Vol XVII. No. 9
Archive - Dec 2009 - Oct 2019
GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
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Dear Friends:
Colleagues List has been slower coming to you this past week
because I wanted to include my September Anglican Journal
column. It has arrived and you can click the link, below, to read it.
This column is deeply personal for me.
Some of the material in this issue is slightly dated, but I
hope you still find it helpful.
Wayne
PLEASE NOTE - 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
Here is the link to my late September Anglican Journal column
entitled: "Why I Still Love the Church" and I hope you find it
helpful.
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
"No Patience With Protesters"
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Isabel Gibson,
Ottawa, ON.
Traditional Iconoclast
September 19th, 2021
"Remember Travelling"
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Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
September 20th, 2021
"When We Doubt the Power of Prayer"
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Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, ON.
Sermons and Blog
September 17th, 2021
"Welcome"
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NET NOTES
CANADIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OFFER
FULL APOLOGY FOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
First National Apology Issued by Official Church
CBC.ca
September 24th, 2021
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"WE'RE THE ONES TESTING IT OUT"
Women Lead Anglican/Lutheran Unity in Canada
Anglican Journal,
September 1st, 2021
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CALGARY CHOSEN AS AFGHAN
PORT OF ENTRY IN CANADA
Re-Settlement Structures in Place
CBC.ca
September 13th, 2021
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THE ROOTS OF INDIA'S UNITED CHURCHES
How the Churches of South and of North India
Were Formed, by Philip Jenkins
Religion News Service,
September 16th, 2021
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Little Change in India's Religious Make-Up
during the Past 70 years (Pew Study)
BBC News,
September 21st, 2021
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WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL TO REPLACE WINDOWS
From Confederate to Black Lives Theme
Religion News Service,
September 23rd, 2021
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RE-BUILDING BEGINS FOR NOTRE DAME de PARIS
It has taken Two Years to Build Structural Support
After Significant Fire Damage
HuffPost
September 16th, 2021
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A HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC
WOMEN'S ORDINATION MOVEMENT
A Book Review
National Catholic Reporter,
September 18th, 2021
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WHAT BILLY GRAHAM SAID AT 9/II
TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS MONTH
He Spoke at the National Cathedral,
Washington DC
Decision Magazine,
September 1st, 2021
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I WAS DEVOTED TO A MYSOGENIST PASTOR
BUT NOW I AM A PROUD FEMINIST WOMAN
Broadview,
September 15th, 2021
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.
- Bryan Stevenson
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I'm wondering if there's a way to stay gentle. And as of yet, I've found that the way to stay gentle — when I can get there, when I can do it — is found in the revolutionary gospel of forgiveness.
- Brandi Carlile
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Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
- John Lewis
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There is an illuminating, often painful, moment in an immigrant’s story: the dawning of a feeling of homelessness combined with a constant, unshakable yearning for home. Never give up on that desire for a home; that desire fuels life itself. Our task is always to try to build a home – a place of peace, justice, and community – and to extend the greatest possible compassion to those who cross borders in search of one.
- Santiago Ramos
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Don’t let yourself forget that God’s grace rewards not only those who never slip, but also those who bend and fall. So sing! The song of rejoicing softens hard hearts. It makes tears of godly sorrow flow from them. Singing summons the Holy Spirit. Happy praises offered in simplicity and love lead the faithful to complete harmony, without discord. Don’t stop singing.
- Hildegard of Bingen
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If people reject the church because they reject Jesus and the gospel, we should be saddened but not surprised. But what happens when people reject the church because they think the church has rejected Jesus and the gospel? What if people don’t leave the church because they disapprove of Jesus, but because they’ve read the Bible and have come to the conclusion that the church itself would disapprove of Jesus? That’s a crisis.
- Russell Moore
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The colonial governor Kandt dehumanized Africans, treating Rwandans as mere animals whose skulls could be collected. Before the 1994 genocide, extremist radio dehumanized Tutsis, calling them “cockroaches.” In both historical instances we confront the stripping of the sacredness from fragile humanity, humans equated to animals to be butchered or collected. But dare we peer into this abyss without also confronting the same propensity in our own hearts, the inclination towards evil, where we have marginalized, belittled, undervalued, or hurt others whose lives are equally precious in God’s eyes? Truly opposing genocide or colonialism, racism or discrimination does not start from moral superiority but through deep humility that sees fallen humanity with all its failings, and recognizes that human fallenness in our own hearts as well.
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For Those Interested -
ACTS MINISTRY AUTUMN STUDIES AT ST.DAVID'S UNITED:
Monday Night Book Study - Sept. 20th - Nov. 29th 7-8:30 PM Zoom (10 weeks)
(no class on Thanksgiving Monday, October 11th)
Book Theme: "Starlight" by Richard Wagamese
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Thursday Morning Bible Study - Sept. 23 - Nov. 25 10-11 AM
Zoom (10 weeks)
Bible Theme - "First Isaiah" (Isaiah chapters 1-39)
If you have questions, contact me at waholst@telus.net
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