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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 August 30th issue of Colleagues List
is now available. I have been waiting for
the Special Item posting of my Anglican
Journal column for the month.
It now appears with the title:
"A Price is Paid for Justice and Human Rights"
http://tinyurl.com/q92mkjf
I hope you find this perspective interesting.
and for more details, please scroll down.
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Colleague Contributions for this week are from
Marjorie Gibson of Vancouver BC. She writes:
"Life is a Noun; Living is a Verb"
http://tinyurl.com/o7lrlkp
--
Gary Nickel of Fort Saskatchewan AB shares
an interesting study on:
"Surprizing Data Visualization of
World War Two Dead"
http://tinyurl.com/ngk4mws
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Jim Taylor (Okanagan BC) offers two articles:
"Thinking Beyond the Next Election"
http://tinyurl.com/pb9j467
"Disposing of Sacred Symbols"
http://tinyurl.com/q9nvcsg
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James Wall (Chicago IL) writes his thoughts
on the news of Jimmy Carter's cancer:
"Jimmy Carter Has Cancer"
http://tinyurl.com/pvqs8p2
"Cancer Spreads. Carter Teaches Sunday School"
http://tinyurl.com/nnurx55
Ron Rolheiser (San Antonio TX) gives
two spiritual reflections:
"Human Nature - Is it Somehow All Wrong?"
http://tinyurl.com/prphb8w
"Political Correctness - Swallowing Hard"
http://tinyurl.com/p5ua3cs
Scroll down for more publication information.
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Net Notes that appealed to me this past
two weeks are as follows:
"Faith Ed" - What to do in a house of
worship of another faith. The subject
is an increasingly important one
(New York Times Review of Books)
http://tinyurl.com/ptl3o38
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"Man of the People" - Francis and People-Power
this article studies the revolutionary 'bottom-up'
approach taken by the current pope
(America Magazine Online)
http://tinyurl.com/pn6pszk
--
"Catholic and Mormon" - an interview with
author Stephen H. Webb who writes about
the necessity of dialogue today between
Catholics and Mormons
(America Magazine Online)
http://tinyurl.com/qbft3r2
--
"Exploring the Rockies Nearby" - I live within
a one-hour drive to Banff National Park and
enjoy some beautiful scenery close to Calgary
(PBS, 2015)
http://tinyurl.com/qdh7vyz
--
"Nepal - A Hindu or Secular State?" - a
future resolution to this question may lie with
constitutional talks in the mountain kingdom
(UCA News) http://tinyurl.com/pdtwa7t
--
"Palestinian Christians Demand Justice" - in
the wake of last year's war with Israel, the
West Bank Palestinians have big problems
(Christian Week Online)
http://tinyurl.com/nhmkflr
--
"Mennonite Schools Challenge Evangelicals" -
traditionally, Mennonites in general have
been closer to evangelicals than mainliners,
but that perception needs revisiting around
matters pertaining to same sex issues
(Christianity Today)
http://tinyurl.com/ndyttms
--
"Saudi Women Vote for First Time in History" -
changes are coming to Arabia as women are
voting for the first time in this Islamic state
(The Christian Post)
http://tinyurl.com/qzbqaj3
--
"Taize Founder Remembered with a Renewed
A Call to Ecumenism" -
On the tenth anniversary of the martyrdom
of Brother Roger Schutz, Taize founder, calls
for renewal of the founding vision are raised
(The Tablet, UK) http://tinyurl.com/nrtdczn
--
"How Tolkien & Lewis Revived Modern
Myth-Telling" - here is a more extensive
assessment on a new book on the special
literary contribution of this Oxford duo
already noted on CL (The Atlantic Online)
http://tinyurl.com/pvlmouo
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Wisdom of the Week:
- thanks to Sojourners and Bruderhof online
Abigail Van Buren, Catherine Booth, Thomas Aquinas,
Mother Teresa, John Milton, Henri J.M. Nouwen,
Rachel Carson and Thich Nhat Hanh
Scroll down to read their insights
--
On This Day:
From the archives of the New York Times
"Russia and Allies Invade Czechoslovakia"
http://tinyurl.com/pgrq97s
"James Meredith First 'Ol Miss' Graduate"
http://tinyurl.com/np5hh7j
"India and Pakistan Become Independent"
http://tinyurl.com/p8tjqnf
"Japan Surrenders, Ending WWII"
http://tinyurl.com/pppa3ru
--
Closing Thought this week is by Vandana Shiva
Please scroll to the end of the blog to read this.
--
If you are interested --
Our New Program Planning Season Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development
ACTS Ministry Programs through St. David's
United Church, Calgary.
This material appears at the end of he blog.
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SPECIAL ITEM
My Anglican Journal
Column for August 2015
"A Price is Paid for Justice and Human Rights"
http://tinyurl.com/q92mkjf
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Marjorie Gibson
Vancouver, BC
Marjorie Remembers
August 21st, 2015
"Life is a Noun; Living is a Verb"
http://tinyurl.com/o7lrlkp
--
Gary Nickel
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Seattle Pi
June 8th, 2015
"Surprizing Data Visualization
of World War Two Dead"
http://tinyurl.com/ngk4mws
--
Jim Taylor
Okanagan, BC
Web Log
August 9th, August 19th,2015
"Thinking Beyond the Next Election"
http://tinyurl.com/pb9j467
"Disposing of Sacred Symbols"
http://tinyurl.com/q9nvcsg
--
James M. Wall
Chicago, IL
Wallwritings
August 13th, 2015
"Jimmy Carter Has Cancer"
http://tinyurl.com/pvqs8p2
"Cancer Spreads. Carter Teaches Sunday School"
Religion News Service, August 23rd, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nnurx55
--
Ron Rolheiser
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
August 16th, August 23rd, 2015
"Human Nature - Is it Somehow All Wrong?"
http://tinyurl.com/prphb8w
"Political Correctness - Swallowing Hard"
http://tinyurl.com/p5ua3cs
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NET NOTES
"FAITH ED"
What to do in a House of
Worship of Another Faith
New York Times Review of Books
August 23rd, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ptl3o38
--
MAN OF THE PEOPLE
Francis and People-Power
America Magazine Online
August 17th-24th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/pn6pszk
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CATHOLIC AND MORMON
Q & A with Author Stephen H. Webb
America Magazine Online
August 19th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/qbft3r2
--
EXPLORING THE ROCKIES NEARBY
Beautiful Scenery Close to Calgary
PBS, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/qdh7vyz
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IS NEPAL A HINDU OR A SECULAR STATE?
Future May Lie With Constitutional Talks
UCA News
August 20th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/pdtwa7t
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PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS DEMAND JUSTICE
Uncovering Life in the West Bank
Christian Week Online
August 17th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nhmkflr
--
MENNONITE SCHOOLS
CHALLENGE EVANGELICALS
Accepting Same-Sex Status
is Put on the Line
Christianity Today
August 12th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ndyttms
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SAUDI WOMEN VOTE FOR FIRST
TIME IN KINGDOM'S HISTORY
Changes Coming in Arabia
The Christian Post
August 16th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/qzbqaj3
--
TAIZE FOUNDER REMEMBERED
WITH CALL TO ECUMENISM
Brother Roger's Legacy
The Tablet, UK
August 21st, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/nrtdczn
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HOW TOLKIEN AND LEWIS
REVIVED MODERN MYTH-TELLING
Stories of Famous Oxford Writers
The Atlantic Online
September, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/pvlmouo
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
From Sojourners and Bruderhof online:
A church is a hospital for sinners,
not a museum for saints.
- Abigail Van Buren
--
If we are to better the future we must
disturb the present.
- Catherine Booth
--
The things that we love tell us what we are.
- Thomas Aquinas
--
The world is upside down because there
is so very little love in the home. We have
no time for our children; we have no time
for each other; and there is no time to
enjoy each other. That is why there is so
much suffering and so much unhappiness
in the world today. Everybody seems to be
in such a terrible rush, anxious for what is
bigger and better and greater, and mothers
and fathers often do not have time for each
other, let alone their children. In the home
begins the disruption of the peace of the
world.
- Mother Teresa
--
When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide;
“Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?”
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o’er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.”
- John Milton
--
Patience is not waiting passively until
someone else does something. Patience
asks us to live the moment to the fullest,
to be completely present to the moment,
to taste the here and now, to be where
we are. When we are impatient, we try
to get away from where we are.
We behave as if the real thing will happen
tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let’s
be patient and trust that the treasure we
look for is hidden in the ground on which
we stand.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
--
A child’s world is fresh and new and
beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
It is our misfortune that for most of us
that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct
for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring,
is dimmed and even lost before we reach
adulthood. If I had influence with the good
fairy who is supposed to preside over the
christening of all children, I should ask
that her gift to each child in the world be
a sense of wonder so indestructible that it
would last throughout life, as an unfailing
antidote against the boredom and disench-
antment of later years… the alienation
from the sources of our strength.
- Rachel Carson
--
People usually consider walking on water or in
thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is
not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to
walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a
miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue
sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black,
curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes.
All is a miracle.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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ON THIS DAY
From the archives of the New York Times
"Russia and Allies Invade Czechoslovakia"
http://tinyurl.com/pgrq97s
"James Meredith First 'Ol Miss' Graduate"
http://tinyurl.com/np5hh7j
"India and Pakistan Become Independent"
http://tinyurl.com/p8tjqnf
"Japan Surrenders, Ending WWII"
http://tinyurl.com/pppa3ru
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CLOSING THOUGHT - Vandana Shiva
Whenever we engage in consumption
or production patterns which take more
than we need, we are engaging in violence.
(end)
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Our New Program Planning Season Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development
ACTS Ministry Programs through St. David's
United Church, Calgary.
AUTUMN 2015 MONDAY NIGHT STUDY
Theme: "Living in Darkness - Living in Light"
Books: "Learning to Walk in the Dark"
by Barbara Brown Taylor
"Between the Dark and the Daylight"
by Joan Chittister
http://tinyurl.com/pncmzec
http://tinyurl.com/qy9netg
A ten-week study in contemporary spirituality
with books by two prominent Protestant and
Catholic writers.
Ten Monday evenings, 7-9PM
In the St. David's TM Room
September 21st - November 30th, 2015
Books and Registration/Hospitality - $60.00
Books only - $35.00
Brenda and Joan will help Jock when Wayne
participates in the "Jerusalem and the Lands
of Three Great Faiths" tour (October 16th - 31st)
Now into our sixteenth year of Monday Night Studies
Our thirty-first series of (usually) ten week sessions!
Check our study archives for all 45 book notes:
http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh
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THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
Theme: The Book of Exodus from the Hebrew Bible
"A Classic Story of Human Liberation"
Twelve sessions 10-11 AM
In the St. David's TM Room
September 17th - December 3rd
No charge.
Study resource -
The DK Complete Bible Handbook
http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q
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MC DOUGALL STONEY MISSION SOCIETY
AUTUMN COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE
MC DOUGALL STONEY MISSION CHURCH
Morley, Alberta
http://mcdougallstoneymission.com/index.php
Our Theme for the Year 2015 -
"Women of the Bow Valley"
A focus on the women of the
Morley Village Community, 1875-2015
Sunday, September 14th, 2015
3:00 PM. Social hour following.
Guest Speaker:
Linda Collier, Alberta Historical Society
McDougal family descendant
"Women Contributors to the
Morley Village School and Orphanage"
All are welcome
June service article, Cochrane Times
http://tinyurl.com/p7lohbl
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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
We have 29 paid-up participants
Books for consideration -
JERUSALEM:
One City, Three Faiths
by Karen Armstrong (1997)
http://tinyurl.com/qb4urn5
JEERUSALEM, ISRAEL, PETRA & SINAI
DK Eyewitness Travel (2014)
http://tinyurl.com/prl3k8m
TOP TEN: Israel, Including Sinai & Petra
DK Eyewitness Travel (2014)
http://tinyurl.com/pyromfc
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ACTS LENTEN RETREAT, 2016
Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre
Cochrane, Alberta
http://www.mountstfrancis.ca/
Mark your calendars!
Sunday February 28th
11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
John Griffith is on sabbatical this year.
Reflections will be led by a Franciscan on staff.
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