GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address: wholst@telus.net
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Wayne A. Holst, Editor
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Dear Friends:
In two weeks, it will be two years that Donald Trump
was elected president of the United States of America.
Since that time, much editorial and journalistic "ink" has
been spilt globally on what that fateful election meant -
not just for America, but for the world.
In this issue of Colleagues List I include a column I wrote
in November of 2016 entitled "What is Truth?" and I include
it in this issue as my Special Item this week.
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Dear Friends:
In two weeks, it will be two years that Donald Trump
was elected president of the United States of America.
Since that time, much editorial and journalistic "ink" has
been spilt globally on what that fateful election meant -
not just for America, but for the world.
In this issue of Colleagues List I include a column I wrote
in November of 2016 entitled "What is Truth?" and I include
it in this issue as my Special Item this week.
I also include a worthwhile piece by Jim Wallace of
Sojourners, a progressive American evangelical magazine.
Sojourners, a progressive American evangelical magazine.
Wallace and I seem to agree on many things concerning
the Trump phenomenon.
Of course, there are other good items in this issue, and
I invite you to take a look.
Wayne
*****
SPECIAL ITEM
At the time of a second anniversary reminder,
here is my November 2016 Anglican Journal column:
"What is Truth?"
https://www.anglicanjournal.com/what-is-truth/
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COLLEGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Philip Yancey,
Colorado, USA
PhilipYancey.com
October 25th, 2018
"Farewell, Eugene"
https://tinyurl.com/y96m5cmf
--
Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, Ont.
Sermons and Blog,
October 18th, 2018
"Yet, I am Not Silenced"
https://tinyurl.com/yaow8uvk
--
Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit
October 23rd, 2018
"Home"
https://tinyurl.com/y8ngz8l5wa
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Of course, there are other good items in this issue, and
I invite you to take a look.
Wayne
*****
SPECIAL ITEM
At the time of a second anniversary reminder,
here is my November 2016 Anglican Journal column:
"What is Truth?"
https://www.anglicanjournal.com/what-is-truth/
*****
COLLEGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
Philip Yancey,
Colorado, USA
PhilipYancey.com
October 25th, 2018
"Farewell, Eugene"
https://tinyurl.com/y96m5cmf
--
Mark Whittall,
Ottawa, Ont.
Sermons and Blog,
October 18th, 2018
"Yet, I am Not Silenced"
https://tinyurl.com/yaow8uvk
--
Elfrieda Schroeder,
Winnipeg, MB
In Transit
October 23rd, 2018
"Home"
https://tinyurl.com/y8ngz8l5wa
--
Ron Rolheiser,
San Antonio, TX
Personal Web Site,
October 22nd, 2018
"Faith and Levity"
https://tinyurl.com/y9tjub5k
--
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log,
October 26th, 2018
"What Did You Say?"
https://tinyurl.com/y7kt4kzp
*****
NET NOTES
TRUMP'S STRATEGY OF FEAR
Politics Can Never be
Separated from Truth,
by Jim Wallace
Sojourners Online
October 25th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd7t5cstwa
--
CANADIANS FAVOURING U.S.A. DROPS
We Like the UK and Europe More
The Angus Reid Institute,
October 26th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y7x696yu
--
SHARING THE WISDOM OF TIME
In a New Book Francis Calls for a
New Alliance Between Young and Old
La Croix International
October 23rd, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9unjoms
--
LIFE AS ROHINGYA REFUGEES
IN A BANGLADESHI CAMP
A Short Video Presentation
UCA News
October 22n, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ydfmmn7l
--
NETHERLANDS HITS IRRELIGIOUS
TIPPING POINT
49% of Population Claims No Religion
La Croix International
October 26th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yatozx64
--
REFORMATION DAY - A NEW
PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN GERMANY
It Aims to Create Social Tolerance, Dialogue
Lutheran World News
October 25th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ya6yobdq
--
MORMON - WHY ALL THE FUSS,
AND WHY NOW?
Unpacking an Official Re-Affirmation of Name
Religion News Service,
October 20th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y83emvhs
--
THE BIBLE IS THE MOST-READ BOOK
AMONG FILIPPINOS
72% of Adults Have Read it in the Past Year
UCA News
October 22nd, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y86se5n7
--
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO CLERGY
PERFORMING WEDDINGS?
A Jewish Opinion
Religion News Service,
October 23rd, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd587qp7
--
CITIZENS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE
"You Aren't Supposed to be the Same
After Hearing the Word" - Joe Gunn
United Church Observer,
October, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y8jj8bxq
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
He who binds to himself a joy
Does the wingéd life destroy.
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise.
- William Blake
--
You must never be fearful about what you are doing
when it is right.
- Rosa Parks
--
One of the marvelous things about community is that it
enables us to welcome and help people in a way we
couldn’t as individuals. When we pool our strength and
share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many
people, even those in deep distress.
- Jean Vanier
--
Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture;
we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that
it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water,
missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and
justice in Jesus' name, hands raised in adoration of the
Father, feet washed in company with the Son.
- Eugene H. Peterson
--
The best way to show your gratitude to God and people
is to accept everything with joy.…We may not be able to
give much but we can always give the joy that springs
from a heart that is in love with God. All over the world
people are hungry and thirsty for God’s love. We meet
that hunger by spreading joy. Joy is one of the best
safeguards against temptation.
- Mother Teresa
--
Try walking around with a child who’s going, “Wow,
wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down
house! Look at that red sky!” And the child points and
you look, and you see, and you start going, “Wow!
Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little
baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!” I think this is how
we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.
- Anne Lamott
--
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part
of you that knows that life is far more than anything
you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part
of you that allows you to stand for those things
without which humankind cannot survive. Love
that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant
over war, and justice that proves more powerful
than greed.
- Fred Rogers
--
To help one another is not considered a task, but the
self-evident reality on which companionship is based.
To help is not a virtue, but a pulse of existence.…
Help, not out of pity – that is, from a sharp, quick pain
which one wishes to expel – but out of love, which
means to live with others. He who only pities receives
from the mere outward manifestation of the sorrow of
others a sharp, quick pain, totally unlike the real sorrow
of the sufferer
- Martin Buber
*****.
MOMENT IN TIME
October 26th, 2018
Baby Fae receives a baboon heart
(Duane R. Miller/Associated Press)
Oct. 26, 1984: In 1984, Dr. Leonard Bailey put a young baboon
heart into a 14-day-old girl – the first xenotransplantation, or
cross-species transplant, performed on a human infant.
Stephanie Fae Beauclair, known to the world as “Baby Fae,”
was born three weeks premature with a fatal heart defect.
Her operation, which took place at the Loma Linda University
Medical Center in California, was deemed successful. And as
her condition stabilized over the first few days, some doctors
predicted the procedure could soon become commonplace.
But by Nov. 9, the child began showing signs of rejecting the
heart. On Nov. 15, nearly 21 days postsurgery, Baby Fae died
when her kidneys failed. Baby Fae’s case was not the last
attempt at xenotransplantation. In 1992, for example, a
35-year-old man survived 71 days after receiving a baboon
liver. (He also received an unexpected virus from the animal,
raising concerns about risk of diseases from other species.)
But the idea of using animal organs as a long-term solution to
addressing the need for human donors has yet to become reality.
– Wency Leung
*****
CLOSING THOUGHT - Anne Lamott
Try walking around with a child who’s going, “Wow,
wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down
house! Look at that red sky!” And the child points and
you look, and you see, and you start going, “Wow!
Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little
baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!” I think this is how
we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.
(end)
*****
ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS TOUR, 2019
East Europe and Russia were 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 BIBLE STUDY
Study resource -
"The DK Complete Bible Handbook"
Edited by John Bowker
http://tinyurl.com/odxlv7q
*****
https://tinyurl.com/y9tjub5k
--
Jim Taylor,
Okanagan, BC
Personal Web Log,
October 26th, 2018
"What Did You Say?"
https://tinyurl.com/y7kt4kzp
*****
NET NOTES
TRUMP'S STRATEGY OF FEAR
Politics Can Never be
Separated from Truth,
by Jim Wallace
Sojourners Online
October 25th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd7t5cstwa
--
CANADIANS FAVOURING U.S.A. DROPS
We Like the UK and Europe More
The Angus Reid Institute,
October 26th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y7x696yu
--
SHARING THE WISDOM OF TIME
In a New Book Francis Calls for a
New Alliance Between Young and Old
La Croix International
October 23rd, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y9unjoms
--
LIFE AS ROHINGYA REFUGEES
IN A BANGLADESHI CAMP
A Short Video Presentation
UCA News
October 22n, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ydfmmn7l
--
NETHERLANDS HITS IRRELIGIOUS
TIPPING POINT
49% of Population Claims No Religion
La Croix International
October 26th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yatozx64
--
REFORMATION DAY - A NEW
PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN GERMANY
It Aims to Create Social Tolerance, Dialogue
Lutheran World News
October 25th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/ya6yobdq
--
MORMON - WHY ALL THE FUSS,
AND WHY NOW?
Unpacking an Official Re-Affirmation of Name
Religion News Service,
October 20th, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y83emvhs
--
THE BIBLE IS THE MOST-READ BOOK
AMONG FILIPPINOS
72% of Adults Have Read it in the Past Year
UCA News
October 22nd, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y86se5n7
--
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO CLERGY
PERFORMING WEDDINGS?
A Jewish Opinion
Religion News Service,
October 23rd, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/yd587qp7
--
CITIZENS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE
"You Aren't Supposed to be the Same
After Hearing the Word" - Joe Gunn
United Church Observer,
October, 2018
https://tinyurl.com/y8jj8bxq
*****
WISDOM OF THE WEEK
Provided by Sojourners and the Bruderhof online:
He who binds to himself a joy
Does the wingéd life destroy.
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise.
- William Blake
--
You must never be fearful about what you are doing
when it is right.
- Rosa Parks
--
One of the marvelous things about community is that it
enables us to welcome and help people in a way we
couldn’t as individuals. When we pool our strength and
share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many
people, even those in deep distress.
- Jean Vanier
--
Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture;
we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that
it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water,
missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and
justice in Jesus' name, hands raised in adoration of the
Father, feet washed in company with the Son.
- Eugene H. Peterson
--
The best way to show your gratitude to God and people
is to accept everything with joy.…We may not be able to
give much but we can always give the joy that springs
from a heart that is in love with God. All over the world
people are hungry and thirsty for God’s love. We meet
that hunger by spreading joy. Joy is one of the best
safeguards against temptation.
- Mother Teresa
--
Try walking around with a child who’s going, “Wow,
wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down
house! Look at that red sky!” And the child points and
you look, and you see, and you start going, “Wow!
Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little
baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!” I think this is how
we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.
- Anne Lamott
--
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part
of you that knows that life is far more than anything
you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part
of you that allows you to stand for those things
without which humankind cannot survive. Love
that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant
over war, and justice that proves more powerful
than greed.
- Fred Rogers
--
To help one another is not considered a task, but the
self-evident reality on which companionship is based.
To help is not a virtue, but a pulse of existence.…
Help, not out of pity – that is, from a sharp, quick pain
which one wishes to expel – but out of love, which
means to live with others. He who only pities receives
from the mere outward manifestation of the sorrow of
others a sharp, quick pain, totally unlike the real sorrow
of the sufferer
- Martin Buber
*****.
MOMENT IN TIME
October 26th, 2018
Baby Fae receives a baboon heart
(Duane R. Miller/Associated Press)
Oct. 26, 1984: In 1984, Dr. Leonard Bailey put a young baboon
heart into a 14-day-old girl – the first xenotransplantation, or
cross-species transplant, performed on a human infant.
Stephanie Fae Beauclair, known to the world as “Baby Fae,”
was born three weeks premature with a fatal heart defect.
Her operation, which took place at the Loma Linda University
Medical Center in California, was deemed successful. And as
her condition stabilized over the first few days, some doctors
predicted the procedure could soon become commonplace.
But by Nov. 9, the child began showing signs of rejecting the
heart. On Nov. 15, nearly 21 days postsurgery, Baby Fae died
when her kidneys failed. Baby Fae’s case was not the last
attempt at xenotransplantation. In 1992, for example, a
35-year-old man survived 71 days after receiving a baboon
liver. (He also received an unexpected virus from the animal,
raising concerns about risk of diseases from other species.)
But the idea of using animal organs as a long-term solution to
addressing the need for human donors has yet to become reality.
– Wency Leung
*****
CLOSING THOUGHT - Anne Lamott
Try walking around with a child who’s going, “Wow,
wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down
house! Look at that red sky!” And the child points and
you look, and you see, and you start going, “Wow!
Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little
baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!” I think this is how
we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.
(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
"THE BOOK OF JOY"
Monday Evenings, TM Room 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
"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). Grand Total: 45
Hardcover edition - https://tinyurl.com/yd849r6g
(plus 3 on-line participants). Grand Total: 45
Hardcover edition - https://tinyurl.com/yd849r6g
Background information on the study book will be
--
Some annual stats:
Some annual 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 were 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 37 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 37 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.
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ST. DAVID'S ACTS THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE 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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