Canadian High Tory Tradition Offers Alternative to US-Style Politics – C.S. Morrissey
Americans horrified at the prospect of a Trump presidency talk about moving to Canada. But what if Canada offered more than just a geographical solution to anybody disgusted with American politics? In The North American High Tory Tradition, Professor Ron Dart...
THE SATAN – by Michael Hardin – episode 20
Editor's Note: Clarion thanks Michael Hardin for freely sharing this 20-episode series (excerpted from What the Facebook? vol. 1) on The Satan. CLICK HERE for the full pdf or kindle document. (20) The End of the satan This will be my last series of...
Review of Richard Rohr’s “The Divine Dance” – by Caleb Miller
The topic of the Trinity in Christian theology and history seems like a perennial discussion, one to which the answer is best left to the theologians and scholars to work out. Who on earth can fathom what it means to be one with God, yet simultaneously maintain the...
The Contemplative Core – poem by Ron Dart
The Contemplative Core Nada to think, for you are not ready to think. Nada to imagine, for you are not ready to imagine. Nada to do, for you are not ready to do. Enter the Nada and darkness and remain there. Rest in Nada. To do will come when the season is right and...
“Jesus Showed Us!” colouring book – free download here
Free colouring sheets of "Jesus Showed Us!" by Bradley Jersak (author) and Shari-Anne Vis (illustrator) are now available. CLICK HERE to download JCU colouring book
“Security Threat Group” Embraces Jesus – Bob Ekblad
For a number of years now our local jail has housed gang-involved inmates in segregated units to avoid run-ins with enemy gang members. At times though the normal stresses of incarceration combine with internal tensions within a gang, leading to fights between fellow...
THE SATAN – by Michael Hardin – episode 19 – “Jesus and the Satan”
Scene from "Last Days in the Desert" Editor's Note: Clarion will be posting Michael Hardin's 20-episode series (excerpted from What the Facebook? vol. 1) on The Satan as a weekly release, each Thursday. CLICK HERE for the full pdf or...
Donald Trump & King David as ‘Flawed’ Leaders in Recent Political Discourse – Matt Lynch
The word ‘flawed’ has been bandied about this political season in the U.S., most notably as a few Christians of significant influence cobble together bizarre arguments for how Americans might in good moral conscience support Donald Trump. Most prominently,...
Review of Gisela H. Kreglinger’s “The Spirituality of Wine” – by Stephen Imbach
Stephen Imbach was the founder and director of Soulstream, a dispersed contemplative community that also trains spiritual directors. A few gleanings from reading one of my favorite books “The Spirituality of Wine” by Gisela H. Kreglinger. A well-crafted wine...
The Likely Cause of Addiction: Disconnection – reflections on Johann Hari by Michael Peterson & Brad Jersak
"The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection." - Johann Hari In his Jan. 1015 article, entitled, "The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think," Johann Hari...