Jul 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our...
Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Two hundred years ago, on June 1, 1812, United States President, James Madison, declared war on England and its North American Colonies .Now from a 200 year old perspective, 2012 is going to be a reflective and patriotic year in Canada as it goes down memory lane to...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
One day, an Australian seminary student met a teenager living on the streets of Melbourne and struck up a conversation. As he tried to share the Gospel, the boy asked pointedly, “What is God like?” What a loaded question! The seminary student had one chance to share...
Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Friends,In this portion from Neaners' reflections below, it amazes me how differently this tattooed former gang leader reads the scriptures. For instance, in these "judgement texts" from the prophet Jeremiah, Neaners does not hear it as confirming...
Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Simone Weil, a French-woman born in the twentieth century remains a hidden treasure among many philosophers of her time. Her works, published after her death, contain jewels of contemplative, spiritual, pedagogical and political insights. More recently, Weil has...
May 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Psalm 2 The Reign of the LORD’S Anointed. 1 Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us tear...
