Vol XVI. No. 27
Archive - Dec 2009 - Oct 2019 http://colleagueslist.blogspot/.ca http://colleagueslistii.blogspot.com
GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
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Dear Friends:
My Special Item this week is a brief reflection on the Zoom phenomenon and how it has been impacting my life this past year. I also suggest that what we have been experiencing is sure to impact our future as well. Normal - will no longer be the same.
Other content in the body of this letter is all new material, which I hope you will enjoy.
Wayne
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SPECIAL ITEM
SOME THOUGHTS ON ZOOM
One year ago, Zoom was a kind of distant phenomenon from the edges of cyber-land. Today, it has become an important part of many of our lives.
There is no doubt that actual face-to-face encounters in real life - not virtual - is still be best way to communicate. But human ingenuity has made this distant phenomenon into an important part of daily existence for us.
In any given week, I "attend" a service of worship at church; co-teach a congregational book and bible study, and contribute to a Europe-based list-group of friends from more than fifty years ago. This week I took in an inter-faith scripture comparison conference based in Niagara Falls, NY. All of these events are not what they would tend to be if they were personal, but compared to the options, they are helpful and meaningful.
Many of us look forward to more authentic connections in the future. But I can readily see that having had the Zoom experience is going to change our futures - no question.
Some people attend our book and bible studies on Zoom that would find it difficult to appear in person with cold winter weather to contend with. We seem to be able to include video illustrations and other connections on Zoom that would be more difficult if they were set in the traditional classroom mode. I find that some people prefer Zoom because they can connect and disconnect from audio and video contact quite readily, in a way that would not be possible in real life.
We are discovering that our current studies at church have more 'participants' via computer than in a regular traditional classroom. Will the numbers "hold" when we return to "normal?"
All of this is to say that I look forward to the impact of our Zoom experience on the way we do a lot of relating in the future.
I am grateful for those in my midst who know how to handle the technical parts so I can continue doing the work I seem to do best. As time goes on, I hope to benefit from future breakthroughs in my way of doing ministry and will pass them on to you.
Wayne
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
John Stackhouse Jr.Moncton, NB
Johnstackouse.com
January 30th, 2021
"Why I Attack Certain Public Figures"
tinyurl.com/mqsno7bd
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Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit
February 2nd, 2021
"Living in the Moment"
tinyurl.com/1j080l9t
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Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
February 1st, 2021
"Our Unconscious Search for God"
tinyurl.com/z1vxxgh0
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Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, ON.
Sermons and Blog,
February 4th, 2021
"Raised Up"
tinyurl.com/10gyteug
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NET NOTES
IS THIS AMERICA?Seeking the True United States
Sightings, Chicago Divinity School,
February 1st, 2021
tinyurl.com/1woqkq3u
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CANADA LISTS AMERICAN 'PROUD BOYS'
ON ITS TERRORISM ACTIVIST LIST
CBC.ca
February 3rd, 2021
tinyurl.com/z7wznpwj
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BIDEN'S CHALLENGE -
REVERSING ANTI-AMERICANISM IN CANADA
Only One-Third of Canadians View the US Favourably
Globe and Mail,
February 4th, 2021
tinyurl.com/1em0i2xj
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VATICAN SECRETARY ADDRESSES SCANDALS
Hope, in Spite of Internal and External Crises
Religion News Service,
January 29th, 2021
tinyurl.com/1h2pm638
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FRANCIS SEEKS A COUAGEOUS U.S. CHURCH
News Media Much to Blame for Scandal Mentality
Religion News Service,
February 2nd, 2021
tinyurl.com/7ga7fnob
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MAGDALENE LAUNDRY STORIES
SURFACE IN NORTHRN IRELAND
Problems Existed Beyond the Republic
National Catholic Reporter,
February 2nd, 2021
tinyurl.com/9btfrbsm
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OBAMA SPEECHWRITER'S MEMOIR
"GRACE" COMING OUT SHORTLY
Focal Event - Carolina White Supremacy Tragedy
Religion News Service,
February 2nd, 2021
tinyurl.com/14qn0v7v
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MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE RETURNS
MANY ARTIFACTS TO EGYPT
Christian Post,
February 1st, 2021
tinyurl.com/4mwf376r
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ANCIENT 'ROYAL PURPLE' FOUND IN ISRAEL
Elusive Cloth Found by Archeologists Recently
Religion News Service,
February 3rd, 2021
tinyurl.com/2q1b329q
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK - February 7th
From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:Righteousness exalts a nation.
Hate just makes people miserable.
- Fannie Lou Hamer
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to others dares to take the open-hearted and courageous
way, many others follow.
- Marion Anderson
Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication,
where both partners are willing to learn from the
other and therefore leads much farther into finding
new grounds together.
- Scilla Elworthy
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In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins,
for without it no human fellowship, least of all
a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights,
don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn
each other, don’t find fault with each other, but
accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The whole person is a person who is on the one side
open to God, and on the other side open to other people.
It has been said that there is no true person unless there
are two entering into communication with one another.
The isolated individual is not a real person. A real person
is one who lives in and for others. And the more personal
relationships we form with others, the more we truly realize
ourselves as persons.
one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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This Winter, Our Groups Meet on Zoom
Monday Night Study 7:00PM to 8:30PM (90 minutes)
Ten Online classes run from January 25th to March 29th.
Our Book - "Braving the Wilderness" by Brene Brown
You can buy the book from Amazon.ca or Indigo
It will be your only cost for the series.
Register for Zoom on our website
Go to the Ministries heading and click ACTS
Thursday Morning Bible Study 10:00AM to 11:00AM (60 min.)
This winter we are studying the Gospel of John
Classes run until April 8th, 2021
Invite new friends to join us via Zoom.
If you have questions, contact Wayne at waholst@telus.net
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- Kallistos Ware
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