GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address: wholst@telus.net
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address: wholst@telus.net
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Dear Friends:
My Special Item this week is the column just published by the
Anglican Journal recognizing progress that has been made in
Canada since Archbishop Michael Peers issued an apology to
Canada's Indigenous people 25 years ago. I remember that
act very clearly, and am grateful to live to see "change for the
better." May it continue!
Other aspects of this letter include global issues, since
Colleagues List is, indeed "Global and ecumenical in scope,
while Canadian in perspective."
Blessings,
Wayne
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SPECIAL ITEM
My September Anglican Journal column:
"25 years after Peers's apology,
glimmers of 'true repentance'"
*****
Dear Friends:
My Special Item this week is the column just published by the
Anglican Journal recognizing progress that has been made in
Canada since Archbishop Michael Peers issued an apology to
Canada's Indigenous people 25 years ago. I remember that
act very clearly, and am grateful to live to see "change for the
better." May it continue!
Other aspects of this letter include global issues, since
Colleagues List is, indeed "Global and ecumenical in scope,
while Canadian in perspective."
Blessings,
Wayne
*****
SPECIAL ITEM
My September Anglican Journal column:
"25 years after Peers's apology,
glimmers of 'true repentance'"
https://tinyurl.com/y8q85h74
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
September 19th, 2018
"Learning How to Learn"
https://tinyurl.com/yb6jaldr
--
Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit Blog
September 18th, 2018
"Compassion and Courage"
https://tinyurl.com/ya68nyyq
--
Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, ON.
Sermons and Blog
September 14th, 2018
"Follow Me, Even If"
https://tinyurl.com/y7ws6xld
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
September 17th, 2018
"Bridging the Unbridgeable Gap"
https://tinyurl.com/yazn2bjo
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NET NOTES
AM I STILL A CHRISTIAN?
In These Confusing Times
The Christian Century,
September 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9hkjqoo
--
MORMONISM AND DANGERS OF EMPIRE
Travel Lessons from a Visit to Turkey
Religion News Service,
September 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybqddu68
--
HISTORY ON THE SIDE OF CHINESE PEOPLE
Persecution of Faithful Never Wins Ultimately
UCA News
September 17th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y95ehy6n
--
THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW AMERICAN GOSPEL
A Faith Quest in a Divided Country
--
FOR REAL CHANGE WE MUST GO
BEYOND THE CHURCH STRUCTURES
Four Roots Need to be Rediscovered
by Joan Chittister
National Catholic Reporter,
September 20th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybabce2f
--
ISRAEL TO APPROVE IMMIGRATION
OF 1,000 ETHIOPIAN JEWS
Many More Would Like to Immigrate
Religion News Service,
September 17th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yc65y22f
--
THREE QUARTERS OF CANADIANS
AGREE TO TAKE IN REFUGEES
While Trump Clamps Down in USA
Toronto Star,
September 19th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9whelzs
--
TINY BLOND WOMAN TAKES ON U.S.
EVANGELICAL POLITICAL MACHINE
Was 'Faithful and Obedient' for Many Years
The Atlantic Online
October, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yb7aosrw
--
MARRIAGE AND TRADITION CAN
BE A REAL LADYKILLER IN INDIA
Harassment and Depression Ensue
La Croix International
September 20th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ycpu9fb5
--
IRISH SINGER CALLS FRANCIS
'EXTRAORDIANRY LEADER FOR
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES'
Seeks Papal Support for Charity
America Magazine,
September 19th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y8tqsv5c
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK
From Sojourners and the Bruderhof Online:
Just as one moment can bring despair, it can also
lead to a powerful new beginning. A different life.
A dream for moving onward and upward rather
than backward.
- Diane Guerrero
--
The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways
very small things can make a change in the world.
Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny
matters, isn't it?
- Sandra Cisneros
--
Sometimes the very walls of our churches separate us
from God and each other. In our various naves and
sanctuaries we are safely separated from those outside,
from other denominations, other religions, separated from
the poor, the ugly, the dying.…The house of God is not
a safe place. It is a cross where time and eternity meet,
and where we are – or should be – challenged to live
more vulnerably, more interdependently.
- Madeleine L’Engle
--
To love God is the only happy love, but on the other
hand it is also something terrible. Face to face with
God we are without standards and without comparisons;
we cannot compare ourselves with God, for here we
become nothing, and directly before God, in the presence
of God, we dare not compare ourselves with others.
Therefore in every person there is a prudent fear of
having anything to do with God, because by becoming
involved with God we become nothing.
- Søren Kierkegaard
--
When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our
lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those
who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have
chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds
with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be
silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who
can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement,
who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing
and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,
that is a friend who cares.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen
--
Only by humility can we be redeemers and
collaborators in the true collaboration that the
world needs. Liberation that cries out against
others is not true liberation.
No liberation brings true freedom if it causes hateful,
violent revolutions that destroy the lives and the dignity
of people. True freedom is that which does violence to
itself just as Christ, almost disregarding his sovereign
power, becomes a slave in order to serve others.
These are the true liberators that this tremendous hour
demands of our country, liberators with humble hearts
in which Christian love shines bright.
- Oscar Romero
*****
CLOSING THOUGHT - Ursula K. Le Guin
Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to
be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
(end)
*****
For those interested:
ST. DAVID'S ACTS MONDAY NIGHT FALL BOOK STUDY
A Ten Week Series September 17th - November 26th, 2018
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*****
COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log
September 19th, 2018
"Learning How to Learn"
https://tinyurl.com/yb6jaldr
--
Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit Blog
September 18th, 2018
"Compassion and Courage"
https://tinyurl.com/ya68nyyq
--
Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, ON.
Sermons and Blog
September 14th, 2018
"Follow Me, Even If"
https://tinyurl.com/y7ws6xld
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site
September 17th, 2018
"Bridging the Unbridgeable Gap"
https://tinyurl.com/yazn2bjo
*****
NET NOTES
AM I STILL A CHRISTIAN?
In These Confusing Times
The Christian Century,
September 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9hkjqoo
--
MORMONISM AND DANGERS OF EMPIRE
Travel Lessons from a Visit to Turkey
Religion News Service,
September 12th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybqddu68
--
HISTORY ON THE SIDE OF CHINESE PEOPLE
Persecution of Faithful Never Wins Ultimately
UCA News
September 17th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y95ehy6n
--
THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW AMERICAN GOSPEL
A Faith Quest in a Divided Country
The New Republic,
September 20th, 2018
September 20th, 2018
--
FOR REAL CHANGE WE MUST GO
BEYOND THE CHURCH STRUCTURES
Four Roots Need to be Rediscovered
by Joan Chittister
National Catholic Reporter,
September 20th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ybabce2f
--
ISRAEL TO APPROVE IMMIGRATION
OF 1,000 ETHIOPIAN JEWS
Many More Would Like to Immigrate
Religion News Service,
September 17th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yc65y22f
--
THREE QUARTERS OF CANADIANS
AGREE TO TAKE IN REFUGEES
While Trump Clamps Down in USA
Toronto Star,
September 19th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9whelzs
--
TINY BLOND WOMAN TAKES ON U.S.
EVANGELICAL POLITICAL MACHINE
Was 'Faithful and Obedient' for Many Years
The Atlantic Online
October, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yb7aosrw
--
MARRIAGE AND TRADITION CAN
BE A REAL LADYKILLER IN INDIA
Harassment and Depression Ensue
La Croix International
September 20th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ycpu9fb5
--
IRISH SINGER CALLS FRANCIS
'EXTRAORDIANRY LEADER FOR
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES'
Seeks Papal Support for Charity
America Magazine,
September 19th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y8tqsv5c
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
From Sojourners and the Bruderhof Online:
Just as one moment can bring despair, it can also
lead to a powerful new beginning. A different life.
A dream for moving onward and upward rather
than backward.
- Diane Guerrero
--
The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways
very small things can make a change in the world.
Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny
matters, isn't it?
- Sandra Cisneros
--
Sometimes the very walls of our churches separate us
from God and each other. In our various naves and
sanctuaries we are safely separated from those outside,
from other denominations, other religions, separated from
the poor, the ugly, the dying.…The house of God is not
a safe place. It is a cross where time and eternity meet,
and where we are – or should be – challenged to live
more vulnerably, more interdependently.
- Madeleine L’Engle
--
To love God is the only happy love, but on the other
hand it is also something terrible. Face to face with
God we are without standards and without comparisons;
we cannot compare ourselves with God, for here we
become nothing, and directly before God, in the presence
of God, we dare not compare ourselves with others.
Therefore in every person there is a prudent fear of
having anything to do with God, because by becoming
involved with God we become nothing.
- Søren Kierkegaard
--
When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our
lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those
who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have
chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds
with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be
silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who
can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement,
who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing
and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,
that is a friend who cares.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen
--
Only by humility can we be redeemers and
collaborators in the true collaboration that the
world needs. Liberation that cries out against
others is not true liberation.
No liberation brings true freedom if it causes hateful,
violent revolutions that destroy the lives and the dignity
of people. True freedom is that which does violence to
itself just as Christ, almost disregarding his sovereign
power, becomes a slave in order to serve others.
These are the true liberators that this tremendous hour
demands of our country, liberators with humble hearts
in which Christian love shines bright.
- Oscar Romero
*****
CLOSING THOUGHT - Ursula K. Le Guin
Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to
be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
(end)
*****
For those interested:
ST. DAVID'S ACTS MONDAY NIGHT FALL BOOK STUDY
A Ten Week Series September 17th - November 26th, 2018
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(No class on Thanksgiving Monday)
"THE BOOK OF JOY"
ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS TOUR, 2019
East Europe and Russia have been chosen as our destinations!
We plan a twenty-day tour that combines a focus
on spirituality, culture and the relationship between
Follow these notices for weekly updates.
***
ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING STUDY
Study resource -
"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"
Edited by John Bowker
http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q
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"THE BOOK OF JOY"
Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Authors: Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $25.00
Authors: Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Registration/Hospitality and Book: $60.00.
Book only: $25.00
Registration and Book Sale began Sunday, August 26th
45 copies of the book were available for sale.
All are now sold. Total on site registrations: 42
(plus 3 on-line participants). Total: 45
Hardcover edition - https://tinyurl.com/yd849r6g
(plus 3 on-line participants). Total: 45
Hardcover edition - https://tinyurl.com/yd849r6g
Background information on the study book will be
provided here during the weeks of the course.
--
Some stats:
Some stats:
During the 2017-2018 fall/winter two term series -
Total class registrations: 70
Total books sold: 84
Our best year ever, since we started in 1998!
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ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS TOUR, 2019
East Europe and Russia have been chosen as our destinations!
This will be our fifth Spiritual Travelers Tour, with a
group emerging from St. David's but very open to others.
The Tour is entitled: "From Vienna to Moscow"
We plan a twenty-day tour that combines a focus
on spirituality, culture and the relationship between
religion and politics. The tour will run from April 26th
through May 16th, 2019.
https://tinyurl.com/y834742f
A beautiful brochure with trip cost, itinerary, and
many helpful travel hints has been published.
https://tinyurl.com/y7j55gym
Our trip sale has just reached an important milestone
as 29 persons have registered, helping us to surpass our
optimal goal of 28 passengers (all have earned early bird
registration benefits). A waiting list has been set up to
continue receiving applicants to replace any drop-outs
and with special $300. savings to November 15th.
https://tinyurl.com/y834742f
A beautiful brochure with trip cost, itinerary, and
many helpful travel hints has been published.
https://tinyurl.com/y7j55gym
Our trip sale has just reached an important milestone
as 29 persons have registered, helping us to surpass our
optimal goal of 28 passengers (all have earned early bird
registration benefits). A waiting list has been set up to
continue receiving applicants to replace any drop-outs
and with special $300. savings to November 15th.
Our Canadian tour company is Rostad Tours, Calgary.
Contact Rostad Tours: http://www.rostad.com/
Phone 1-800-361-8687 or 403-238-4090.
Contact Rostad Tours: http://www.rostad.com/
Phone 1-800-361-8687 or 403-238-4090.
Follow these notices for weekly updates.
***
ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING STUDY
Our theme this autumn: Hebrew Wisdom Literature -
"A Study of Proverbs and the Song of Solomon" -
Ten Sessions - September 20th-November 22nd, 2018
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room
Gathering at 9:30 AM in the St. David's TM Room
and meeting 10:00 - 11:00 AM.
No charge
No charge
Study resource -
"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"
Edited by John Bowker
http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q
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