GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address:
Colleagues List Web Site
http//colleagueslist2.bogspot.com
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Dear Friends:
Welcome to Colleagues List! It is written
for people who want to keep abreast of
global developments in religion and culture.
This week I begin by including my May column,
appearing in the Anglican Journal (Canada). It
is written in an attempt to help us live faithfully
in a secular age with the help of Charles Taylor.
Please enjoy my selection of stories gleaned
from the World Wide Web, as well as wisdom
selections and historical events.
Thanks for joining me again this week!
Wayne
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SPECIAL ITEM
My Anglican Journal column for May entitled:
"Living Faithfully in a Secular Age"
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COLLEAGUE COMMENT
John Griffith,
Calgary, AB.
May 27th, 2017
I have begun a blog!
Hi Wayne, I have finally established a formal blog to share my thoughts as a Christian in these changing times. I just posted my first blog post:
It is a short reflection on the theme: "How I Got Here," to introduce my blog called: "What Was I Thinking" (Reflections of an Evolutionary Christian Pilgrim) and I plan to post about once a week to share my evolutionary thoughts.
If you are interested you can get there with this address: http://WhatwasIthinking.blog
This is new territory for me.
Blessings,
John
"How I Got Here" first post
May 27th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/ycw4ok5u
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June 2nd, 2017
John:
I am pleased to share your blog with the members
of Colleagues List. You have been a faithful reader
and contributor to my blog for many years.
Wayne
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June 2nd, 2017
John:
I am pleased to share your blog with the members
of Colleagues List. You have been a faithful reader
and contributor to my blog for many years.
Wayne
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COLLEAGUE COMMUNICATIONS
John Stackhouse Jr.
Moncton, NB
Personal Blog
May 27th, 2017
"Taking a Break from Trump"
http://tinyurl.com/y9ky2amv
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John Stackhouse Jr.
Moncton, NB
Personal Blog
May 27th, 2017
"Taking a Break from Trump"
http://tinyurl.com/y9ky2amv
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Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit Blog
May 30th, 2017
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Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log,
May 31st, 2017
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log,
May 31st, 2017
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Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
May 29th, 2017
May 29th, 2017
"Going On Ahead"
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NET NOTES
PAPAL APOLOGY FOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
A Key Step in Process of Canadian Reconciliation
Global News
May 29th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y76dflje
"U of C Celebrates Future Indigenous Leaders"
as Graduating Numbers Expand Significantly"
UToday News,
May 29th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y8wlb9mo
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KAREN ARMSTRONG WINS TOP SPANISH AWARD
Her Interfaith Writings are Cited as Significant
WFAB Eyewitness News
Associated Press,
May 31st, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y7ukoqyj
NET NOTES
PAPAL APOLOGY FOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
A Key Step in Process of Canadian Reconciliation
Global News
May 29th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y76dflje
"U of C Celebrates Future Indigenous Leaders"
as Graduating Numbers Expand Significantly"
UToday News,
May 29th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y8wlb9mo
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KAREN ARMSTRONG WINS TOP SPANISH AWARD
Her Interfaith Writings are Cited as Significant
WFAB Eyewitness News
Associated Press,
May 31st, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y7ukoqyj
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"NO ONE WAS SAVED" - -
THE BEATLES AND ORGANIZED RELIGION
A Fifty Year Retrospective of Their Philosophy
Sightings
June 1st, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y9y7ufv2
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WHY REINHOLD NIEBHUR
STILL HAUNTS AMERICAN POLITICS
His Views Continue to Inspire, as
Well as Confound Both Left and Right
Christianity Today Video Interview
May 25th, 2017
His Views Continue to Inspire, as
Well as Confound Both Left and Right
Christianity Today Video Interview
May 25th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y7g95u5n
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CANADIAN CATHOLIC TV RELIES ON
YOUNG ADULTS TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD
America Magazine,
June 1st, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y8sdbzop
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HOW FRANCIS IS HEALING THE
CATHOLIC-PENTECOSTAL RELATIONSHIP
His Latin American Experience is an Asset
Catholic News Service
May 30th, 3017
http://tinyurl.com/y7lctflm
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SEVEN WAYS TO LIVE OUT THE GOSPEL
IN A POST-TRUTH, POST-FACT WORLD
A Canadian Evangelical Perspective
Christian Week Online,
May 29th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/ybnp6loh
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MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIA CHALLENGE
'INSTANT DIVORCE' LAW
Wives at a Serious Disadvantage
New York Times
May 28th, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/yarksmpr
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STRONG RELIGIOUS REACTION
TO TRUMP CLIMATE DECISION
Objection Envelopes His Action
Religion News Service
June 3rd, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y8aykmw2
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Two Canadian Assessments:
TRUMP'S DECISION WON'T DERAIL
THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING
Globe and Mail,
June 3rd, 2017
“There was a time when an American president could derail the effort to fight global warming. But not this time, and not this President. Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States is withdrawing from the Paris agreement on climate change will have as much impact as someone in the 1890s declaring their opposition to the internal combustion engine.”
– John Ibbitson
"Trump Just Passed on the Best Deal the Planet Ever Made"
by David Suzuki
The Guardian,
June 1st, 2017
http://tinyurl.com/y9krlva9
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From Sojourners and the Bruderhof Online:
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
- Helen Keller
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If through [someone]'s life there is a little more love and kindness, a little more light and truth in the world, then [they] will not have lived in vain.
- Alfred Delp, S.J.
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We may be living on the edge of eternity – but that should not make us dismal. …The early Christians rejoiced to think that the end of the world was near, as they thought. Are we so unready to face God? Are we so avid for joys here that we perceive so darkly those to come? -
- Dorothy Day
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A preaching that awakens, a preaching that enlightens – as when a light turned on awakens and of course annoys a sleeper – that is the preaching of Christ, calling: Wake up!
Be converted! That is the church's authentic preaching. Naturally, such preaching must meet conflict, must spoil what is miscalled prestige, must disturb, must be persecuted. It cannot get along with the powers of darkness and sin.
- Oscar Romero
- Oscar Romero
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Your holiness makes you as conspicuous as the sun in the sky. You cannot hide your Christian character. Love cannot be hidden any more than can light. Least of all, it cannot be hidden when it shines forth in action. When you exercise yourself in a labor of love, in any kind of good work, you are observed. We may as well try to hide a city as to hide a Christian. It is the purpose of God that every Christian should be in open view. We are to give light to all that are in the house.
- John Wesley
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MOMENT IN TIME
June 1st, 2017
Helen Keller dies in Westport, Conn.
June 1, 1968: The passing of Helen Keller at 87 was front-page news on newspapers worldwide. For the better part of a century, the deaf and blind Alabama native fairly personified human determination. Although born healthy, Keller contracted an illness in infancy that left her blind, deaf and lacking in speech ability. At the age of 7, her parents hired 20 year-old Anne Sullivan, herself blind, to be their daughter’s instructor.
In agonizing steps, Keller learned to communicate, courtesy of Sullivan's methods.
Their relationship later provided fodder for the 1959 play The Miracle Worker and 1962 film, which earned Oscars for Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. During her remarkable lifetime, Keller wrote a dozen books campaigned for multiple causes and became the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree.
In the end, she left this world a soul at peace. “She drifted off in her sleep,” said Winifred Corbally, her last companion. “She died gently.”
– Andrew Ryan
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ON THIS DAY
From the Archives of the New York Times
June 3rd, 2017
"Elizabeth II Crowned Queen in Westminster Abbey"
http://tinyurl.com/qhjvye
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CLOSING THOUGHT - Angela Davis
Sometimes we have to do the work, even though we don't yet
see a glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible.
see a glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible.
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For Those Interested -
ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS EVENT, 2017
South Africa has been chosen as our destination!
We plan a nineteen-day tour that combines a focus
on spirituality, social justice, culture, and nature,
ST.DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS EVENT, 2017
South Africa has been chosen as our destination!
We plan a nineteen-day tour that combines a focus
on spirituality, social justice, culture, and nature,
and it will run October 21st thru November 8th.
A beautiful brochure with trip cost, itinerary, and
many helpful travel hints has been published.
http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
Our optimal group size for maximum trip meaning
and value is 28-29 persons.
To date, twenty-six persons have put down deposits
to claim a special saving.
WE ARE CLOSE TO REACHING OUR DEPARTURE GOAL.
YOU CAN STILL REGISTER. After we have 29 deposits
you will be added to a waiting list and still join us
in the event someone has to drop out.
A beautiful brochure with trip cost, itinerary, and
many helpful travel hints has been published.
http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
Our optimal group size for maximum trip meaning
and value is 28-29 persons.
To date, twenty-six persons have put down deposits
to claim a special saving.
WE ARE CLOSE TO REACHING OUR DEPARTURE GOAL.
YOU CAN STILL REGISTER. After we have 29 deposits
you will be added to a waiting list and still join us
in the event someone has to drop out.
We have installed a South Africa Spiritual Travelers
discussion list group to begin building community
amongst the participants, and to share news and
resources.
We hope to name a tour reporter who will report
back home each day's activities so everyone can
enjoy the experience, if not directly, then indirectly.
Six months from now we leave for South Africa!
Contact Rostad Tours: http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
Six months from now we leave for South Africa!
Contact Rostad Tours: http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
Follow these notices for weekly updates.
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