traditions currently</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">included in the umbrella term "Christianity"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">may not be so historically unique as we think.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jenkins' book reflects erudition and the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ability of a good scholar to push the envelope.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">At the same time, it infuses the reader with </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">intrigue</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and the desire to probe further.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We are obviously going through a period</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of expansion concerning what it means</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be a Christian today. A cyclical phase</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of faith contraction will inevitably follow.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This volume would be a worthy addition to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">your library and you would return to it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">often, I assure you.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the book from Amazon.ca:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jreqg6h">http://tinyurl.com/jreqg6h</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio, TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Triumph of Goodness"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j6hcxmh">http://tinyurl.com/j6hcxmh</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong>Jim Taylor,</strong><br />
<strong>Okanagan, BC</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>Personal Web Log</strong><br />
<strong>March 27th, 2016</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />
<strong>"Re-Thinking the Resurrection"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/z5oqumx">http://tinyurl.com/z5oqumx</a></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 30th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Irreverence Won't Hurt God"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/h6l3e9n">http://tinyurl.com/h6l3e9n</a></strong></span><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE EASTER UPRISING IN IRELAND</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Century Ago - Still a Tricky Business</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/grne2sf">http://tinyurl.com/grne2sf</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">PASSOVER IS FOR CHRISTIANS TOO</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Reformed Rabbi Invites Crossover</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 23rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zf27bsc">http://tinyurl.com/zf27bsc</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MLK'S THEOLOGY OF RECONCILIATION</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Formed in US Black Church Experience</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 31st, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h464wvv">http://tinyurl.com/h464wvv</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THE PLIGHT OF CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Easter Week Attacks on Women, Children</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 29th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jx5dgxo">http://tinyurl.com/jx5dgxo</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times (video story)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j5rusrl">http://tinyurl.com/j5rusrl</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THREE FALSE ASSUMPTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ABOUT MUSLIMS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the Age of ISIS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sojourners Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6jqjra">http://tinyurl.com/z6jqjra</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WOMEN AGAIN BANNED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FROM TEMPLE WESTERN WALL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Very Orthodox Opposed to Change </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcdl7sq">http://tinyurl.com/zcdl7sq</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ROME'S JEWISH CATACOMBS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Year of Mercy Opportunity</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hbu4db7">http://tinyurl.com/hbu4db7</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SYRIAN REFUGEES CELEBRATE </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FIRST MASS IN CANADA</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Continuing Their Armenian Faith </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in a New Home in Outremont QC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CJAD Radio, Montreal</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hhxe7rb">http://tinyurl.com/hhxe7rb</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CAN AN OUTSIDER EVER TRULY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">BECOME AMISH?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Is it Possible to Join the Plain People?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Atlas.Obscura</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 28th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jf4aafk">http://tinyurl.com/jf4aafk</a></strong></span><br />
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<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CHURCH SHOULD ASK FORGIVENESS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">FOR SEX ABUSE SCANDAL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In Year of Mercy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Tablet, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 14th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zxxq6ya">http://tinyurl.com/zxxq6ya</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated! <br />Christ is Risen, and the evil ones are cast down! <br />Christ is Risen, and the angels rejoice! <br />Christ is Risen, and life is liberated!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead; <br />for Christ having risen from the dead, is become the <br />first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To Him be Glory and Power forever and ever. Amen!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- John Chrysostom</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Anxiety and fear are what we know best in this <br />fantastic century of ours. Wars and rumors of <br />wars. From civilization itself to what seemed the <br />most unalterable values of the past, everything is <br />threatened or already in ruins. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We have heard so much tragic news that when </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the news is good we </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>cannot hear it. But the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>proclamation of Easter Day is that all is well. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>And as a Christian, I say this not with the easy </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>optimism of one who has never known </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a time </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>when all was not well but as one who has faced </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the cross in all its obscenity as well as in all its </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>glory, who has known one way or another what </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>it is like to live separated from God. In the end, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>his will, not ours, is done. Love is the victor. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Death is not the end. The end is life. His life </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>our lives through him, in him. Existence </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>has greater depths of beauty, mystery, and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>benediction than the wildest visionary has </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ever dared to dream. </strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christ our Lord has risen.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Frederick Buechner</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The morning prayer determines the day. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Squandered time of which we are ashamed, <br />temptations to which we succumb, weakness <br />and lack of courage in work, disorganization <br />and lack of discipline in our thoughts and in <br />our conversation with others, all have their </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>own origin most often in the neglect of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>morning prayer. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Order and distribution of our time become </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>more firm where they originate in prayer.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Dietrich Bonhoeffer</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Perhaps God is strong enough to exult in </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>monotony. It is possible that God says every </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>evening, "Do it again" to the moon.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><br />It may not be automatic necessity that makes </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>daisy separately, but has never got tired of making </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Father is younger than we.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- G.K. Chesterton</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>--</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>with wonder.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Thomas Aquinas</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Last US Forces Leave Vietnam"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7pgd6y6">http://tinyurl.com/7pgd6y6</a></strong></span><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">
</span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - </strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Harriet Tubman</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"I can't die but once"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(end)</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>*****</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continuing Our Program Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Winter 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WINTER</strong><strong> 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS SERIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "The Other Two Religions of Jerusalem"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Judaism and Islam</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books: "Chosen? Reading the Bible</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Walter Brueggemann</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> "Islam: A Short History"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Karen Armstrong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj">http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd">http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week investigation into the religious </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sources of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">modern global unrest centered </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Mid-East:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">January 18th - March 21st, 2015</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Including Monday of Family Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $35.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 33.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sets have now been sold.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning seventeen years </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-second series of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/"><strong>http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/</strong></a></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 46 book studies:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: The Books of JOB and DANIEL</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hebrew Bible Wisdom and Apocalyptic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">literature have meanings for our time.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Five sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">March 10th - April 14th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>The Bible Study Group provided the </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">service </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">reflection </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">Sunday, Jan. 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">and it was well received.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ACTS LENTEN RETREAT, 2016</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS EVENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Good Experience Again This Year</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cochrane, Alberta</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/</span></strong></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Took place:</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday February 28th</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11:30 AM - 4:00 PM</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Opening the Jubilee Door:<br />A Focus on the Ecological Spirituality<br />of St. Francis of Assisi"<br /><br />Registration, including lunch and <br />refreshments during the day - $35.00<br /><br />Reflections were led by Susan Campbell<br />enthusiastic, qualified and new MSF director;<br />included a nature walk.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">26 paid registrations. 24 attended</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Our "Memories Project" the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sight and Sound </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Packet was supplied by 24 persons </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who took </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Jerusalem and the Lands of Three </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Great Faiths" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tour last October. It was produced </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jock McTavish. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">12,000+ pictures were offered </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and processed into </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">various accessible electronic presentations.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Distributed free to all 29 people who participated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in our tour </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">additional packets available at </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a modest price </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for those </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interested.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Project Beginning this Spring--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-51872392873756414752016-03-26T13:02:00.000-06:002016-03-31T22:17:58.652-06:00Colleagues List, March 27th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 31</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>EASTER EDITION</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Therefore </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I want to:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- remove the duplication</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- improve the reading flow (and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- sharpen the focus, of all material </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Introducing this issue:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Two colleagues have written me with good</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">things to share with the rest of you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am pleased to introduce Douglas John Hall</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and Isabel Gibson. Please scroll down past this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">letter to begin reading their thoughts.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item this week is a response to the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Maclean's (Canadian newsmagazine) article</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for Easter Week 2016. It is entitled:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Did Jesus Really Exist?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I discuss contemporary historical Jesus </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">studies </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(with links for your further research) </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in my </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">comments.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague Contributions this week are from:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser, Lorna Dueck, Beth Porter, and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor. Thanks to all four of you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes follows. Here are eleven news items</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that got my attention from the web.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the Week - is provided by seven</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">contributors. Enjoy their thoughts!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The New York Times provides four news</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">reports from this week in history, written</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as it happened.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Closing Thought - is offered by Frederick</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buechner, and you may wish to sign up</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to his daily missives.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The blog ends with a listing of our adult</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">spiritual development programs, now</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">coming to a close for the season, at</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">St. David's United Church, Calgary.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">May you value the best of the meaning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this season of Christian Easter, offers you.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE COMMENT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Douglas John Hall</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Montreal, QC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 23rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Dear Wayne:</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I became 88 this week. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I attach a little half-serious poem </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that I wrote for
the occasion. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Cheers -</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Doug.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Today
I am eighty-and-eight.<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I
fear I am challenging fate!<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>But
it’s great.<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>‘Tis
fash’nable now to berate<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Old
age as a natural state.<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I
debate!<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>According
to me and my mate, <o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It’s
better to stay very late<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>than
vacate.<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For
now, we feel heaven can wait--<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>And
wait and wait and wait.<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>And
wait.<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>It’s
likely at some later date<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We’ll
beg them to open the gate—<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We’ll
be sate<span style="font-size: 8pt;">[d].</span><o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>But
meanwhile we’ll luxuriate<o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In
this place <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">le bon Dieu </i>did create. <o:p></o:p></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Such
a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fete!<a href="file:///C:/Users/Dianne-PC/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/IE/UXE5LYF2/23%20%20march%20%202016.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>djh</strong></span></i></div>
<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" />
<a href="file:///C:/Users/Dianne-PC/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/IE/UXE5LYF2/23%20%20march%20%202016.docx" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>[1]</strong></span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But please un-invite Donald Trump!</span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">--</span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Isabel Gibson</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ottawa, ON</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne:</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I almost never see something that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
relates to your blog, but here's one!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
Enjoy.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>
</strong></span><br />
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458822024199_21078">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Isabel</strong></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Library of Congress Website:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"God Says Yes to Me"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> by Kaylin Haught</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7oj4l9m">http://tinyurl.com/7oj4l9m</a></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SPECIAL ITEM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">An Easter Reflection -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CONTENDING WITH POP THEOLOGY</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Response to the Maclean's Article</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Easter, 2016 Canadian Edition:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Did Jesus Really Exist?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">After reading Brian Bethune's cover-</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">story article in this week's Maclean's -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Canadian newsmagazine - I am</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">no clearer about the author's answer</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to his posed question than I was </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">before.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">His attempt at a popularized version</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of a pivotal issue in modern </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jesus </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">scholarship fails, it seems to me. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This leads me to conclude that the real</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">purpose behind his effort has little to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">do </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">theological and historical </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">substance. But it has</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> a lot to do with </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">effect. He appeals to human emotions </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and little else.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unfortunately for Bethune, his </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">efforts t</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">o </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">get my attention leave me </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">cold and quite </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">confused by </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the time I reach </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">his rather </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">vague conclusion.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As usual, Macleans wants to attract</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">readers with a snappy title, then </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tends to fall flat in terms of substance.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So, I must conclude after reading the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">article - Macleans seeks attention to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">sell magazines. The </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">quest for historical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jesus truth falls </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">victim to sensationalism.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But, read the article yourself, if you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">have not already done so, and come</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to your own conclusions:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Macleans Article - April 4th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zeg8zq9">http://tinyurl.com/zeg8zq9</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">---</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here are a few thoughts to possibly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">help you with your reflections.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The quest for the Jesus of history is not</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by any means modern. You can trace the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">process in theological studies for at</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">least two hundred years. Please see:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Quest for the Historical Jesus"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(A survey until the pre-current debate)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z9zd7jh">http://tinyurl.com/z9zd7jh</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In many ways, the contemporary quest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">covers a broad spectrum of historical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jesus perspectives. There are many </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">variations on the theme.<span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Here are a few </span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">representative points of view to consider:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bart Ehrman comes out of Protestant</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">fundamentalist background. He considers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">himself an agnostic who has a profound</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">love for Jesus as a historical figure, but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">does not consider him Saviour and Lord.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here is information on the book that plays</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the central role in the Macleans article:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Did Jesus Exist? </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The Historical Argument </strong></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> for Jesus of Nazareth"</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zx7afwr">http://tinyurl.com/zx7afwr</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Ehrman Bio: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jf3fhcs">http://tinyurl.com/jf3fhcs</a></span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Richard Carrier, whose book is also mentioned, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">i</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">s a historian and a new atheist. He denies </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that Jesus ever existed and is certainly not</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a believer.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"On the Historicity of Jesus: </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbj9xqq">http://tinyurl.com/zbj9xqq</a></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zbj9xqq">Carrier</a> bio: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/md4znvp">http://tinyurl.com/md4znvp</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>N.T. </strong><strong>Wright is a well-known biblical scholar</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who believes in the historical Jesus and his</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">actual resurrection from the dead. He is a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">leading </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">British evangelical Anglican but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">challenges </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">traditional thinking when it </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">contradicts </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a reasonable faith.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jo4flj7">http://tinyurl.com/jo4flj7</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Tom Harpur is a Canadian, a former </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Anglican priest and theological educator.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">For many years he was the religion editor</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for the Toronto Star. His central study on</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the historical Jesus is:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Pagan Christ"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Harpur believes that Jesus is essentially</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a mythological figure, but worthy of belief.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He would not share Wright's view of Jesus</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as Lord, however, and does not need to have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jesus as a historical figure to make him </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">believable.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Click this link and scroll </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">down a bit to read </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">my review of his book.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jobs3k4">http://tinyurl.com/jobs3k4</a></strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jobs3k4"></a></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Marcus Borg, who is my age and shares a</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>similar denominational background, died </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>recently.</strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>He has spent a lifetime studying </strong></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Bible, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jesus in particular. Borg, for me, is the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">most </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important theologian of the group.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I was fortunate to experience a long and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">productive friendship with him. He helped</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me to remain a Christian and church member</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">when I might have fallen away as a believer.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Borg suggests that those who are seeking a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">meaningful understanding of Jesus should</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">dance warily around confessed church doctrines</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about Jesus (what the gospels and the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">churches </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">say about him) and "seek a relationship </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with Jesus </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">as the Spirit of God."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">His primary summary of this philosophy is:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings</strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zlcyt2q">http://tinyurl.com/zlcyt2q</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Concluding Thoughts</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">At Easter, the highest festival in the Christian</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Year, I am still a proud believer, but one who</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">has been shaped by all the opinions noted</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">above (and many others on the subject.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Here is a quick summary of what I mean:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I believe that Jesus was a figure of history,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but that a lot of mythological embellishment</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">was added to his basic story and beliefs about</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">him. He was a Jewish seer </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and visionary who </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">taught people a way to God </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that did not depend </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">on religious systems but did not disparage them</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">either.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am not convinced by the "Jesus as pure-myth"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">approach, but neither am I dependant on a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Jesus of history or the traditions of the church."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">At this same time, I am a product of church</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tradition, and believe it is important to honour </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">if not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">accept all of it</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">, with all </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">its wrongs, warts</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">weaknesses.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am not one who says "I am spiritual, but not</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">religious." For my spirituality to remain vital</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I must continue to be part of a real - not</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">imagined - religious community and I work </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">hard at </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that, because it is not always easy!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I do not believe that Jesus is the only way</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to eternal life, but he is my way.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I continue to be open to the sincere </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">influence </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of other Christians, non-Christians, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and non-believers.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So that is my mini-manifesto at Easter.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As such, I rejoice to say:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Lord is risen. He is risen indeed!"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>San Antonio, TX</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Personal Website</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>March 21st, 2016</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>"The Understanding and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> Compassion of Good Friday"</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/h2oppb5">http://tinyurl.com/h2oppb5</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna Dueck</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Context</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Three Spiritual Disciplines </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> for a Meaningful Easter"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zfzahp6">http://tinyurl.com/zfzahp6</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<div id="success">
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beth Porter</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Richmond Hill, ON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">L'Arche Canada </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Human Future - Webpage</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Spring, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> An Interiew with Al Etmanski</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hlqmlke">http://tinyurl.com/hlqmlke</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 20th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"A Eulogy for Disappearing Trees"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hqon5yd">http://tinyurl.com/hqon5yd</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 23rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Games that Shape Our Later Lives"</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gvank8y">http://tinyurl.com/gvank8y</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">***</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NET NOTES</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">EASTER'S EMPTY TOMB</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Real Story Outdoes Hollywood</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sightings,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jvbxfhg">http://tinyurl.com/jvbxfhg</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Poem for Holy Thursday</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sojourners</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zxq85jy">http://tinyurl.com/zxq85jy</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TERRORISM WILL ALWAYS FAIL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is Weakness, not Strength</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Tablet, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 23rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Here's How to do it, by Jim Wallis</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sojourners</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WE CAN'T FORCE OUR POLITICAL AGENDA</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Wise Canadian Evangelical Insight</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Christian Week</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>March 22nd, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WAS THE LAST SUPPER </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A PASSOVER SEDER?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Some Scholars Object - </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Say it was Misinterpreted</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 24th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MOSAIC RESTORATION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AN INTERFAITH EFFORT</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jerusalem Church Project</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">at Church of the Nativity</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 25th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MEN AND WOMEN DIVIDE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON MATTERS OF RELIGION</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">World-Wide Inter-faith Survey</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 22nd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">15 CHARACTERISTICS OF </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TODAY'S </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UNCHURCHED PERSON</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Some Surprizes Noted Here</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Week Online</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">SOCIETY TO PROVIDE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">1 MILLION BIBLES TO CUBA</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">An Opportunity for Canadians</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 23rd, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN EVANGELICALS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">NOT VOTING FOR TRUMP</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Contrary to Assumptions</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity Today</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 18th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Mormons Don't Like Trump</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Would Vote for a Democrat</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 21st, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the websites of Sojourners and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the Bruderhof:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To love is to accept dependency on love. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- François Varillon</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For me, forgiveness and compassion are </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>always linked: how do we hold people </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>accountable for wrongdoing and yet at </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the same time remain in touch with their </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>humanity enough to believe in their </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>capacity to be transformed?</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- bell hooks</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The heart is stretched through suffering, <br />and enlarged. But O the agony of this <br />enlarging of the heart, that one may be <br />prepared to enter into the anguish of <br />others!…</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The cross as dogma is painless speculation; <br />the cross as lived suffering is anguish and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>glory. Yet God, out of the pattern of his own </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>heart, has planted the cross along the road </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of holy obedience. And he enacts in the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>hearts of those he loves the miracle of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>willingness to welcome suffering and to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>know it for what it is – the final seal of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>his gracious love.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Thomas R. Kelly</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The image Jesus left with the world, <br />the cross, the most common image in <br />the Christian religion, is proof that God <br />cares about our suffering and pain. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>He died of it. Today the image is coated <br />with gold and worn around the necks of <br />beautiful girls, a symbol of how far we can <br />stray from the reality of history. But it </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>stands, unique among all religions of the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>world. </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Many of them have gods. But only </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>one has a God who cared enough to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>become a man and to die.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Philip Yancey</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Forget the "titles" of Jesus, at least for </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>a moment... Focus, instead, on a young </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Jewish prophet telling a story about </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>YHWH returning to Zion as judge and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>redeemer, and then embodying it by </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>riding into the city in tears, symbolizing</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the Temple's destruction, and celebrating </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the final exodus. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- N.T. Wright</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>One must learn to make the transition </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from “let this cup pass from me” to </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>“nevertheless, not my will, but thy will </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>b</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>e done.” And God grant that as you face </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>life with all of its decision – as you face </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the bitter cup which you will inevitably <br />face from day to day – God grant that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>y</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ou will learn this one thing and that is </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>t</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>o make the transition from “this cup” </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>to </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>“nevertheless”.…This, you see, is the <br />thing that determines whether you go </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>through life devoted to an eternal cause </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>o</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>r whether you go through life depending </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>on your own finite answers, which really </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>turn out to be no answers.</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>This is the thing that determines </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>whether </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>you can rise out of your egocentric </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>predicament to devotion to a higher cause. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>This is what Jesus was able to do and this </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>is the lesson that he presents to us today.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Martin Luther King Jr.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>If we are honest, we have to say that <br />we cannot reach the goal. We cannot <br />become what we ought to become, <br />true men and women. Many let the <br />matter rest there; they confess it, but<br />take no action. They make themselves <br />satisfied with half because they cannot <br />have the whole. God demands all, not <br />just half. And this “all” we are not capable <br />of giving. What is impossible for us is </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>what God wants – all love to him and t</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>o our fellow humans.<br /><br />If this is true, it would seem that we </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>can have no good conscience, no </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>trusting relationship with God, no </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>inner peace, and no freedom of the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>soul. But God has in his mercy shown </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>us a different way. “You cannot come </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>up to me, so I will come down to you.” </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>And God descends to us human beings. <br />This act of becoming one of us begins <br />at Christmas and ends on Good Friday.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Emil Brunner</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the Archives of the New York Times</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Off Alaska Coast"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"MLK Begins Selma to Montgomery Walk"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ygklbx6">http://tinyurl.com/ygklbx6</a></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"MLK Arrives in Montgomery"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Begin and Sadat Sign Peace Accord"</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>CLOSING THOUGHT - Frederick Buechner</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WINTER</strong><strong> 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS SERIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "The Other Two Religions of Jerusalem"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Judaism and Islam</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books: "Chosen? Reading the Bible</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Walter Brueggemann</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> "Islam: A Short History"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Karen Armstrong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj">http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd">http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week investigation into the religious </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sources of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">modern global unrest centered </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Mid-East:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">January 18th - March 21st, 2015</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Including Monday of Family Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $35.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 33.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sets have now been sold.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning seventeen years </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-second series of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/"><strong>http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/</strong></a></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 46 book studies:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: The Books of JOB and DANIEL</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hebrew Bible Wisdom and Apocalyptic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">literature have meanings for our time.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Five sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">March 10th - April 14th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>The Bible Study Group provided the </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">service </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">reflection </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">Sunday, Jan. 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">and it was well received.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ACTS LENTEN RETREAT, 2016</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPLETED</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Good Experience Again This Year</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cochrane, Alberta</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/</span></strong></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Took place:</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday February 28th</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11:30 AM - 4:00 PM</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Opening the Jubilee Door:<br />A Focus on the Ecological Spirituality<br />of St. Francis of Assisi"<br /><br />Registration, including lunch and <br />refreshments during the day - $35.00<br /><br />Reflections were led by Susan Campbell<br />enthusiastic, qualified and new MSF director;<br />included a nature walk.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">26 paid registrations. 24 attended</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Our "Memories Project" the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sight and Sound </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Packet was supplied by persons </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who took </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Jerusalem and the Lands of Three </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Great Faiths" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tour last October, and produced </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jock McTavish. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">12,000+ pictures were offered </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and processed into </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">various electronic presentations.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Distributed free to all 29 people who participated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in our tour </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">additional packets available at </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a modest price </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for those </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interested.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Project Beginning this Spring--</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong></div>
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Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695033623125080147.post-70642537539633759592016-03-17T22:15:00.001-06:002016-03-19T14:07:20.504-06:00Colleagues List, March 20th, 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Vol. XI. No. 30</strong></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne A. Holst, Editor</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My E-Mail Address:</b></span></span><br /><a href="mailto:waholst@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT150_com_zimbra_email"><span style="color: #473624;">waholst@telus.net</span></span></span></b></span></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Colleagues List Web Site:</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><b>http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Colleagues:</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Enhancing your reading experience is very</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">important to me. I am currently involved in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">up-grading the layout and presentation of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleagues List, so please bear with me.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am attempting to reduce the length, but </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">not </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the content and quality, of each issue. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Therefore </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I want to:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- remove the duplication</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- improve the reading flow (and)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- sharpen the focus, of all material </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please let me know how I'm doing.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Introducing the Design of this Issue:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I begin with comment from two colleagues</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who wrote me this week. Their letters appear</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">just after this one. Thanks Rob and Bill.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Special Item is a notice for the new book</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Susan Jacoby. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Please continue to scroll through my blog to </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">read </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about the author, the book, and my thoughts.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Colleague contributions are provided by Doug,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna, Jim, Elfrieda, Marty and Ron. Thanks to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">all six of you for stimulating our thoughts.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Net Notes - offers global, ecumenical news stories </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and links that </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">caught my attention this week.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wisdom of the week comes from James Baldwin,</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Mahatma Gandhi, </strong><strong>John Chrysostom, Helen Prejean,</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Merton and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Wendell Berry.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Welcome to a hopefully new and improved edition </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of Colleagues List </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as we begin Holy Week, the most </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Rob Fennell,</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>March 13th, 2016</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Dear Wayne,</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks for the latest edition of Colleagues </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>List, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and the link to the </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>new Volf book. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I'll look for it - </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>he is always so good.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>I have edited a new book and wonder if </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The title is <i>Both Sides of the Wardrobe: </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>C.S. Lewis, </i></strong></span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theological Imagination, </strong></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and Everyday Discipleship.</strong></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>There is a Facebook page, which one can </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and the introduction free to view:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>There is also the publisher's page, but I </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The Rev. Dr. Bob Fennell, </strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bob, I am happy to help promote the book</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wayne</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Bill Shantz,<br />Thunder Bay, ON.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>March 17, 2016 </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Subject: Conversion</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Wayne:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>For your possible interest, I refer you <br />to pp 82-86 of the March 2016 edition <br />of Harper's Magazine, a review by Gary <br />Greenberg entitled:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>"Beginning to See the Light: <br /> Religious Conversion Across the Ages." </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Greenberg addresses three new books: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>(1) Strange Gods: A Secular History of <br /> Conversion by Susan Jacoby, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>(2) Radical: My Journey Out of Islamist <br /> Extremism by Maajid Nawaz, and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>(3) Islam and the Future of Tolerance: <br /> A Dialogue by Sam Harris and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> Maajid Nawaz.</strong></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Regards, </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> William Shantz, MD. Psychiatry</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Bill, my Special Item, next up, is a book<br />notice for the Susan Jacoby book.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks for this.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Wayne</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">STRANGE GODS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Secular History of Conversion</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Susan Jacoby</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Random House Canada, Toronto</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hardcover, 464 pages. $35.00 CAD.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ISBN #978-0-375-42375-8.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Released February 16th, 2016)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In a ground breaking historical work that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>addresses religious conversion in the West </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>from an uncompromisingly secular perspective, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Susan Jacoby challenges the conventional </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>narrative of conversion as a purely spiritual </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>journey. From the transformation on the road </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>t</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>o Damascus of the Jew Saul into the Christian </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>evangelist Paul to a twenty-first-century </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>“religious marketplace” in which half of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Americans have changed faiths at least once, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>nothing has been more important in the struggle </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>for reason than the right to believe in the God </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of one’s choice or to reject belief in God altogether.<br /> <br /> Focusing on the long, tense convergence of </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>each claiming </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>possession of absolute truth - Jacoby examines </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>c</strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>onversions within a social and economic </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>framework that includes theocratic coercion </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(unto torture and death) and the more friendly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>persuasion of political advantage, economic </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>opportunism, and interreligious marriage. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Moving through time, continents, and cultures -</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the triumph of Christianity over paganism in late </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>antiquity, the Spanish Inquisition, John Calvin’s </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>dour theocracy, Southern plantations where </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>African slaves had to accept their masters’ </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>religion - the narrative is punctuated by portraits </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>of individual converts embodying the sacred and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>profane. The cast includes Augustine of Hippo; </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>John Donne; the German Jew Edith Stein, whose </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>conversion to Catholicism did not save her from </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Auschwitz; boxing champion Muhammad Ali; </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and former President George W. Bush. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>The story also encompasses conversions to rigid </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>secular ideologies, notably Stalinist Communism, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>with their own truth claims.<br /> <br /> Finally, Jacoby offers a powerful case for religious </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>choice as a product of the secular Enlightenment. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In a forthright and unsettling conclusion linking </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the present with the most violent parts of the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>West’s religious past, she reminds us that in the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>absence of Enlightenment values, radical Islamists </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>are persecuting Christians, many other Muslims, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and atheists in ways that recall the worst of the </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Middle Ages.<br /><br /><i>(With 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations.)</i></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>SUSAN JACOBY is the author of eleven previous </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>books, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>most recently <i>Never Say Die, The Great </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Agnostic: </i></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Robert Ingersoll and American </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Freethought, The Age </i></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>of American Unreason, </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Alger Hiss and the Battle for History, Freethinkers: </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>A History of American Secularism,</i> </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and <i>Half-Jew: </i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>A Daughter’s Search for Her Family’s </i></strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>Buried Past</i>. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Her articles have appeared frequently in </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>the op-ed </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>pages of <i>The New York Times</i> and in forums </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>that </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>include <i>The American Prospect, Dissent, </i>and <i></i></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><i>The Daily Beast.</i> She lives in New York City. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.susanjacoby.com/">www.susanjacoby.com</a> </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In this book, I focus on conversion in the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Western </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">world - with forays into the Middle East as the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam - </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">because I am concerned primarily with places</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in which the three great monotheistic faiths </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>converged (and continue to do so) with competing</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">truth claims...I have also concentrated on times</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and civilizations...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In thinking about both the eternal and temporal</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">power of conversion in the history of the West,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the American idea of a free "religious marketplace"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- a phrase that strikes people in many other</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">countries as comical because of its economic </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">overtones - might be seen as the completion of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a full circle beginning with the potpourri of the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Roman Empire...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Even when forced conversion (which have occurred</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">throughout history) is not involved, intense</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">proselytizing by monotheistic religions asserting</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that they represent the only "true" faith raises</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">problematic issues throughout the world...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christianity remains a forceful and successful</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">proselytizing religion mainly in the poorest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">regions </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the globe... (there is a connection</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">between successful proselytizing and poorly</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">educated, and by that I don't mean "stupid"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">societies).</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(Even in the USA some groups of people reject</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">any scientific or medical facts that they fear</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">will undermine their religio-political beliefs.)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Only in America do we speak with approval </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">about a religious marketplace... this leaves</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">many to assert "I'm spiritual but not religious."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">What this statement often means is "I want</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the consolations of faith without the obligations</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of an organized religion..."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"I was blind, but now I see" is surely one of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the most powerful metaphor written into one</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of the most beautiful songs of faith in the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">history of Christianity. But there has always</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">been a disturbing unsung corollary for those</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who are certain they possess absolute spiritual</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">truth: "You are blind, and now you must see</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">what I see..."</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">(This dualism about being 'converted' to the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'truth faith' is a very difficult matter for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">thoughtful religious people to face and it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">causes many to avoid dealing with it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- from the Introduction</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Review of the Book by Gary Wills</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times Review of Books</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">February 26th, 2016:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zamywbn">http://tinyurl.com/zamywbn</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">My Thoughts:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jacoby is unapologetically a "new</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">atheist" according to the current</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">parlance of religious understanding,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">but she is a respectful scholar and </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">debater; </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">providing many intelligent </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">arguments </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to support her case. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> like this book, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">even though I don't </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">always agree </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with the author.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In this volume, her main argument seems</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to be </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that while many would see the term</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"conversion" as a good thing, she would</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">beg to differ. Her book is specially</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">targeted at the true believers of any</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">faith, but particularly those who follow</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">one of the three great faiths of Jerusalem.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jacoby is like other modern new atheists, in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">that some of her criticisms are devastating.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This author is an historian of substance</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and, as such, she challenges many of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the sacred cows of the faithful. She can</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">be counted on to pose some critical</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">questions that </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">you may not have heard </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">before.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">But </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">she does it with a certain grace.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As I read her substantial book of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">500 pages, I am often left with a kind</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of "yes/but" response to the points</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">she makes. In other words, she offers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">some real critique to some of my own</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">unchallenged assumptions about being</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a Christian and wanting others to be</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christians too. That is a mute point for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me because my theological specialty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">is missiology, the study of proclaiming</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the good news of the Christian Gospel </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">across the</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> divides of faith or unbelief.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">As a result, I can't think of a better </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">way </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">to grow in my understanding of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the faith </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I devoutly claim and the discipline of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the religion that I follow.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jacoby treats me and my faith with respect.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">She does not try to demean or belittle </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">me .</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Yet, she leaves me free to question things</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have previously taken for granted as true.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you want specific arguments, I suggest</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">you spend time with this book.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It will take me some time to adequately</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">respond with grace to some of Jacoby's </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">claims, but </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I need to "work with" some </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">of them, in </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">any event.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Blessed assurance?" - indeed. But that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">should not come without a lifetime of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">struggle and perseverance.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is not a book for the faint of heart, but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">if you want to grow your faith - even at the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">risk of losing some comfortable assumptions </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">- </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">this is a book I would highly recommend.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Buy the book from Amazon.ca:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jlup4bv">http://tinyurl.com/jlup4bv</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Doug Shantz,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Calgary, AB.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chair of Christian Thought Final Lecture</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 7th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"How Should We Study and Teach Religion?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Some Reflections After 33 years"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/christchair/2016"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>http://www.ucalgary.ca/christchair/2016</strong></span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Lorna Dueck</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Toronto, ON</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Globe and Mail</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Doctor Assisted Dying -</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Why Religious Conscience</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Must be Part of the Debate"</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hzyxmjx">http://tinyurl.com/hzyxmjx</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Jim Taylor</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Okanagan, BC</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Log</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Epitaph for a Songwriter"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Elfrieda Schroeder</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Winnipeg, MB</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In Transit Blog</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 11th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Heimweh"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Martin Marty,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chicago, IL</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 14th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ron Rolheiser,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">San Antonio TX</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Personal Web Site</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 14th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Power of Fear"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">IRON AGE FIND IN YORKSHIRE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It Dates to the Time of Christ</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Guardian, UK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>TAIZE HEAD WELCOMED BY FRANCIS</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Pope Receives Ecumenical Leader</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>News from Taize</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>March 4th, 2016</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">66% OF CHALDEAN CHRISTIANS GONE</span></strong></div>
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bishop Tells of Major Syrian War Losses</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Christian Post</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jg3a6bc">http://tinyurl.com/jg3a6bc</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TRUMP INDUCED ANXIETY IS VERY REAL</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Therapists Assess American 'Condition'</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Science.mic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 15th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/joq743q">http://tinyurl.com/joq743q</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WILL GOD SAVE US FROM DONALD TRUMP?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Credible Commentary on American Politics</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Religion News Service</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j3ywt3m">http://tinyurl.com/j3ywt3m</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">MOTHER TERESA TO BE CANONIZED SEPT. 4th</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Announcement from Rome Made This Week</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">America Magazine</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/j99htz8">http://tinyurl.com/j99htz8</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">JONATHAN SACKS ON DOCTOR ASSISTED DYING</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">He Advises Against Going Down That Road</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Context With Lorna Dueck (Youtube Clip)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hs3tbmv">http://tinyurl.com/hs3tbmv</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">AMERICAN BLACKS REVIEW OBAMA PRESIDENCY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"The Best of Times, The Worst of Times"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New York Times Video</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 13th, 2016</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hw64lef">http://tinyurl.com/hw64lef</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ARE CHINESE CHRISTIANS REALLY PERSECUTED?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Situation is Actually More Nuanced</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">UCA News</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jotklhb">http://tinyurl.com/jotklhb</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">THREE PRACTICAL WAYS </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TO LEAD </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Raven Foundation Website</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">March 16th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hmad645">http://tinyurl.com/hmad645</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong> </div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">WISDOM OF THE WEEK</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Children have never been very good <br />at listening to their elders, but they <br />have never failed to imitate them. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- James Baldwin</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Stoning prophets and erecting churches <br />to their memory afterwards has been the <br />way of the world through the ages. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Today we worship Christ, but the Christ <br />in the flesh we crucified.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Mahatma Gandhi</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>These are two things: sin and repentance. <br />Sin is a wound; repentance is a medicine. <br />Just as there are for the body wounds and <br />medicines, so for the soul are sins and <br />repentance.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- John Chrysostom</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">--</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Writing is like praying, because you stop all </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>other activities, descend into silence, and listen </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>patiently to the depths of your soul, waiting for </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>true words to come. When they do, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>you thank </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>God because you know the words are a gift, and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>you write them down as honestly and cleanly </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>as you can. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Helen Prejean C.S.J</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>We pay more attention to dying than to death.<br />We’re more concerned to get over the act of <br />dying than to overcome death. </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Socrates mastered the art of dying; <br />Christ overcame death as the last enemy. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>There is a real difference between the two things; <br />the one is within the scope of human possibilities, <br />the other means resurrection.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Dietrich Bonhoeffer</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In the old days, on Easter night, the Russian<br />peasants used to carry the blessed fire home <br />from church. The light would scatter and travel <br />in all directions through the darkness, and the <br />desolation of the night would be pierced and <br />dispelled as lamps came on in the windows <br />of the farmhouses, one by one. Even so, the <br />glory of God sleeps everywhere, ready to blaze <br />out unexpectedly in created things. Even so, <br />his peace and his order lie hidden in the world, <br />even the world of today, ready to re-establish <br />themselves in his way, in his own good time – <br />but never without the instrumentality of free <br />options made by free people.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>- Thomas Merton</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ON THIS DAY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">From the archives of the New York Times:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"My Lai Massacre in Vietnam War"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ycyo8gd">http://tinyurl.com/ycyo8gd</a></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"First Human Spacewalk Conducted by Soviets"</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4ou72pg">http://tinyurl.com/4ou72pg</a></strong></span><br />
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<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">CLOSING THOUGHT <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wendell Berry</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>and </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>our hearts, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>it is not more terrible than one death </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>fully imagined. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>(end)</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continuing Our Program Season -</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Winter 2016 Adult Spiritual Development</strong></span><br /><strong>ACTS Ministry at St. David's </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>United Church, </strong></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Calgary</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>WINTER</strong><strong> 2016 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Theme: "The Other Two Religions of Jerusalem"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Judaism and Islam</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books: "Chosen? Reading the Bible</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Walter Brueggemann</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> "Islam: A Short History"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Karen Armstrong</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj">http://tinyurl.com/jzbybmj</a></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd">http://tinyurl.com/hr4ohvd</a></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A ten-week investigation into the religious </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sources of </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">modern global unrest centered </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in the Mid-East:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">January 18th - March 21st, 2015</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Including Monday of Family Weekend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books only - $35.00</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Total book sets made available for sale: 33.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All sets have now been sold.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now beginning seventeen years </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of Monday Night Studies</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our thirty-second series of </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(usually) ten week sessions!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Course design: </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/"><strong>http://chosen.stdavidscalgary.net/</strong></a></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check our complete archives </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for all 46 book studies:</span></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh</span></a></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: The Books of JOB and DANIEL</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Hebrew Bible Wisdom and Apocalyptic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">literature have meanings for our time.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Five sessions </strong><strong>10-11 AM</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Gathering at 9:30AM</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the St. David's TM Room</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">March 10th - April 14th.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>No charge.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><o:p></o:p><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Study resource -<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The DK Complete Bible Handbook</span></strong><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q">http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q</a></strong></span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"></span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>(copy available in our church library)</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";"><strong>The Bible Study Group provided the </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">service </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">reflection </span><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">Sunday, Jan. 17th, 2016</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "verdana";">and it was well received.</span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>ACTS LENTEN RETREAT, 2016</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A Good Experience Again This Year</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cochrane, Alberta</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/"><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/</span></strong></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Took place:</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday February 28th</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">11:30 AM - 4:00 PM</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Theme: "Opening the Jubilee Door:<br />A Focus on the Ecological Spirituality<br />of St. Francis of Assisi"<br /><br />Registration, including lunch and <br />refreshments during the day - $35.00<br /><br />Reflections were led by Susan Campbell<br />enthusiastic, qualified and new MSF director;<br />included a nature walk.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">26 paid registrations. 24 attended</span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">***</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Our "Memories Project" the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Sight and Sound </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Packet was supplied by persons </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">who took </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">the </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Jerusalem and the Lands of Three </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Great Faiths" </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">tour last October, and produced </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">by Jock McTavish. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">12,000+ pictures were offered </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">and processed into </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">various electronic presentations.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Distributed free to all 29 people who participated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">in our tour </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">with </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">additional packets available at </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">a modest price </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for those </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">interested.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">New Project Beginning This Winter --</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">"Where Would You Like to Travel Next?"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Beginning our process to find a destination</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">for a trip somewhere in the world in 2017.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana";">*****</span></strong>Wayne Holsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285199202589704628noreply@blogger.com0