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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:
My Special Item this week is a reflection
on some serious activity going on in our
home lately. It is entitled:
"Spring Cleaning - Good for the Soul"
It is my Anglican Journal column for May
and I hope it speaks to you too.
http://tinyurl.com/ow7xsro.
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Colleague Comment this week is from:
Malik Muradov, executive director of the
Interfaith Dialogue Institute of Calgary -
a most creative Canadian Islamic Centre
and with whom we at St. David's have
been experiencing growing relations.
http://calgary.interculturaldialog.com/
Please scroll down to read his comments
about my book notice on "Islam's Jesus"
http://tinyurl.com/kuc5wjo
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Colleague Contributions - are from:
Marjorie Gibson (Vancouver BC)
"Flash"
http://tinyurl.com/ls2mlhv
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Jim Taylor (Okanagan BC)
"Delhi Traffic:
Anarchy Doesn't Equal Chaos"
http://tinyurl.com/qcsdwxv
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Ron Rolheiser (San Antonio TX)
"Artificial Light"
http://tinyurl.com/qeo8ke4 and
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Martin Marty (Chicago IL)
"Sioux Suicides"
http://tinyurl.com/qjgueu7
For more detail, please scroll down.
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Net Notes - my collection of interesting
web links for the week are as followings:
"The Francis Miracle" - interpreting the Pope
is an helpful interview with John L. Allen
former Vatican correspondent for National
Catholic Reporter (Sun Rise Morning Show)
http://tinyurl.com/mbbekn9
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"Search for Authentic Evangelicalism" -
Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners, writes of
his remarkable recent visit to Korea
(Sojourners Online)
http://tinyurl.com/kvrhxtz
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"Americans Prefer Gay to Evangelical President" -
A recent Pew Research Poll finds growing gay
endorsement to the degree where citizens
would vote for a gay, before an evangelical
Christian. Most ironic (The Christian Post)
http://tinyurl.com/ld2hpkc
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"Best 2015 National Geographic Travel Photo Pix"
- a collection of magnificent pictures from
around the world (Atlantic Online)
http://tinyurl.com/o3aaz85
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"Religious Conservatives, Nones, Interfaith
Dialogue" - a helpful article on their deeper
social impact on American society (Sightings)
http://tinyurl.com/nj8ovgl
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"Canadian Tulip Festival Blooms in Ottawa,
Gatineau" - a special time of year in our nation's
capital, thanks in large part to the Netherlands,
eternally grateful for their WWII liberation by
Canadian forces in 1945 (CBC News)
http://tinyurl.com/kb8alpf
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"Vatican to Sign First Accord on Recognizing
Palestine" - after recognizing Palestinian
rights two years ago, the Vatican is moving
to formalize its statehood and sovereignty,
to the chagrin of Israel, but world support.
(New York Times, AFP News, UCA News)
http://tinyurl.com/n5lrsx6
http://tinyurl.com/kft768p
http://tinyurl.com/lbgp9tv
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"Christian Secular Media Takes New, Deeper
Direction" - Colleague Lorna Dueck moves
to enhance her Christian Canadian perspective
on secular news analysis (Christian Week)
http://tinyurl.com/mkoaee6
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"American Christianity Crumbles -
Evangelicals Stable" - the Pew Study noted
above reports the continuing loss of mainline
church influence in American life
(Christianity Today, Pew Research Center)
http://tinyurl.com/nuwd7qb
http://tinyurl.com/ldnxabw
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"Beautifully Ambiguous Apologetic Renews
the Mainline" - evangelicals in the US, moving
to the mainline, shows the fluidity of religion
in that nation. Their concerns? Evangelism not
evangelicalism, faith not fundamentalism
(Medium Blog)
http://tinyurl.com/oqqnm4h
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"Catholics/Protestants React to China Church
Restrictions" - our continuing attention to
religious developments in China sees a
growing ecumenical resistance to government
pressures in that land (UCA News)
http://tinyurl.com/pglk26k
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Wisdom of the Week - comes to us from:
Diana Nash, Jean Vanier, Basil of Caesarea
Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa and
Martin Luther King Jr.
Please scroll down to read them.
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On This Day -
Is provided from the archives
of the New York Times:
"Israel Recognized as Independent State"
http://tinyurl.com/a4eqxjm
"Pope John Paul II Shot, Seriously Wounded"
http://tinyurl.com/ajc7tf3
"Axis Forces in N. Africa Defeated in WWII"
http://tinyurl.com/nmjgmfp
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Closing Thought this week is from - Anaïs Nin
Scroll to the end of the blog to read her.
Wikipedia Bio:
http://tinyurl.com/9gnwerw
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If you are interested in our developing program,
please scroll to the end of the blog.
Our Fall Program Planning Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development -
ACTS Ministry Programs at St. David's United
and at the University of Calgary
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SPECIAL ITEM
My Anglican Journal
Column for May
"Spring Cleaning - Good for the Soul"
http://tinyurl.com/ow7xsro
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COLLEAGUE COMMENT
Malik Muradov
Intercultural Dialogue Institute
Calgary, AB
http://calgary.interculturaldialog.com/
May 13th, 2015
Hello Wayne,
I finally had time to read your notes and
information about the Islam's
Jesus book.
summarizing events and even books. I
want to recognize the gift that God gave
you.
I fully agree with everything you wrote.
Only small correction could be about the
belief about 'Jesus in Islam'
part. He is a
bringer of peace, and one of five
prophets
recognized by Islam - Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad
This might indicate that Islam does not
recognize the
rest of the prophets which
would not be correct. Those five prophets
are
(Ulul'azm Anbiya) Arch-Prophets. They
are highly praised. Muslims believe in all
the rest of the (Hebrew Bible) prophets as
well as one of the 6 pillars of the Islamic
faith is
believing the prophets.
You might want to say: (Jesus) one of five
prophets highly recognized by Islam
Sincere regards and respect,
Malik
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Marjorie Gibson
Vancouver, BC
Marjorie Remembers Blog
May 14th, 2015
"Flash"
http://tinyurl.com/ls2mlhv
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Jim Taylor
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
May 10th, 2015
"Delhi Traffic:
Anarchy Doesn't Equal Chaos"
http://tinyurl.com/qcsdwxv
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Ron Rolheiser
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
May 10th, 2015
"Artificial Light"
http://tinyurl.com/qeo8ke4
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Martin Marty
Chicago, IL
Sightings
May 11th, 2015
"Sioux Suicides"
http://tinyurl.com/qjgueu7
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NET NOTES
THE FRANCIS MIRACLE
Interpreting the Pope
Interview With John L. Allen
Sun Rise Morning Show
May, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/mbbekn9
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THE SEARCH FOR AN
AUTHENTIC EVANGELICALISM
Jim Wallis in Korea
Sojourners Online
May 15th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/kvrhxtz
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TO AN EVANGELICAL PRESIDENT
Poll Finds Growing Gay Endorsement
The Christian Post
May 14th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ld2hpkc
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BEST 2015 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
TRAVELER PHOTO PICTURES
Atlantic Online
May 15th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/o3aaz85
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'NONES' AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Making a Deeper Social Impact
Sightings,
May 14th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nj8ovgl
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CANADIAN TULIP FESTIVAL IN BLOOM
IN OTTAWA, GATINEAU
Annual Event, Gift from the Netherlands
CBC News
May 11th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/kb8alpf
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VATICAN TO SIGN FIRST ACCORD,
AFTER RECOGNIZING PALESTINE
New York Times
May 13th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/n5lrsx6
AFP News
May 14th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/kft768p
UCA News
May 15th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/lbgp9tv
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CHRISTIAN SECULAR MEDIA FOCUS
TAKES ON NEW, DEEPER DIRECTION
Lorna Dueck's Context Voice Develops
Christian Week,
May 13th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/mkoaee6
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AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY CRUMBLES
EVANGELICALS REMAIN STABLE
Current Pew Study Revelation
Christianity Today
May 11th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nuwd7qb
Pew Research Center
Religion and Life
May 12th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ldnxabw
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BEAUTIFULLY AMBIGUOUS APOLOGETIC
RENEWING THE PROTESTANT MAINLINE
Evangelism But Not Evangelicalism
Faith But Not Fundamentalism
Medium Blog
May, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/oqqnm4h
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CHURCH CROSS RESTRICTIONS IN CHINA
Claim Acts are Ridiculous, Discriminatory
UCA News
May 14th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/pglk26k
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners
and the Bruderhof online:
There is a source of power in each of us that
we don't realize until we take responsibility.
- Diane Nash
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To love someone is not first of all to do things
for them, but to reveal to them their beauty
and value, to say to them through our attitude:
'You are beautiful. You are important.
I trust you. You can trust yourself.'
- Jean Vanier
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The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry;
the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to
those who need it; the shoes rotting in your closet
to the one who has no shoes. The money which you
hoard up belongs to the poor.
- Basil of Caesarea
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| Many believe that they need company at any cost, and certainly if a thing is desired at any cost, it will be obtained at all costs. We need to remember and to teach our children that solitude can be a much- to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be alone, at times it is positively to be wished for. It is in the interludes between being in company that we talk to ourselves. In the silence we listen to ourselves. Then we ask questions of ourselves. We describe ourselves, and in the quietude we may even hear the voice of God. |
- Maya Angelou
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God cannot fill what is full. He can fill only
emptiness – deep poverty – and your “yes”
[to Jesus] is the beginning of being or
becoming empty. It is not how much we
"really have” to give, but how empty we
are, so that we can receive fully in our life
and let him live his life in us. In you today
he wants to relive his complete submission
to his father – allow him to do so. It does
not matter what you feel, but what he feels
in you. Take away your eyes from yourself
and rejoice that you have nothing – that
you are nothing – that you can do nothing.
- Mother Teresa
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| Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be great, wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s your new definition of greatness. And this morning, the thing that I like about it, by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great. Because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant. |
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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ON THIS DAY
Provided from the archives
of the New York Times:
"Israel Recognized as Independent State"
http://tinyurl.com/a4eqxjm
"Pope John Paul II Shot, Seriously Wounded"
http://tinyurl.com/ajc7tf3
"Axis Forces in N. Africa Defeated in WWII"
http://tinyurl.com/nmjgmfp
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CLOSING THOUGHT - Anaïs Nin
"Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one’s courage."
Wikipedia Bio:
http://tinyurl.com/9gnwerw
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Our Fall Program Planning Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development
ACTS Ministry Programs at St. David's United
and at the University of Calgary:
ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS'
SPECIAL 2015 SIXTEEN DAY TOUR
"Jerusalem and the Land of Three Great Faiths"
October 16th - 31st, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/plg4sgo
Hardcopy tour details brochure
is available at the church
Tour Company: Rostad Tours Calgary
Tour Hosts: Wayne and Marlene Holst
Sponsored by: St. David's ACTS Ministry
Endorsed by: St. David's Church Council
Talk with or write to Marlene and Wayne
(403-286-7416)waholst@telus.net
marleneaholst@gmail.com
This tour is filled up with 30 registrants.
Waiting List is open.
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