Vol XVII. No. 24
Archive - Dec 2009 - Oct 2019 http://colleagueslist.blogspot/.ca http://colleagueslistii.blogspot.com
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Dear Friends:
So much of the news right now is about Ukraine and Russia but I don't see a lot about religion and culture in these settings. I try to correct this in Colleagues List this week. Please enjoy the other material also.
And 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
WCC GENERAL SECRETARY WRITES TO PATRIARCH KIRILL OF MOSCOW
"Raise Your Voice So That the War Can Be Stopped"
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Elfrieda Shroeder, Winnipeg, MB
In Transit Blog March 3rd, 2022
"A Place of Peace and Rest" https://tinyurl.com/2a8dft4e
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Jim Taylor, Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log February 27th, 2022
"Personal Stories Trump International News" https://tinyurl.com/2s46jmek
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Mark Whittall, Ottawa, ON
Sermons and Blog, February 25th, 2022
"Praying in the Dark" https://tinyurl.com/ye7ypwe9
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Ron Rolheiser, San Antonio, TX
Personal Website, February 28th, 2022
"Trying Not to Make God Look Bad" https://tinyurl.com/mws8byhw
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NET NOTES
STATEMENT FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE The United Church of Canada, March 2nd, 2022
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POPE FRANCIS CALLS UKRAINE PRESIDENT He Expresses His Feelings of "Profound Pain"
Religion News Service February 27th, 2022
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FRANKLIN GRAHAM SENDS RESPONSE TEAMS TO EUROPE TO ASSESS REFUGEE NEEDS He Denies Supporting Putin
Religion News Service, February 26th, 2022
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ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA TO REPENT FOR MISHANDLING ABUSE ALLEGATIONS Survivors Involved in the Process
Religion News Service March 2nd, 2022
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MORE POTENTIAL GRAVES MORE CATHOLIC SORROW Additional Gravesites Found
Catholic Register, Toronto February 23rd, 2022
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I FORGIVE POPE BENEDICT I HOPE OTHERS CAN TOO A Holy But Flawed Individual
Religion News Service, February 22nd, 2022
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UKRAINE ORTHODOX LEADER LIKENS PUTIN TO THE ANTI-CHRIST Russian Patriarch Calls Ukrainians "Evil Forces"
Religion News Service February 28th, 2022
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PUTIN IS AFTER MORE THAN LAND He Wants the Religious Soul of Ukraine
Religion News Service, February 24th, 2022
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MOSCOW AND UKRANIAN ORTHODOX LEADERS CALL FOR PEACE - BUT DEFINE IT DIFFERENTLY Their Views of History are Not the Same
Religion News Service, February 24th, 2022
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CHURCHES ON BOTH SIDES PRAY FOR PEACE Many Christians Opposed to the War
Christianity Today February 27th, 2022
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
[W]e should remain faithful in proclaiming that wars never win, in the end, and that Christ’s resurrection demonstrates how violence is all, ultimately, undone by the power of God’s love.
- Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
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Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.
- Oswald Chambers
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We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.
- Malala Yousafzai
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To be more Christlike means facing death in all its forms—the death of reputation, the death of truth, and the bodily death of our beloveds.
- Julie Polter
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We believers do not lose hope for a glimmer of conscience in those who hold the destinies of the world in their hands.
- Cardinal Pietro Parolin
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To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.
- Pedro Arrupe
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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. [God] gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on this earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
- Cesar Chavez
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Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today?
- Billy Graham
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The hopeful beauty of things is not always, or even usually, before us. It may sometimes be completely forgotten in the tedium of each day, or in the sharp pains of human miscommunication and malice, or in the sufferings of injury, depression, or illness. Music can console precisely because it recalls to us the harmony, the sensibleness of things. What we want is to trust that, in the end, everything is okay, and that, at bottom, things are meaningful. What is music but a mysterious hint that this is the case?
- Nathan Beacon
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I don’t gather that God wants us to pretend our fear doesn’t exist, to deny it, or eviscerate it. Fear is a reminder that we are creatures – fragile, vulnerable, totally dependent on God. But fear shouldn’t dominate or control or define us. Rather, it should submit to faith and love. Otherwise, fear can make us unbelieving, slavish, and inhuman. I have seen that struggle: containing my fear, rejecting its rule, recognizing that it saw only appearances, while faith and love saw substance, saw reality, saw God’s bailiwick, so to speak: “Take courage, it is I. Do not be afraid!”
- Philip Berrigan
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As long as we do not pray for our enemies, we continue to see only our own point of view – our own righteousness – and to ignore their perspective. Prayer breaks down the distinctions between us and them. To do violence to others, you must make them enemies. Prayer, on the other hand, makes enemies into friends. When we have brought our enemies into our hearts in prayer, it becomes difficult to maintain the hostility necessary for violence. In bringing them close to us, prayer even serves to protect our enemies. Thus prayer undermines the propaganda and policies designed to make us hate and fear our enemies. By softening our hearts towards our adversaries, prayer can even become treasonous. Fervent prayer for our enemies is a great obstacle to war and the feelings that lead to war.
- Jim Wallis
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