GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address: wholst@telus.net
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Dear Friends
We entered the Lenten Season through Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day - a combination of events that happens rarely.
My Special Item this week is my February column for the Anglican Journal, while the remaining letter to you reflects global religion and culture developments during the past week.
Thanks for joining me again.
Wayne
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SPECIAL ITEM
My February Column for the Anglican Journal
"Spiritual Lessons from a Canadian Winter"
https://tinyurl.com/yanlnptk
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address: wholst@telus.net
This email is sent only to a voluntary subscriber list.
If you no longer wish to receive these weekly columns,
write to me personally - waholst@telus.net
*****
Dear Friends
We entered the Lenten Season through Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day - a combination of events that happens rarely.
My Special Item this week is my February column for the Anglican Journal, while the remaining letter to you reflects global religion and culture developments during the past week.
Thanks for joining me again.
Wayne
*****
SPECIAL ITEM
My February Column for the Anglican Journal
"Spiritual Lessons from a Canadian Winter"
https://tinyurl.com/yanlnptk
A Canadian faith perspective.
*****
COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
February 14th, 2018
"Re-Thinking Valentine's Day"
https://tinyurl.com/y98zroyw
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site,
February 12th, 2018
"Our Most Common Sin"
https://tinyurl.com/ycsax53t
*****
NET NOTES
7 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
A Canadian Evangelical Perspective
Christian Week Online,
February 14th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9bfcxcs
--
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS,
AND ESPECIALLY IN LENT
Goodness Doesn't Depend
on Possessing Things
by M. Volf and D.Collns
The Christian Century,
February 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybjnncuy
--
SENATOR MURRAY SINCLAIR'S
RESPONSE TO BOUSHIE VERDICT
TRC Head Presents His Opinion
United Church Observer,
February, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yadpfgqe
(click this link, then the Sinclair Tweet)
--
PHYLLIS TICKLE - A LIFE,
by Jon M. Sweeney
Publisher's Weekly,
February, 2018
The story of an unusual
American woman theologian
https://tinyurl.com/y8nszzbd
--
HOW CHRISTIANITY TOOK OVER
THE WESTERN WORLD
"The Triumph of Christianity"
is Bart Ehrman's Latest Book
Religion News Service,
February 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y7nr8mbl
--
WHY POPE FRANCIS ALARMS A
NY TIMES CATHOLIC COLUMNIST
Some Conservatives Suspect a Sell-Out
Publishers Weekly,
February 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9xv2rb7
--
FEMALE QU'RANIC EXPERTS FIGHT
ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN MOROCCO
They Provide a Feminine Interpretation
La Croix International
February 14th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yawcxz96
--
CANADIAN ANGLICANS AND MENNONITES
MEET FOR FIRST-EVER DIALOGUE
Following New Partnership Pattern
Anglican Journal,
February 14th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yaop6geo
--
ANGLICANS SHOW CAPE TOWN
HOW TO SAVE WATER
As "Day Zero" Approaches
La Croix International
February 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yak9gsco
--
WHAT JACOB ZUMA'S RESIGNATION MEANS
FOR THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA
Implications of a Key Political Development -
America Magazine,
February 15th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybmvbz7j
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
One who has loved is never quite alone,
though all the hills declare our solitude.
Having known you, I am no more afraid,
the essential singleness of blood and bone
when dispossessed, comes never in return;
one who has loved is never quite alone.
- Jane Tyson Clement
--
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are
only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.
- Arundhati Roy
--
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
- Marianne Williamson
--
I have come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk
towards it and I lean into it to find new information --
and the things it has to teach me.
- Tracee Ellis Ross
--
Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart.
Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon
they begin to learn — and only from us. We keep racism
alive. We pass it on to our children. ... We owe it to our
children to help them keep their clean start.
- Ruby Bridges
--
If we owned anything, we should have to have weapons
to protect ourselves. That is what gives rise to contentions
and lawsuits, and so often causes the love of God and
neighbor to be interfered with. For ourselves, we are
resolved to possess nothing temporal in this world.
- St. Francis of Assisi
--
We can only live the changes we wish to see; we cannot
think our way to humanity. Every one of us, and every group
with which we live and work, must become the model of the
era which we desire to create.…All of us are crippled – some
physically, some mentally, some emotionally. We must
therefore strive cooperatively to create the new world. There
is no time left for destruction, for hatred, and for anger. We
must build – in hope, and in joy, and in celebration.
- Ivan Illich
--
We all must decide in our own consciences what side we
will take. God our Lord is offering us marvelous fruits if we
let him sow in us that sprout which will produce prolific
branches, the fruits of eternal life. This is God’s plan, and
that’s why the church is the vineyard where God’s kingdom
will always be in crisis. Blessed are those who feel the crisis
deeply and resolve it by committing themselves to our Lord.
I am very glad that precisely in this hour of crisis many who
were asleep have woken up and are at least asking where
the truth is to be found. Look for it! Saint Paul shows us the
way: it is found with prayer, reflection, and esteem for what
is good. These are wonderful criteria. Wherever there is
something noble, something good, something just, there
we find God.
- Oscar Romero
*****
*****
COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
February 14th, 2018
"Re-Thinking Valentine's Day"
https://tinyurl.com/y98zroyw
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site,
February 12th, 2018
"Our Most Common Sin"
https://tinyurl.com/ycsax53t
*****
NET NOTES
7 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
A Canadian Evangelical Perspective
Christian Week Online,
February 14th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9bfcxcs
--
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS,
AND ESPECIALLY IN LENT
Goodness Doesn't Depend
on Possessing Things
by M. Volf and D.Collns
The Christian Century,
February 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybjnncuy
--
SENATOR MURRAY SINCLAIR'S
RESPONSE TO BOUSHIE VERDICT
TRC Head Presents His Opinion
United Church Observer,
February, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yadpfgqe
(click this link, then the Sinclair Tweet)
--
PHYLLIS TICKLE - A LIFE,
by Jon M. Sweeney
Publisher's Weekly,
February, 2018
The story of an unusual
American woman theologian
https://tinyurl.com/y8nszzbd
--
HOW CHRISTIANITY TOOK OVER
THE WESTERN WORLD
"The Triumph of Christianity"
is Bart Ehrman's Latest Book
Religion News Service,
February 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y7nr8mbl
--
WHY POPE FRANCIS ALARMS A
NY TIMES CATHOLIC COLUMNIST
Some Conservatives Suspect a Sell-Out
Publishers Weekly,
February 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9xv2rb7
--
FEMALE QU'RANIC EXPERTS FIGHT
ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN MOROCCO
They Provide a Feminine Interpretation
La Croix International
February 14th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yawcxz96
--
CANADIAN ANGLICANS AND MENNONITES
MEET FOR FIRST-EVER DIALOGUE
Following New Partnership Pattern
Anglican Journal,
February 14th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yaop6geo
--
ANGLICANS SHOW CAPE TOWN
HOW TO SAVE WATER
As "Day Zero" Approaches
La Croix International
February 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yak9gsco
--
WHAT JACOB ZUMA'S RESIGNATION MEANS
FOR THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA
Implications of a Key Political Development -
America Magazine,
February 15th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybmvbz7j
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
From Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
One who has loved is never quite alone,
though all the hills declare our solitude.
Having known you, I am no more afraid,
the essential singleness of blood and bone
when dispossessed, comes never in return;
one who has loved is never quite alone.
- Jane Tyson Clement
--
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are
only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.
- Arundhati Roy
--
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
- Marianne Williamson
--
I have come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk
towards it and I lean into it to find new information --
and the things it has to teach me.
- Tracee Ellis Ross
--
Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart.
Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon
they begin to learn — and only from us. We keep racism
alive. We pass it on to our children. ... We owe it to our
children to help them keep their clean start.
- Ruby Bridges
--
If we owned anything, we should have to have weapons
to protect ourselves. That is what gives rise to contentions
and lawsuits, and so often causes the love of God and
neighbor to be interfered with. For ourselves, we are
resolved to possess nothing temporal in this world.
- St. Francis of Assisi
--
We can only live the changes we wish to see; we cannot
think our way to humanity. Every one of us, and every group
with which we live and work, must become the model of the
era which we desire to create.…All of us are crippled – some
physically, some mentally, some emotionally. We must
therefore strive cooperatively to create the new world. There
is no time left for destruction, for hatred, and for anger. We
must build – in hope, and in joy, and in celebration.
- Ivan Illich
--
We all must decide in our own consciences what side we
will take. God our Lord is offering us marvelous fruits if we
let him sow in us that sprout which will produce prolific
branches, the fruits of eternal life. This is God’s plan, and
that’s why the church is the vineyard where God’s kingdom
will always be in crisis. Blessed are those who feel the crisis
deeply and resolve it by committing themselves to our Lord.
I am very glad that precisely in this hour of crisis many who
were asleep have woken up and are at least asking where
the truth is to be found. Look for it! Saint Paul shows us the
way: it is found with prayer, reflection, and esteem for what
is good. These are wonderful criteria. Wherever there is
something noble, something good, something just, there
we find God.
- Oscar Romero
*****
MOMENT IN TIME
CANADA APPOINTS ITS FIRST FEMALE SENATOR
Globe and Mail
February 15th, 2018
Feb. 15, 1930: It was once the most exclusive male
club in Canada – until Cairine Wilson joined it. On this
day in 1930, Wilson was appointed by then-prime
minister William Lyon Mackenzie King as the country's
first female senator. Her elevation to the post came four
months after a landmark decision from the British Privy
Council, which ruled that women were indeed persons,
and therefore eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada.
Wilson wasn't the natural first choice for the Red
Chamber: the case that led to her appointment had
been hard-fought by five Alberta feminists, including
jurist Emily Murphy.
But King chose Wilson – a mother of eight, Liberal
organizer and daughter of Liberal senator Robert
Mackay – for the historic position. She proved her
independence, consistently taking progressive positions
on subjects ranging from divorce to women's education,
and later became known for helping European refugees
flee the Nazis. In 1960, she was honoured with a marble
bust in the Senate antechamber. It was installed under
the bronze plaque that pays tribute to the Five Persons
from Alberta: the women who fought for her right to join
the club.
– Laura Stone
CANADA APPOINTS ITS FIRST FEMALE SENATOR
Globe and Mail
February 15th, 2018
Feb. 15, 1930: It was once the most exclusive male
club in Canada – until Cairine Wilson joined it. On this
day in 1930, Wilson was appointed by then-prime
minister William Lyon Mackenzie King as the country's
first female senator. Her elevation to the post came four
months after a landmark decision from the British Privy
Council, which ruled that women were indeed persons,
and therefore eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada.
Wilson wasn't the natural first choice for the Red
Chamber: the case that led to her appointment had
been hard-fought by five Alberta feminists, including
jurist Emily Murphy.
But King chose Wilson – a mother of eight, Liberal
organizer and daughter of Liberal senator Robert
Mackay – for the historic position. She proved her
independence, consistently taking progressive positions
on subjects ranging from divorce to women's education,
and later became known for helping European refugees
flee the Nazis. In 1960, she was honoured with a marble
bust in the Senate antechamber. It was installed under
the bronze plaque that pays tribute to the Five Persons
from Alberta: the women who fought for her right to join
the club.
– Laura Stone
--
CLOSING THOUGHT - Tracee Ellis Ross
I have come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk
towards it and I lean into it to find new information --
and the things it has to teach me.
- Tracee Ellis Ross
CLOSING THOUGHT - Tracee Ellis Ross
I have come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk
towards it and I lean into it to find new information --
and the things it has to teach me.
- Tracee Ellis Ross
(end)
*****
For Those Interested -
NOT IN GOD'S NAME - Confronting Religious Violence
42 copies of the book have been secured and all
have been sold. 35 persons have registered for the
course. Others are reading it alone or in another
small study group.
Read my background information on this study
ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
Ten Sessions January 18th - March 29th, 2018
Thursday morning sessions 10-11 AM
This term we are studying:
THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS OF PETER (and)
THE GNOSTIC GOSPEL OF PETER (a non-canonical text)
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room.
For Those Interested -
ST. DAVID'S ACTS MONDAY NIGHT WINTER STUDY
A Ten Week Series January 22nd - March 26th, 2018
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
NOT IN GOD'S NAME - Confronting Religious Violence
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $20.00
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $20.00
42 copies of the book have been secured and all
have been sold. 35 persons have registered for the
course. Others are reading it alone or in another
small study group.
This series is already going well with strong,
enthusiastic attendances.
enthusiastic attendances.
Read my background information on this study
--
During the 2016-2017 two session-term there were
class registrations of 70 and total books sold: 78
2017 was our best year ever, since we began in 1998!
class registrations of 70 and total books sold: 78
2017 was our best year ever, since we began in 1998!
ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
Ten Sessions January 18th - March 29th, 2018
Thursday morning sessions 10-11 AM
This term we are studying:
THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS OF PETER (and)
THE GNOSTIC GOSPEL OF PETER (a non-canonical text)
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room.
No charge
15 persons make up our study group.
15 persons make up our study group.
Study resource -
"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"
Edited by John Bowker
Edited by John Bowker
ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS EVENT, 2017
South Africa was our destination! We planned a nineteen-
day tour that combined a focus on spirituality, social
justice, culture, and nature, and it ran October 21st
thru November 8th.
A beautiful brochure with trip cost, itinerary, and
many helpful travel hints was published.
http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
Twenty-five persons registered and paid in full to
take the trip. This was our tour group.
All together, thirty-two persons made deposits
but some had to withdraw for health or other
reasons.
We have activated a South Africa Spiritual Travelers
discussion list group to and used it to build community
amongst the participants, and to share news and
resources.
We reported our experiences to St. David's congregation
as a travel group reflection during the worship service Sunday, January 14th, 2018. For information click Rostad Tours:
day tour that combined a focus on spirituality, social
justice, culture, and nature, and it ran October 21st
thru November 8th.
A beautiful brochure with trip cost, itinerary, and
many helpful travel hints was published.
http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
Twenty-five persons registered and paid in full to
take the trip. This was our tour group.
All together, thirty-two persons made deposits
but some had to withdraw for health or other
reasons.
We have activated a South Africa Spiritual Travelers
discussion list group to and used it to build community
amongst the participants, and to share news and
resources.
We reported our experiences to St. David's congregation
as a travel group reflection during the worship service Sunday, January 14th, 2018. For information click Rostad Tours:
http://tinyurl.com/hucsaf7
This marks the end of our South African travel project.
We will soon be asking people "Where do we travel next?"
***
Lenten Notice:
ANNUAL ST. DAVID'S LENTEN RETREAT
AT MT. ST. FRANCIS COCHRANE
Sunday, March 4th, 2018. 11:30 A - 4:00P
Theme: "Encountering a Sacred Intimacy With God"
Spiritual Director: Susan Campbell
Want to register? Contact Wayne waholst@telus.net
*****
This marks the end of our South African travel project.
We will soon be asking people "Where do we travel next?"
***
Lenten Notice:
ANNUAL ST. DAVID'S LENTEN RETREAT
AT MT. ST. FRANCIS COCHRANE
Sunday, March 4th, 2018. 11:30 A - 4:00P
Theme: "Encountering a Sacred Intimacy With God"
Spiritual Director: Susan Campbell
Want to register? Contact Wayne waholst@telus.net
*****
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