“Where do you lie on the political spectrum” – Poem by Becky Jaster
“So where do you lie on the political spectrum?”
“I’m inclined to rest somewhere beyond it:
a birds eye view, in search of truth
up a tree, I typically sit…
Ironically this feels much more like
a place of common ground
there’s plenty of room on this olive branch
for philosophical thought most profound!
A perspective that takes it’s pick
of roses red and violets blue
to make a bouquet
of varying hues
reflective of deeper values –
that make up our communality
and move us forward in love
to shared goals of meaning
outside of the system
where flies a little white dove.”
Becky Jaster
God’s Rest Ye Mary Magdalene (with lyrics) – Deborah Ermter
<a href="http://deborahermter.bandcamp.com/track/gods-rest-ye-mary-magdalene" data-mce-href="http://deborahermter.bandcamp.com/track/gods-rest-ye-mary-magdalene">God's Rest Ye Mary Magdalene by Dvora</a> God’s rest...
Bread on the Table – by Brian Zahnd
The church in Western Europe and North America is struggling with deep disappointment. We are disappointed with the failure of the Christendom project. The grand attempt to produce a continent of Christian civilization through the apparatus of the state is either dead...
Above Tide: The Haig-Brown Home by Ron Dart
Above Tide: The Haig-Brown Home: Where Literature, Ecology, Community and Religion Meet It seems clear beyond possibility of argument that any generation of men can have only a lease, not ownership, the earth; and that one essential term of the lease is...
Living the Christian Story – Free open seminary course – Brad Jersak et al
OpenWTC (Westminster Theological Centre) is offering a free 10-week online course, TH49X1: Living the Christian Story. This course is designed to be accessed anytime, anywhere online from 23rd June onwards. Brad Jersak will be teaching the NT...
Winnowed Wisdom – Ron Dart
Winnowed Wisdom (Adapted from the Christian and Jewish Traditions) The Bishop and the Three Hermits Once upon a time a bishop went to visit three hermits who were living on an Island. The hermits had been isolated for many years, and the bishop longed to offer...
Dimensions of Love: Christology from Pentecost to Colossae – Martin Little
For you utter many blasphemies, in that you seek to persuade us that this crucified man was with Moses and Aaron, and spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud; then that he became man, was crucified, and ascended up to heaven, and comes again to earth, and ought to be...
Understanding Biblical Violence – An ‘Oikonomic Approach’ — Andrew P. Klager
When we consider depictions of divine behaviour in the Old and New testaments, quoting a string of verses to support our favoured portrayal of God typically reveals more about the person who enlists these passages than it does about what the Bible actually says. We...
Armageddon Left Behind – by Brian Zahnd
What’s Left Behind by Nancy Eckels Jesus is not a conductor handing out tickets to a paradise beyond the stars. Jesus is the carpenter who repairs, renovates, and restores God’s good world. Far too many American Christians embrace a faulty, half-baked,...
Compunction and Tears as Prayer – by Fr. Michael Gillies
"The fullness of prayer is the gift of tears." - St. Isaac the Syrian Growth in prayer comes through discipline and routine and the recitation of fixed prayers. This recitation of fixed prayers, hymns and psalms is often referred to generally...
Frank Schaeffer’s ‘Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God – review by Ron Dart
Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace - Frank Schaeffer, 2014. Logical consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. - G.K. Chesterton The title of Frank Schaeffer’s recent book can appear baffling...