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Anna-Therese Pierlot Anna-Therese is a recent graduate of St. Stephen’s University (SSU) in New Brunswick. She is a passionate pursuant of narrative and its connection to dialogue, reconciliation, and the unavoidably relational nature of the human person. Hailing from...

Aussie pastor under arrest: Jarrod McKenna

What drives Church of Christ pastor Jarrod McKenna, and more than 40 other Christian and Jewish leaders, to occupy politicians’ offices with the expectation that they will be arrested? Record InFocus interview with Kent Kingston. Your feedback:...

“Changing Course,” Loving Our Enemies – Jim Forest

Chapter 1 of Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment by Jim Forest. Orbis, 2014. One day Jesus asked the question, “Do people gather figs from thistles?” The answer is of course no — you harvest what you plant. Plant thistles and...

Learning to Love our Enemies – Jim Forest

Talk given (Aug 2014) at Iona pilgrimage with Friends of Orthodoxy on Iona, led by Metro. Kallistos Ware By Jim Forest One of the stories told about St Columba has to do with a custom still familiar to Orthodox Christians. How often we bring an object that has special...

“An eye for an eye” – Prot (KPAX)

"Let me tell you something, Mark. You humans, most of you, subscribe to this policy of an eye for an eye, a life for a life, which is known throughout the universe for its stupidity. "Even your Buddha and your Christ had quite a different vision; but...