“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
Response to Augustine’s ‘Confessions’ – by Rev. Fr. Denys Scully
The Confessions of St. Augustine - Response by Rev. Fr. Denys Scully The Confessions is considered a classic of the Christian Church, especially by its western branch. It was written in A.D. 397 by Augustine of Hippo, approximately ten years after his baptism...
Ascending toward Great Lent – Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
Editor's note: "Ascending toward Great Lent" consists of readings for the five Sundays preceding the Great Lent. Part 1 is reprinted here. To download all five click HERE: Download Ascending to GL Part 1 Longing for salvation; desiring to...
So you thought you knew: letting go of religion – Joshua Tongol
“Many of us have inherited a version of the ‘good news’ that, honestly, doesn’t seem very good. We wrestle with the disparity between the god we are told exists, and the God our hearts tell us must exist. Unfortunately, few of us have a conversation partner with which...
Christ-centered hermeneutics — by Michael Hardin
A Primer in Hermeneutics (13) Conversion - Exerpt from his Facebook series To view the whole series, find it at the CWR FaceBook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/280993567558/ Thus we come to the final stage in our thinking about hermeneutics from the...
“The Chicken Manure Incident” — director Kevin Miller
"The Chicken Manure Incident" is now available for rent/purchase online. Here is the link: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/8335 Here is the trailer: http://vimeo.com/81736741
Review of Andrew Preston’s ‘Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith’ — by Henk Smidstra
Preston, Andrew. Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American war and diplomacy. New York. Toronto: Alfred Knopf, 2012. Andrew Preston has written an informative book on an unusual topic: religion and politics. It is long and detailed; 600 plus...
Hermeneutics of the Forgiving Victim – Michael Hardin
From Hardin's "A Primer on Hermeneutics (11)"“Revelation is a gain to language.” - Karl BarthThere are two points I would like to make today. First is that cross is central to this hermeneutic, it is not simply an add-on or a meaningless event. The...
Inspiration, Inerrancy & Infallibility & Our Incessant Need to Have A “Perfect” Text — Caleb Miller
Claims are often made about the text of the bible that the text never makes about itself. These claims are usually dressed up with the titles infallible, inerrant, or inspired. All too often, the attempt at dealing with these topics is something of a minefield, filled...
The Eucharistic Sacrifice – Who offers what to whom? – Met. Kallistos Ware
“Who sacrifices what to whom?” What is meant by ‘Sacrifice’ in the Divine Liturgy? (condensed transcript of Orientale Lumine Lecture (June 2000, Washington DC - viewable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYuTmEdbpZ4). Three phrases from the Divine Liturgy...
Response to Trudy Beyak’s ‘The Mother Heart of God’ – by Bethany Swallow
Editor's Note: Bethany Swallow is a high school teacher in Abbotsford, BC. She and her husband, Derek, recently returned from Tanzania, where she taught in an international school and he was working with CIDA in the area of development. The following response was...