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Colleagues List, August 20th, 2017

Vol. XIII No. 8

GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE


Wayne A. Holst, Editor

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Welcome to Colleagues List for August 20th!

My Special Item this week is my August column appearing
this past week in the Anglican Journal. I discuss an issue
that concerns me a lot - how we handle memorial as well
as committal services today.

The other regular features appear as usual. Enjoy!

Wayne

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SPECIAL ITEM

Here is my Anglican Journal column for August with

my views about memorial services in Canada today.
The column is entitled:

"Honouring Our Christian Departed and Mourners Alike"


https://tinyurl.com/y856rvmc

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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS

Jim Taylor,
Okanagan BC

Personal Web Log
August 14th and 16th, 2017

"Turning Antidotes into Addictions"

  https://tinyurl.com/yaw8y4vp

"The Games People Play"
  https://tinyurl.com/yat5q87q

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Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX.

Personal Web Site
August 14th, 2017

"God Needs Better Press"

  https://tinyurl.com/ydzcfhx4

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NET NOTES

THE FAITH OF HILLARY CLINTON
"She Doesn't Wear It on Her Sleeve"

What Kind of Preacher Might She Be?

Religion News Service
August 16th, 2017


https://tinyurl.com/y98ths9b

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OSCAR ROMERO AT ONE HUNDRED
Who Was He? Why Was He Murdered?
What Can We Learn From Him?

America Magazine,
August 15th, 2017


https://tinyurl.com/ybhsobwk

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HOW CHARLOTTESVILLE LOOKS FROM BERLIN
Two Different Ways of Treating Bad History
 
Code Switch,
August 16th, 2017
 
 
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"CHARLOTTESVILLE COULD HAPPEN IN CANADA"
 A Tribe Called Red - Indigenous Musician Shares His Views

CBC News
August 15th, 2017

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In a Conflicted World --

THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH
IS RECONCILIATION

Christian Week Online
August 13th, 2017


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INDIAN AD AGAINST MISSIONARIES IRKS
CHRISTIANS AND CIVIC LEADERS
Gandhi Statement on Dalits is Misapplied

UCA News,
August 15th, 2017


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FRANCIS SAYS SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS
IS AN "ABSOLUTE MONSTROSITY"
Detractors Claim Church Not Doing Enough

The Guardian, UK
August 17th, 2017


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FARMWORKERS IN CANADA LIVE IN FEAR
OF DEPORTATION IF THEY COMPLAIN
The System Works Against Them

New York Times,
August 13th, 2017


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PASTOR FREED FROM NORTH KOREA
CHEERED AT MISSISSAUGA CHURCH SERVICE

Globe and Mail,
August 14th, 2017

Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim, 62, was handed a sentence of life in prison with hard labour in December, 2015, by North Korea’s supreme court for what it called crimes against the state. On Wednesday, he was freed on “sick bail” after a Canadian delegation, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser Daniel Jean, visited the country to press for his release. Waves of sobs and tears moved through the packed crowd at the ultramodern evangelical church in Mississauga, Ont., where Mr. Lim spoke at a service on Sunday afternoon in his first public statements since his release.

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SHOULD WE TRAVEL TO NORTH KOREA?

Globe and  Mail,
August 16th, 2017

“Canada is in a unique position when it comes to North Korea. Despite being a combatant in the Korean War, Pyongyang does not view us in the same light as the United States. Like Mr. Lim, Canadians have been travelling to North Korea for the past twenty years and have saved lives and built capacity where the regime has failed to act. We cannot ignore the dangers of travelling to North Korea; but we cannot ignore the good that comes out of it as well. Pulling the plug when the North Korean people are still struggling to recover from a terrible famine that killed hundreds of thousands would not only be cruel, but would cut off one of the few avenues Canadians have to engage directly with the North Korean people.”

– Jack Kim

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FOR DONALD TRUMP, THERE IS NO COMING BACK FROM THIS

Globe and Mail,
August 17th, 2017

“This is a man who has made a political career out of being disreputable and disruptive, yet
has always had the ability to recover from embarrassing gaffes and disturbing revelations. But not this time. It is henceforth impossible for the President to credibly condemn the racist and violent right-wing groups that were the only people responsible for provoking the violence in Charlottesville and for the death of a woman hit by a car driven into a crowd of peaceful counter-protesters.”

– The Globe and Mail editorial board

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WISDOM OF THE WEEK

From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:

We have seen advances in every aspect of our lives — except our humanity.

- Luma Mufleh

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No one walks so safely as one who walks humbly and harmlessly with great love and great faith. For such a person gets through to the good in others (and there is good in everyone), and therefore cannot be harmed.

This works between individuals, it works between groups, and it would work between nations if nations had the courage to try it.

- Peace Pilgrim

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I ask, “How have you all this wealth?” For the care of the poor consumes consumes wealth. When each one receives a little for one’s needs, and when all owners distribute their means simultaneously for the care of the needy, no one will possess more than one’s neighbor. Yet it is plain that you have very many lands. Whence all these?

Undoubtedly you have subordinated the relief and comfort of many to your convenience. And so, the more you abound in your riches, the more you want in love.

- Basil the Great

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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.

 - Rachel Carson

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The New Testament, without going into details, gives us a pretty clear hint of what a fully Christian society would be like. Perhaps it gives us more than we can take. It tells us that there are to be no passengers or parasites: if we do not work, we ought not to eat. People are to work with their own hands, and what is more, everyone’s work is to produce something good: there will be no manufacture of silly luxuries and then of sillier advertisements to persuade us to buy them. And there is to be no “swank” or “side,” no putting on airs. To that extent a Christian society would be what we now call Leftist.

On the other hand, it is always insisting on obedience – obedience (and outward marks of  respect) from all of us to properly appointed magistrates, from children to parents, and (I am afraid this is going to be very unpopular) from wives to husbands. Thirdly, it is to be a cheerful society: full  of singing and rejoicing, and regarding worry or anxiety as wrong.

- C.S. Lewis

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CLOSING THOUGHT - Corrie ten Boom

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

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For Those Interested -

ST. DAVID'S ACTS MONDAY NIGHT FALL STUDY

A Ten Week Series September 18th -November 27th, 2017
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

"CONVICTIONS - How I Learned What Matters Most"


http://tinyurl.com/ybyu3msx

Author: Marcus Borg
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $20.00

35 copies of the book have been secured for sale.
Registration and Book Sale Begins - August 27th


Read my background information on the study book:
http://cep.anglican.ca/convictions/

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Here is some course content from our
completed Monday Night Winter 2017 Study:

"How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a

Jewish Preacher from Galilee" by Bart D. Ehrman
https://tinyurl.com/j3nv7nd
 
Check our entire archives for all 49 books
studied since 2000:
 
http://tinyurl.com/q3bw6dh 

During the 2016-2017 two session-term -
Total class registrations: 70
Total books sold: 75

Our best year ever, since 1998!

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ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING STUDY

Ten Sessions September 21st- November 30th, 2017

Biblical book(s) to be studied this autumn to be determined

by the class at the first session of the term, Thursday, Sept. 21st.

Ten sessions 10-11 AM
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room.

No charge


Study resource -

"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"
  Edited by John Bowker


http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q

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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, thirty-two 

persons have made deposits to claim a special saving,
but some have had to withdraw.
 
WE ARE CLOSE TO REACHING OUR DEPARTURE GOAL.

YOU CAN STILL REGISTER. If we reach 29 deposits
you will be added to a waiting list and can still join

us in the event someone has to drop out.

We have activated 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.

Three 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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