Vol XV. No. 26
Archive - Dec 2009 - Oct 2018 http://colleagueslist.blogspot.ca/ http://colleagueslistii.blogspot.com/
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
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Dear Friends -
My Anglican Journal column on -
"Co-creating With the Divine - in a Classical Sense"
- appears earlier than usual in the month of February
- because it relates to this month's AJ theme of art,
music and culture. I try to share how blessed we
Canadians are - right across the country - in terms
of access to high quality arts that expose us to
divine spirituality.
Many other items help to make this issue of
Colleagues List something to think about.
I hope you enjoy it!
Wayne
PS A reminder. If a link, below seems to be dead, cut and
paste it into the address bar at the top of your web page
and it should work.
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SPECIAL ITEM
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My Anglican Journal column for February, 2020
"Co-creation with the divine - in a classical sense"
How I have come to appreciate classical music
as a way of appreciating God more fully in my life
https://tinyurl.com/yx5vrqd7
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Isabel Gibson,
Ottawa, ON.
Choral Director Website
January, 2020
"Your Brain and Singing -
Why Singing in a Choir
Makes You Happier"
https://tinyurl.com/qkftmeg
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Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
January 30th, 2020
"Questions About Life and Death"
https://tinyurl.com/qsufknw
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Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, ON.
Sermons and Blog,
January 24th, 2020
"Leadership in 5 Steps"
https://tinyurl.com/vjk8mwa
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Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site,
January 27th, 2020
"On Self-Hatred and Guilt"
https://tinyurl.com/rfqjlld
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NET NOTES
ADOPTED AND LOVED
A Great Mystery of Faith
The Christian Century
January 24th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/whd8gdb
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FROM SORROW TO SONG
Auschwitz at 75
Religion News Service,
January 27th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/rvob2c3
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THE BOURGEOYS REVOLUTION
Celebrating 400 Years of Ste. Marguerite
Catholic Register, Toronto
January 24th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/qnhd76z
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PROTESTANT CHURCHES ARE
ESSENTIAL TO THE MIDDLE EAST
Playing an Important Role
World Communion of Reformed Churches
January 31st, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/rrrpl3c
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DISSATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACY
STANDS AT A RECORD HIGH
Results of a Global Survey
BBC News,
January 29th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/sa28n7x
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FRANKLIN GRAHAM UNWANTED
AT LIVERPOOL SPEAKING EVENT
His Muslim and Gay Stance Unwelcome
Huffpost,
January 28th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/wjun65r
Graham's Response to Liverpool Rejection -
"I'm Not Preaching Hate, but the Gospel"
The Christian Post,
January 28th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/sw5j4h5
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NEW CANDIDATES, SENIOR PASTOR
OUT AT WILLOW CREEK CHURCH
Leadership Turmoil Continues There
Religion News Service
January 30th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/w97c3rk
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'WE'RE ALL INEXTRICABLY
LINKED AND CONNECTED"
Interview with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
Sojourners,
January 24th, 2020
https://tinyurl.com/yxy4vgj6
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GEEL, BELGIUM HAS A RADICAL
APPROACH TO MENTAL ILLNESS
It All Started With a Teenage Saint
Broadview
September 5th, 2019
https://tinyurl.com/sfy7e76
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof
Prejudices are the props of civilization.
- Andre Gide
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We must never forget that so long as one group
can be targeted with hate, no group is safe.
- Rabbi David Saperstein
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Do good, and with a simple heart share the
fruits of your labor, which God gives to you,
with all those who are poor, not wondering to
whom you should give and to whom you should
not give. Give to all, for God wishes that you
give to all from his gifts to you.
- Hermas
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Prisons do not disappear social problems,
they disappear human beings. Homelessness,
unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness,
and illiteracy are only a few of the problems
that disappear from public view when the
human beings contending with them are
relegated to cages.
- Angela Davis
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Christ says: Do according to what I say – ah
then you shall know. Consequently, decisive
action first of all. By acting, your life will come
into collision with existence, and then you will
know the reality of grace. Nowadays we have
turned the whole thing around. Christianity has
become a worldview.Thus, before I get involved
I must first justify it. Good night to Christianity!
- Søren Kierkegaard
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Time itself is neutral; it can be used either
destructively or constructively. More and more
I feel that the people of ill will have used time
much more effectively than have the people
of good will. We will have to repent in this
generation not merely for the hateful words
and actions of the bad people, but for the
appalling silence of the good people.
Human progress never rolls in on wheels of
inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts
of men willing to be coworkers with God, and
without this hard work, time itself becomes an
ally of the forces of stagnation.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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MOMENT IN TIME
Globe and Mail
January 29th, 2020
Six killed in Quebec City mosque shooting
January 29th, 2017
When a gunman opened fire at Quebec City’s Islamic Cultural
Centre on this day in 2017, Aymen Derbali tried to draw his
attention. The father of three succeeded, and took bullets to
the knee and chin. He would be unable to walk when he
emerged from a two-month coma, a victim of the shooting –
and also one of its heroes. Six people lost their lives that
night, including Azzeddine Soufiane, a 57-year-old grocer
who tried to stop the carnage by tackling the shooter.
Shortly after fleeing the mosque, 27-year-old Alexandre
Bissonnette confessed to the attack. He had recently become
obsessed with far-right ideology and anti-immigrant leaders
such as U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Le Pen.
He pleaded guilty to six counts of murder and was given a
life sentence with no chance of parole for 40 years. Quebec
politicians of all stripes condemned the killings,which
prompted a moment of reckoning with Islamophobia in
Quebec society and in the West more broadly. Meanwhile,
three psychologists who assessed Bissonnette in custody
testified during his sentencing that he continued to show
limited empathy for his victims.
- Eric Andrew-Gee
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CLOSING THOUGHT - I.R. Knost
Until our world decides that every human matters,
that everyone has a right to food and safety and
freedom and healthcare and equality, it is the
obligation of those privileged to have food and
safety and freedom and healthcare and equality
to fight tirelessly for those who do not.
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For those interested:
ST. DAVID'S ACTS WINTER MONDAY NIGHT BOOK STUDY
A Ten Week Series January 13th - March 23rd, 2020
(Family Weekend exempted)
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
"FUTURE FAITH - Ten Challenges Reshaping
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
"FUTURE FAITH - Ten Challenges Reshaping
Christianity in the 21st Century"
Author: Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $25.00
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $25.00
37 copies of the book were made available for sale.
All are now sold.
Total on-site registrations: 32
Total on-site registrations: 32
(plus 3 on-line participants). Grand Total: 35 to date.
Study Notes - https://tinyurl.com/wh5jbwq
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ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
Our theme this winter:
"Jesus' Parables and Miracles"
(a total of 10 examples)
As recorded in Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark and
Luke and the Gospel of John
Luke and the Gospel of John
Ten Sessions - January 23rd-March 26th, 2020
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room
and meeting 10:00 - 11:00 AM.
No charge
No charge
Study resource -
"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"
Edited by John Bowker
http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q
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