Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Vatican will be hosting a first of its kind conference next week to reexamine the Catholic church's long-held teachings on just war theory, bringing some 80 experts engaged in global nonviolent struggles to Rome with the aim of developing a new moral framework...
Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
From an interview with Noam Chomsky. (http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/indicting-the-system-with-noam-chomsky/):If you take a look at the Bible, there is a class of people who are called prophets. Bad translation of an obscure Hebrew word. They were...
Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Cathy AJ Hardy, deeply connected to the land of the Fraser Valley of BC, releasing her much-anticipated 5th album, And I Heard the Sound of Laughter – Songs of the Divine Embrace. Cathy’s voice leads the listener into an experience of soulfulness, healing and...
Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pope Francis faces many challenges in his efforts to modernize the application of Catholic social doctrine to today’s problems, particularly the growing global wealth, income, and power gap. His greatest challenge, however, may be overcoming a prevailing ignorance or...
Mar 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Something has gone awry in our culture when we begin to tell the Resurrection story from a narrative of “The Good Guy Wins”. We love seeing the good guys kick ass. We celebrate rugged heroes like Jack Bauer from the hit TV show 24 – even when they kill. There is that...
Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Since it's the weekend – if I may, I'd like to make a suggestion, which may be helpful to some: Stop arguing with people from your past, even your recent past. Stop explaining yourself to them for a while. You may need to take a lot more time to form...
