Colleagues List, August 16th, 2020

 Vol XVI. No. 7

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GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE                                                      CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE

Wayne A. Holst, Editor
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Dear Friends:

The selection of Kamala Harris as the possible vice-

president of the USA, serving with presidential 

candidate Joe Biden, introduces - in a fresh way - 

the key theme of de-colonialism.

For decades, we have spoken of "post-colonialism"

but a development like this has new implications

for how the world is evolving into the future.

If elected, Harris would be the first woman of colour

to become an American VP - the first of Black and 

South Asian ancestry - and all that entails.

Over the next months I would like to consider this

advancement from a theological/missiological point

of view and am also writing an Anglican Journal column

on the theme as well

Today, I would like to share as my Special Item a

recent article by Adam Getachew in the New York Times.

This piece focuses on political and economical aspects

of de-colonialism, but there are many other considerations

and I hope you might make some discoveries right here 

on Colleagues List that you may not find elsewhere.

I also share other items under themes you are used

to finding here.

Wayne 

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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

"Colonialism Made the Modern World. Let's Remake It"

  by Adom Getachew, New York Times, July 27th, 2020 -

https://tinyurl.com/y2jx8gzh

This article serves as a basis for future reflections

here, so please consider it carefully.

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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS

Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC

Personal Web Log
August 9th, 2020

"Horror Over Mass Atrocities"
  https://tinyurl.com/yyuv3rso

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Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX

Personal Web Site
August 10th, 2020

"Suicide and Melancholy"
  https://tinyurl.com/yyej392w

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Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, ON.

Sermons and Blog
August 7th, 2020

"Sink or Swagger
  https://tinyurl.com/y6s8ksg6

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NET NOTES

LOOTED LANDMARKS
Stolen Models of Eastern Architecture

The Guardian,
August 13th, 2020

https://tinyurl.com/y5rzhdq6

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BLACK LIVES MATTER
We Have to Do More

Broadview,
August 6th, 2020

https://tinyurl.com/y3nt25c6

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KAMALA HARRIS MORE THAN GENDER AND RACE
She Reflects the Future of Religion in America

Religion News Service,
August 13th, 2020

https://tinyurl.com/y2ncoxtm

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FIVE FAITH FACTS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS
Her Spiritual Background Reflects Emerging Society

Religion News Service,
August 13th, 2020

https://tinyurl.com/y44mrr9j

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WISDOM OF THE WEEK - 

Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable.
It is disastrous to confuse them.

- Madeleine L'Engle

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Every person needs to take one day away. 

A day in which one consciously separates 

the past from the future.

- Maya Angelou

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience
for the small ones; and then when you have laboriously
accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

God is awake.

- Victor Hugo

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God does not desire suffering as an end in itself, I am
sure. But all suffering is so expensive he will not let it
be wasted. He will use it for his children’s growth. The
first purpose of our lives must be, “Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done.” This is never a passive statement of
endurance or of mere agreement to submit to whatever
happens. It is a positive statement of the will to reach
out for that which will bring glory to God. I am also sure
that the greatest prayer we can pray is, “Whatever brings
the greatest glory to God, I want it, even if it brings
suffering and loss to me.” 

- Anna Mow (traditional)

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An empty heart God fills. Even Almighty God will not fill
a heart that is full – full of pride, bitterness, jealousy –
we must give these things up. As long as we are holding
these things, God cannot fill it. Silence of the heart, not
only of the mouth – that too is necessary – but more,
that silence of the mind, silence of the eyes, silence
of the touch. Then you can hear him everywhere: in
the closing of the door, in the person who needs you,
in the birds that sing, in the flowers, the animals – that
silence which is wonder and praise. Why? Because
God is everywhere and you can see and hear him.

- Mother Teresa

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The most precious things of life are near at hand,
without money and without price. Each of you has
the whole wealth of the universe at your very door.…
So, on a large scale, the student and lover of nature
has this advantage over people who gad up and
down the world seeking some novelty or excitement:
he has only to stay at home and see the procession
pass. The great globe swings around to him like a
revolving showcase; the change of the seasons is
like the passage of strange and new countries; the
zones of the earth, with all their beauties and marvels,
pass one’s door and linger long in the passing.

- John Burroughs

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CLOSING THOUGHT - Angela Davis

Whenever you conceptualize social justice struggles,
you will always defeat your own purposes if you cannot
imagine the people around whom you are struggling
as equal partners.

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