May 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Risk of Hospitality* Lois Mitchell (PhD)Professor EmeritusSt. Stephen’s University May 5, 2021 I’m not a risk-taker. I don’t buy lottery tickets. I don’t run for political office (well, actually I DID run for political office quite recently but with...
May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Silent Songs “There is nothing new under the sun,” posits the author(s) of Hebrew wisdom lit. There are days when I accept this as truth, as readily as I welcome a rising sun. And there are other days when I must “kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight”...
May 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
CHALLENGE “Richard, the New Testament NEVER teaches that ALL men will be reconciled to God. I understand that you think God uses His postmortem judgment fire to cure, purge, and prepare humanity for heaven, not torture them for eternity. I understand that you believe...
Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Fisheries Stand-off in Atlantic Canada: Understanding the Complexity of this Issue (A Personal Perspective) Lois Mitchell [This paper was written last fall at the height of the dispute in Nova Scotia over the “moderate-living lobster fishery”, being conducted by...
Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Flikr/Lawrence OP There is a clear exodus from both the institution of church and the Christian faith that shows no signs of abating,[1] Thousands of people are experiencing what is being called the deconstruction[2] of their faith. They are knocking down theological...
Apr 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s some debate on whether Judas took and ate the bread and wine Jesus offered. Whether he partook of the sacraments, I don’t know, and I don’t know if we can know. But here’s what every translation of John 13:30 says in some form: he left with the bread.It seems...
