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GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address:
waholst@telus.net
Colleagues List Web Site:
http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com
"Quicklinks" are included with many items
at the beginning of this issue. To get a more
complete picture, however, scroll down to
find your special selection in the body of
the blog.
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Dear Friends:
For my Special Item this week I share with you
my March column for the Anglican Journal -
"Interfaith Dialogue Close to Home"
In it, I attempt to present ways that anyone
might become engaged with persons of other
faith traditions "close to home"
http://tinyurl.com/pfnrcc4
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Colleague Contributions - come to us from
Jim Taylor of Okanagan BC who writes on an
"Imaginary Climate of Fear"
http://tinyurl.com/pwkl53c
Martin Marty of Chicago IL who takes us
back to Selma, fifty years ago
"Sustaining the Momentum Still"
http://tinyurl.com/kcrxhgq
Ron Rolheiser of San Antonio TX who shares
"Seeing in a Deeper Way"
http://tinyurl.com/oeq5mp2
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Net Notes - please consider the following
items I have gleaned from the internet
during the past week -
"Gay and Mennonite" - traditional Mennonite
communities must grapple with modern
sexual/societal issues like everyone else.
Note this most interesting article
(The Atlantic Online)
http://tinyurl.com/kf3ro2r
"Investigating NDE's" - Near Death Experience
is one way to scientifically approach the matter
of the afterlife - but with some restrictions
(The Atlantic Online)
http://tinyurl.com/mrm4d9l
"Lesson from Japan's Christians"- traditionally,
Japanese Christians, a distinct minority in the
country, have been silent. But that seems no
longer the case (UCA News)
http://tinyurl.com/qdpqw2q
"Major Thai Buddhist Temple Scandal" - as a
reminder that religious scandal is not confined
to Christian groups - please note the following
(AFP News Asia)
http://tinyurl.com/ld6cec8
"Question is - What's the Difference?" - Joan
Chittister is at her best when describing how
Islamic terrorist groups differ little from other
terrorists; including us (National Catholic Reporter)
http://tinyurl.com/mmlcubw
"Finnish Orthodox Archbishop Controversy" -
what happens when an ancient and a more
modern church seek to develop a relationship?
This story focuses on women clergy
(Orthodox Church Press)
http://tinyurl.com/lsg8zgb
"Over 220,000 Killed in 5 Year Syrian Civil War" -
here are stories about a nation self-destructing
before our eyes and not only Christians suffer
(Christian Post, Buzzfeed News)
http://tinyurl.com/n388bcl
http://tinyurl.com/ogrreoz
"Hindu Nationalist's Comments Called Disgusting" -
after a older Catholic nun was raped in her convent
in India there was a reaction from Christians and
a response by an Indian politician. Read both sides
(UCA News) http://tinyurl.com/mcry9hu
http://tinyurl.com/m5o8qp8
"Pakistan Christians Fearful After Church Bombings" -
serious stories have been emerging this week
(Humanitarian News and Analysis)
http://tinyurl.com/npkmq4u
"Obama Hesitates to Congratulate Israeli PM on Victory"
- the American president was not pleased with the
surprizing results of the election in Israel this week.
The Republican Congress seems to think differently
(The Guardian UK) http://tinyurl.com/lxvmmac
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Wisdom of the Week - is provided by Sojourners
and the Bruderhof online, and includes comment by:
Ralph Ellison, Alexander Schmemann,
Vaclav Havel, Soren Kirkegaard and
Ann Spangler
Please scroll down to read their insights.
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On This Day - read history as it appeared in
the New York Times as events took place:
"First Space Walk Taken
by Russian Cosmonaut"
http://tinyurl.com/4ou72pg
"My Lai Massacre Conducted by US in Vietnam"
http://tinyurl.com/ycyo8gd
"12 Killed by Poisonous Gas in Tokyo Subway"
http://tinyurl.com/yg67cyx
"MLK Leads March from Selma to Montgomery"
http://tinyurl.com/ygklbx6
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Closing Thought - is from St. Augustine
Please scroll to the end, below, to read the
intro to his famous book "The Confessions"
(end)
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For those who want an update of our current
Adult Ministry program at the church, please
scroll down to the end of the blog to read -
Winter 2015 Adult Spiritual Development
ACTS Ministry Programs at St. David's
and at the University of Calgary
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SPECIAL ITEM
My AJ Column for March =
"Interfaith Dialogue Close to Home"
Anglican Journal
March 16th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/pfnrcc4
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
JIM TAYLOR
Okanagan BC
Personal Web Log
March 18th, 2015
"Imaginary Climate of Fear"
http://tinyurl.com/pwkl53c
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MARTIN MARTY
Chicago, IL
Sightings
March 16th, 2015
"Sustaining the Momentum Still"
http://tinyurl.com/kcrxhgq
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RON ROLHEISER
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
March 16th, 2015
"Seeing in a Deeper Way"
http://tinyurl.com/oeq5mp2
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NET NOTES
GAY AND MENNONITE
A Conservative Church Struggles
The Atlantic Online
March 18th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/kf3ro2r
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INVESTIGATING NEAR
DEATH EXPERIENCES
Scientific Study of
Brushes with the Afterlife
The Atlantic Online
April, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/mrm4d9l
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A LESSON FROM JAPAN'S
HIDDEN CHRISTIANS
Once Silent, Now Expressive
UCA News
March 19th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/qdpqw2q
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THAI BUDDHIST TEMPLE
TO REPAY MILLIONS
Funding Abuse Scandal
AFP News Asia
March 17th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ld6cec8
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THE QUESTION IS -
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Engaging Religious Thuggery
by Joan Chittister
National Catholic Reporter
March 20th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/mmlcubw
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FINNISH ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP
SPARKS CONTROVERSY
Invites Female Lutheran Bishop
to Participate in Ordination
Orthodox Church Press
March 5th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/lsg8zgb
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OVER 220,000 KILLED IN
5 YEAR SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
An International Community Stain
Christian Post
March 16th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/n388bcl
"This is What Life in Syria is Like
After More than Four Years of War"
(with pictures)
Buzzfeed News
March 16th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ogrreoz
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HINDU NATIONALIST'S COMMENTS
CALLED DISGUSTING
Views on Rape of Nun
and Church Demolition
UCA News
March 19th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/mcry9hu
"Christians Demonstrate in Solidarity
with Nun Raped in Her Convent"
UCA News
March 17th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/m5o8qp8
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PAKISTAN CHRISTIANS FEARFUL,
ANGRY AFTER CHURCH BOMBINGS
Humanitarian News and Analysis
March 20th, 3025
http://tinyurl.com/npkmq4u
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OBAMA HESITATES TO CONGRATULATE
ISRAELI PM ON ELECTION VICTORY
Snubs His "Divisive Rhetoric"
The Guardian
March 18th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/lxvmmac
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners
and Bruderhof online:
I am an invisible man...
I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone,
fiber and liquids — and I might even be said
to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand,
simply because people refuse to see me.
- Ralph Ellison
(mid -20th century Black American author)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Ellison
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Centuries of secularism have failed to transform
eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is
still treated with reverence...
To eat is still something more than to maintain
bodily functions. People may not understand what
that 'something more' is, but they nonetheless
desire to celebrate it. They are still hungry and
thirsty for sacramental life.
- Alexander Schmemann
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| An enormous conflict between words and deeds is prevalent today: everyone talks about freedom, democracy, justice, human rights, about peace and saving the world from nuclear apocalypse; and at the same time, everyone, more or less, consciously or unconsciously, serves those values and ideals only to the extent necessary to serve himself and his “worldly” interests, personal interests, group interests, power interests, property interests, and state or great-power interests... So the power structures apparently have no other choice than to sink deeper into this vicious maelstrom, and contemporary people apparently have no other choice than to wait a round until the final inhibition drops away. But who should begin? Who should break this vicious circle? Responsibility cannot be preached but only borne, and the only possible place to begin is with oneself. - Vaclav Havel --
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