GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
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:
My Anglican Journal column on the value of a Lenten retreat
appears in this week's Colleagues List. I hope you like it.
I am also pleased with some of the special links I have found
on the web this week. I trust that you will be interested in at
least some of these intriguing pieces.
Good wishes,
Wayne
*****
SPECIAL ITEM
"Encountering the Sacred at the Mount"
My Anglican Journal Column for March, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybyvgegu
*****
COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
March 7th, 2018
"Creating a Common Enemy"
https://tinyurl.com/y8pmydtl
--
Martin Marty,
Chicago, Ill.
Sightings,
March 4th, 2018
"Chaos"
https://tinyurl.com/ybhls4oe
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX.
Personal Web Site
March 5th, 2018
"The Passing of a Good Shepherd"
https://tinyurl.com/yd8p5fot
--
Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit - Personal Blog
March 3rd, 2018
"The Clock is Ticking"
https://tinyurl.com/y8e4ltya
*****
NET NOTES
LUTHER THE MUSICIAN
He Did More than Write Theology
Christianity Today,
March, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybu4ze64
--
REMEMBERING BILLY GRAHAM
Evangelist Had Publishing Impact
Publishers Weekly,
March 1st, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yde7k36o
--
WHY CARRYING A GUN IS AN IMMORAL ACT
A New Book Preview by Marilynne Robinson
Vox,
March 5th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y7udga83
--
ROME APPROVES SAINTHOOD FOR OSCAR ROMERO
Long Process Finally Ends with Papal Approval
Religion News Service,
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yae2wvn7
--
STEP BACK IN TIME WITH
THE MENNONITES OF BOLIVIA
National Geographic Online
February 27th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ycxq44sd
--
SINAI MONKS AND BEDOUINS
HOPE FOR TOURIST RETURN
Ancient Monastery Continues
to be Vulnerable
La Croix International
March 1st, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd2ya7ou
--
PUBLISHERS REJECTED HER,
CHRISTIANS ATTACKED HER
This is How it All Got Started
for Writer Madeline L'Engle
Washington Post.
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9zpeu5z
--
SIXTEEN REASONS TO CELEBRATE
THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
A Global Phenomenon -
But it has Still Far to Go
The Globe and Mail
March 4th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd9t6gug
--
CANADA HAS YET TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION
This Nation is Still Morally Culpable
to Indigenous People
United Church Observer,
February, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yau4sedk
--
A NEW GENERATION DEFINES
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MISSIONARY
There is a Shift in the Global Centre
of Christianity and in Christian Attitudes
The Atlantic Online
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y926aeew
--
PATRIARCHAL MINDS SHRINK
PUBLIC SPACE FOR INDIAN WOMEN
Government Remains Committed
to Tradition (Commentary)
UCA News,
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ycwfokb5
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
’Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
- Maya Angelou
--
True compassion recognizes that a society that
creates beggars needs to be totally restructured.
- Anne Braden
--
Still, as a straight person, you might say, "This just isn't
my fight." No, it isn't. Unless you care about the kind of
society we have. Unless you want the society of which
you are a part to be a just one. ... Unless "liberty and
justice for all" is something you believe applies to all
our citizens.
- Gene Robinson
--
Jesus says, “Forgive, and you will also be forgiven”
(Matt. 6:14). That is to say, forgiveness is forgiveness.
Your forgiveness of another is your own forgiveness;
the forgiveness you give is the forgiveness you receive.
If you wholeheartedly forgive your enemy, you may
dare hope for your own forgiveness, for it is one and
the same.
- Søren Kierkegaard
--
I believe that God really has dived down into the bottom
of creation, and has come up bringing the whole redeemed
nature on his shoulders. The miracles that have already
happened are, of course, as Scripture so often says, the
first fruits of that cosmic summer which is presently coming
on. Christ has risen, and so we shall rise… To be sure,
feels wintry enough still: but often in the very early spring
it feels like that. Two thousand years are only a day or two
this scale. A man really ought to say, “The Resurrection
happened two thousand years ago” in the same spirit in
which he says, “I saw a crocus yesterday.”
- C. S. Lewis
--
Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all
that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly
part of the reason we flee silence. We do not want to be
confronted with our hypocrisy, our phoniness. We see how
false and fragile is the false self we project. We have to go
through this painful experience to come to our true self. It is
a harrowing journey, a death to self – the false self – and no
one wants to die. But it is the only path to life, to freedom,
to peace, to true love. And it begins with silence. We cannot
give ourselves in love if we do not know and possess ourselves.
This is the great value of silence. It is the pathway to all we
truly want.
- M. Basil Pennington
--
“Thy will be done,” in its full extent, must be the guideline
for the Christian life. It must regulate the day from morning
to evening, the course of the year, and the entire of life.
Only then will it be the sole concern of the Christian. All
other concerns the Lord takes over. This one alone,
however, remains ours as long as we live. And, sooner
or later, we begin to realize this. In the childhood of the
spiritual life, when we have just begun to allow ourselves
to be directed by God, we feel his guiding hand quite firmly
and surely. But it doesn't always stay that way. Whoever
belongs to Christ must go the whole way with him. We
mature to adulthood: we must one day or other walk the
of the cross to Gethsemane and Golgotha
- Edith Stein
*****
CLOSING THOUGHT - - Henri J. M. Nouwen
A seed only flourishes by staying in the ground in which
it is sown. When you keep digging the seed up to check
whether it is growing, it will never bear fruit. Think of
yourself as a little seed planted in rich soil. All you have
to do is stay there and trust that the soil contains
everything you need to grow.
This growth takes place even when you do not feel it.
(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.
This series is already going well with strong,
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:
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:
My Anglican Journal column on the value of a Lenten retreat
appears in this week's Colleagues List. I hope you like it.
I am also pleased with some of the special links I have found
on the web this week. I trust that you will be interested in at
least some of these intriguing pieces.
Good wishes,
Wayne
*****
SPECIAL ITEM
"Encountering the Sacred at the Mount"
My Anglican Journal Column for March, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybyvgegu
*****
COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
March 7th, 2018
"Creating a Common Enemy"
https://tinyurl.com/y8pmydtl
--
Martin Marty,
Chicago, Ill.
Sightings,
March 4th, 2018
"Chaos"
https://tinyurl.com/ybhls4oe
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX.
Personal Web Site
March 5th, 2018
"The Passing of a Good Shepherd"
https://tinyurl.com/yd8p5fot
--
Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit - Personal Blog
March 3rd, 2018
"The Clock is Ticking"
https://tinyurl.com/y8e4ltya
*****
NET NOTES
LUTHER THE MUSICIAN
He Did More than Write Theology
Christianity Today,
March, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybu4ze64
--
REMEMBERING BILLY GRAHAM
Evangelist Had Publishing Impact
Publishers Weekly,
March 1st, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yde7k36o
--
WHY CARRYING A GUN IS AN IMMORAL ACT
A New Book Preview by Marilynne Robinson
Vox,
March 5th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y7udga83
--
ROME APPROVES SAINTHOOD FOR OSCAR ROMERO
Long Process Finally Ends with Papal Approval
Religion News Service,
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yae2wvn7
--
STEP BACK IN TIME WITH
THE MENNONITES OF BOLIVIA
National Geographic Online
February 27th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ycxq44sd
--
SINAI MONKS AND BEDOUINS
HOPE FOR TOURIST RETURN
Ancient Monastery Continues
to be Vulnerable
La Croix International
March 1st, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd2ya7ou
--
PUBLISHERS REJECTED HER,
CHRISTIANS ATTACKED HER
This is How it All Got Started
for Writer Madeline L'Engle
Washington Post.
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9zpeu5z
--
SIXTEEN REASONS TO CELEBRATE
THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
A Global Phenomenon -
But it has Still Far to Go
The Globe and Mail
March 4th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd9t6gug
--
CANADA HAS YET TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION
This Nation is Still Morally Culpable
to Indigenous People
United Church Observer,
February, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yau4sedk
--
A NEW GENERATION DEFINES
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MISSIONARY
There is a Shift in the Global Centre
of Christianity and in Christian Attitudes
The Atlantic Online
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y926aeew
--
PATRIARCHAL MINDS SHRINK
PUBLIC SPACE FOR INDIAN WOMEN
Government Remains Committed
to Tradition (Commentary)
UCA News,
March 8th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ycwfokb5
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
’Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
- Maya Angelou
--
True compassion recognizes that a society that
creates beggars needs to be totally restructured.
- Anne Braden
--
Still, as a straight person, you might say, "This just isn't
my fight." No, it isn't. Unless you care about the kind of
society we have. Unless you want the society of which
you are a part to be a just one. ... Unless "liberty and
justice for all" is something you believe applies to all
our citizens.
- Gene Robinson
--
Jesus says, “Forgive, and you will also be forgiven”
(Matt. 6:14). That is to say, forgiveness is forgiveness.
Your forgiveness of another is your own forgiveness;
the forgiveness you give is the forgiveness you receive.
If you wholeheartedly forgive your enemy, you may
dare hope for your own forgiveness, for it is one and
the same.
- Søren Kierkegaard
--
I believe that God really has dived down into the bottom
of creation, and has come up bringing the whole redeemed
nature on his shoulders. The miracles that have already
happened are, of course, as Scripture so often says, the
first fruits of that cosmic summer which is presently coming
on. Christ has risen, and so we shall rise… To be sure,
feels wintry enough still: but often in the very early spring
it feels like that. Two thousand years are only a day or two
this scale. A man really ought to say, “The Resurrection
happened two thousand years ago” in the same spirit in
which he says, “I saw a crocus yesterday.”
- C. S. Lewis
--
Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all
that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly
part of the reason we flee silence. We do not want to be
confronted with our hypocrisy, our phoniness. We see how
false and fragile is the false self we project. We have to go
through this painful experience to come to our true self. It is
a harrowing journey, a death to self – the false self – and no
one wants to die. But it is the only path to life, to freedom,
to peace, to true love. And it begins with silence. We cannot
give ourselves in love if we do not know and possess ourselves.
This is the great value of silence. It is the pathway to all we
truly want.
- M. Basil Pennington
--
“Thy will be done,” in its full extent, must be the guideline
for the Christian life. It must regulate the day from morning
to evening, the course of the year, and the entire of life.
Only then will it be the sole concern of the Christian. All
other concerns the Lord takes over. This one alone,
however, remains ours as long as we live. And, sooner
or later, we begin to realize this. In the childhood of the
spiritual life, when we have just begun to allow ourselves
to be directed by God, we feel his guiding hand quite firmly
and surely. But it doesn't always stay that way. Whoever
belongs to Christ must go the whole way with him. We
mature to adulthood: we must one day or other walk the
of the cross to Gethsemane and Golgotha
- Edith Stein
*****
CLOSING THOUGHT - - Henri J. M. Nouwen
A seed only flourishes by staying in the ground in which
it is sown. When you keep digging the seed up to check
whether it is growing, it will never bear fruit. Think of
yourself as a little seed planted in rich soil. All you have
to do is stay there and trust that the soil contains
everything you need to grow.
This growth takes place even when you do not feel it.
(end)
*****
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.
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 GOSPEL OF MARY MAGDALENE
(in the Four Gospels and in several non-canonical texts)
Check out a good BBC video on Mary Magdalene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jx8I49D3k&sns=em
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room.
(in the Four Gospels and in several non-canonical texts)
Check out a good BBC video on Mary Magdalene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jx8I49D3k&sns=em
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 AM - 4:00PM
Theme: "Encountering a Sacred Intimacy With God"
Spiritual Director: Susan Campbell
This event drew 22 registrants and was much appreciated.
https://tinyurl.com/ybyvgegu
*****
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 AM - 4:00PM
Theme: "Encountering a Sacred Intimacy With God"
Spiritual Director: Susan Campbell
This event drew 22 registrants and was much appreciated.
https://tinyurl.com/ybyvgegu
*****
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