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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:
I am behind in sending you Colleagues List
this month, but I plan to make up for that
by sending the June 28th issue on schedule.
Holding back on this mail out allows me to
share my Anglican Journal column on the
Canadian Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Report, officially presented in June:
"What's Ahead for the Churches
after the TRC?"
http://tinyurl.com/qf866zf
Here are related links:
http://tinyurl.com/2ua5or2
Articles from a Canadian Church Perspective:
(scroll thought last 2-3 weeks of postings)
http://tinyurl.com/qfrqwkc
--
Colleague Comment:
After my last CL Mailing, May 31st,
http://tinyurl.com/notku6q
colleague John Griffith, of Calgary AB
suggested I ask readers to let me know
what books you are reading right now.
I thought it was a good idea, and so I am
asking you to send me your feedback and
I would be pleased to share your comments
in my CL mailing next week.
waholst@telus.net
**
Colleague Contributions this week
are as follows:
Beth Porter, Richmond Hill, ON
"Philanthropy: Nurturing Our Cultural Life"
by Scott Griffith
http://tinyurl.com/p7gao84
--
Jim Taylor, Okanagan, BC
"Magna Carta -
800th Anniversary of Modern Law"
http://tinyurl.com/olpao3j
--
Phyllis Tickle, Millington, TN
"Divine Hours" - paper edition
http://tinyurl.com/oh3byrb
Please keep Phyllis is your prayers
as I understand she has had a
cancer diagnosis.
--
Martin Marty, Chicago, IL
"Papal Tribunal"
http://tinyurl.com/oxnm5mu
--
Tom Ryan, Washington, DC
"Catholics and Lutherans -
From Conflict to Communion
500th Anniversary of Reformation"
http://tinyurl.com/o3suf7j
--
Ron Rolheiser, San Antonio, TX
"The Best One Can Do
in the Circumstances"
http://tinyurl.com/nqbr3x4
My thanks to all of you.
**
Net Notes - these items appealed to
me as I searched the web:
"Deconstructing Patriarchy" - a woman
pastor, inheriting a traditional parish,
writes of ways to move beyond unhealthy
traditions, as in marriage ceremonies
(The Christian Century)
http://tinyurl.com/qx3kh9j
--
"Bono Visits Parliament Hill" - the famous
entertainer came to Canada's capital
recently with a message of thanks
(Christian Week online)
http://tinyurl.com/pyrtn2j
--
"Elisabeth Elliott Enters Splendor"- the
author and widow, one of the most popular
mission writers of the last half of the
twentieth century, died recently
(Christianity Today)
http://tinyurl.com/p7a8bo9
--
"Church Needs More Parishes, Priests" -
the news from the global south is that
Catholics are increasing so rapidly they
can't build parishes and call priests fast
enough (UCA News International)
http://tinyurl.com/odmxxmd
--
"Banff Grizzly Catches and Feeds on Fish" -
an hour's drive from my home offers this
spectacular Parks Canada nature presentation
(CBC News) http://tinyurl.com/ox8cft6
--
"Incredible Images of the Earth from Above" -
another camera wonder appears in these
pictures (The Guardian, UK)
http://tinyurl.com/n9ct4yg
--
"Pilgrim Church Revives Under Pope Francis" -
the current pope continues to appeal to many,
and a good reason for it is his pastoral style
(National Catholic Reporter)
http://tinyurl.com/orqu53b
--
"Walmart Workers Decry Forced Labor, Abuse" -
to enable us to buy inexpensive items at our
local stores, many unfortunate people in poor
countries undergo considerable misfortune
(UCA News International)
http://tinyurl.com/nn5pvjw
--
"Residential Schools a Form of Cultural Genocide"
- a breakthrough in the Truth and Reconciliation
report was using a very powerful term that First
Nations people have been using for some time.
Thanks to colleague Tess Sison for this article
(Anglican Journal) http://tinyurl.com/oxuz4yh
--
"Christian Professors Help Khadr to Rebuild His Life"
- a tragedy, long in the process of re-making in
Canadian society has had to do with a citizen
deemed a "terrorist" by our government
(Christian Week) http://tinyurl.com/nukp9or
Wisdom of the Week - comes via Sojourners
and the Bruderhof online:
Thomas Merton, John Paul II, African Proverb,
C.T. Vivian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Flannery O’Connor,
Mother Teresa, Hannah Arendt, and Henri J.M. Nouwen
**
On This Day - is provided from the archives
of the New York Times:
"James Earl Ray, Suspected MLK Assassin,
Captured in London"
http://tinyurl.com/q73aqz4
"RFK Shot and Killed in Los Angeles"
http://tinyurl.com/nwzs76e
**
Closing Thought- is from Henri Nouwen
Please scroll down to read him.
(end)
If you are interested in learning about
our developing autumn program, please
scroll down to the end of the blog.
Our New Program Planning Season Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development
ACTS Ministry Programs through St. David's
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*****
SPECIAL ITEM
My Anglican Journal Column for June:
"What's Ahead for the Churches
after the TRC?"
http://tinyurl.com/qf866zf
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
http://tinyurl.com/2ua5or2
Articles from a Canadian Church Perspective:
(scroll thought last 2-3 weeks of postings)
http://tinyurl.com/qfrqwkc
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COLLEAGUE COMMENT
John Griffith,
Calgary, AB
After reading Colleagues List, May 31st, 2015 -
http://tinyurl.com/notku6q
Enjoyed the preview of Barbara Brown
Taylor's book "Learning to Walk in the Dark.'
It got me thinking. I would like to know what
other people on this list are reading. This might
be an interesting feature for the summer to ask
your readers what one book they are reading or
have read recently that they would recommend
to others on the list. It's not that I need more
books to read, rather it shows the breath of
exploration in the arena of spirituality."
Just a thought.
Blessings for the summer,
John
--
Good idea, John.
Readers, please contact me with your suggestions.
I will publish them.
waholst@telus.net
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Beth Porter,
Richmond Hill, ON
Our Human Future
Summer issue, June, 2015
"Philanthropy: Nurturing Our Cultural Life"
by Scott Griffith
http://tinyurl.com/p7gao84
--
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
June 14th, 2015
"Magna Carta -
800th Anniversary of Modern Law"
http://tinyurl.com/olpao3j
--
Phyllis Tickle,
Millington, TN
Englewood Review of Books
June 12th, 2015
"Divine Hours" - paper edition
online review
http://tinyurl.com/oh3byrb
--
Martin Marty,
Chicago, IL
Sightings
June 15th, 2015
"Papal Tribunal"
http://tinyurl.com/oxnm5mu
--
Tom Ryan,
Washington, DC
Paulist News
June, 2015
"Catholics and Lutherans -
From Conflict to Communion
500th Anniversary of Reformation"
http://tinyurl.com/o3suf7j
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
June 15th, 2015
"The Best One Can Do
in the Circumstances"
http://tinyurl.com/nqbr3x4
*****
DECONSTRUCTING PATRIARCHY
One Ritual at a Time
Christian Century
June 2nd, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/qx3kh9j
--
Thanks Canada for Aid Contributions
CTV News
June 15th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/pyrtn2j
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ELISABETH ELLOIT ENTERS SPLENDOR
Famous Author, Missionary Wife, Dies
Christianity Today
June 15th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/p7a8bo9
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CHURCH NEEDS MORE PARISHES, PRIESTS
Dramatic Catholic Growth in Africa, Asia
UCA News International
June 15th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/odmxxmd
--
BANFF GRIZZLY CATCHES, FEEDS ON FISH
Great Film Shot by Parks Canada Photographer
CBC News
June 12th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ox8cft6
--
INCREDIBLE IMAGES OF EARTH FROM ABOVE
So Much is a Matter of Perspective
The Guardian
June 4th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/n9ct4yg
--
PILGRIM CHURCH REVIVES
UNDER POPE FRANCIS
His Style, from the Beginning,
Implies Vitality
National Catholic Reporter
June 4th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/orqu53b
--
WALMART WORKERS DECRY FORCED
LABOR, SEXUAL HARASSMENTIn Cambodia, India, Indonesia
UCA News International
June 16th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nn5pvjw
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RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FORM OF
CULTURAL GENOCIDE - TRC REPORT
Anglican Journal
June 2nd, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/oxuz4yh
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CHRISTIAN PROFESSORS HELP KHADR
REBUILD HIS LIFE BEYOND PRISION
Former Child "Terrorist" Vindicated
Christian Week
June 14th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nukp9or
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners
and Bruderhof online:
If you want to identify me, ask me not
where I live, or what I like to eat, or
how I comb my hair, but ask me what
I am living for, in detail, and ask me
what I think is keeping me from living
fully for the thing I want to live for.
- Thomas Merton
--
When Christ said, "I was in prison and you
visited me," he did not draw a distinction
between the guilty and the innocent.
- John Paul II
--
If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go with others.
- African Proverb
--
People do not choose rebellion;
it is forced upon them.
Revolution is an act of self-defense.
- C.T. Vivian
--
The poet Stifter once said, “Pain is a holy angel,
who shows treasures to (men) which would
otherwise remain forever hidden; through him
(men) have become greater than through all the
joys of the world.” It must be so and I tell myself
this in my present situation over and over again.
The pain of suffering and of longing, which can
often be felt even physically, must be there, and
we cannot and need not talk it away. But it needs
to be overcome every time, and thus there is an
even holier angel than the one of pain; that is,
the one of joy in God
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
--
Where you have absolute solutions, you have
no need of faith. Faith is what you have in the
absence of knowledge. The reason this clash
doesn’t bother me any longer is because I have
got, over the years, a sense of the immense
sweep of creation, of the evolutionary process
in everything, of how incomprehensible God
must necessarily be to be the God of heaven
and earth. You can’t fit the Almighty into your
intellectual categories.
- Flannery O’Connor
--
Do not look for Jesus away from yourselves.
He is not out there; he is in you. Keep your
lamp burning, and you will recognize him.
- Mother Teresa
--
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people
who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
- Hannah Arendt
--
You don't think your way into a new kind of living.
You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
ON THIS DAY
Provided from the Archives
of the New York Times
"James Earl Ray, Suspected MLK Assassin,
Captured in London"
http://tinyurl.com/q73aqz4
"RFK Shot and Killed in Los Angeles"
http://tinyurl.com/nwzs76e
CLOSING THOUGHT - Henri Nouwen
| I am with people who are poor in spirit. They teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and doing things together is more important than doing things alone. (end) Our New Program Planning Season Begins - Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development ACTS Ministry Programs through St. David's United and 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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