Nov 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Presented at the conference on Thomas Merton and the spiritual roots of peacemaking, Bellarmine University, 24-26 October 2014 by Jim Forest Domine ut videam. This Latin prayer was used in Merton’s remarks at the opening session of the peacemaking retreat held at the...
Nov 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Editor's Note: Many (not all) of our authors at Clarion would self-identify with the Canadian Red Tory tradition. Others, especially among the Anabaptists, lean toward Christian anarchism (a la Jacques Ellul). In this essay, guest writer, Wayne John Sturgeon...
Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you care about the cause of asylum seekers in Australia, you know there’s not been much to cheer about lately – the government descends further into cruelty, while much of the populace just shrugs. So when a group of priests and pastors were arrested for peacefully...
Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Those who engage in debates on a regular basis know that the argument itself can easily shape the points involved. This is another way of saying that some debates should be avoided entirely since merely getting involved in them can be the road to ruin. There are...
Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Like so many, we've been praying about the state of the world, struggling to know what to do. In Revelation 10, John sees and hears Gods response to the violence so many were caught up in – to be part of the church in that time meant seeing your mates...
Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Grace Fox tells this story in her book “Timeouts for Moms” (pages 177 – 179) Today God is asking us not to go so fast. He is asking us to WALK SLOWLY. Like Abraham, we want to reach the end goal. We want to see the promises given to us from God come into fruition. We...
