Saints and Sages by Brian Zahnd
________________________________________ This morning I read an op-ed piece by a local freelance journalist entitled “Finding Their Religion”. In the column the journalist writes rather disparagingly about “organized religion,” likening it, as Nietzsche did, to...
Heaven on Earth? The future of spiritual interpretation (Regent College, Sept. 16-17)
Heaven on Earth? (click here for conference details) Theological interpretation of Scripture is becoming a common practice, both among Catholics and evangelicals. For some, this may seem like the arrival of heaven on earth. Others, however, have critiqued the recent...
Matthew 16:21-28 Lose a Self, Find a Self — Sermon by Irene Gifford-Cole
Exodus 3:1-15, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28 ...
Some thoughts on the Wrath of Man — by Fr. Michael Gillis
“The wrath of God came against them, and slew the stoutest of them, and struck down the choice men of Israel” (Psalm 78:31). “For the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God” (James 1:20). I think we have an anger problem. The problem I’m talking...
Thomas Merton’s, The Behavior of Titans — 50 Year Review by Ron Dart
Thomas Merton, The Behavior of Titans (New York: A New Directions Book, 1961). St. Justin Martyr refers to Herakleitos, along with Socrates, as a “Saint” of pre-Christian paganism…the logos of Herakleitos seems to have much in common with the Tao of Lao-tse as...
Jack Layton’s final words (1950-2011)
"My friends, love is better than anger, hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic, and we will change the world." —Jack Layton (1950-2011) To read Jack Layton's entire farewell letter, click...
Just as you are — with Jean Vanier
Thomas Merton and Personhood — Ron Dart & Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
They Died in Vain; Deal with it – by Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. During his career as a CIA analyst, he prepared and briefed the President's Daily Brief and chaired National Intelligence Estimates. He is a member...
God is Like Jesus by Brian Zahnd
God is like Jesus.God has always been like Jesus.There has never been a time when God was not like Jesus.We have not always known what God is like—But now we do. Consider these two foundational truths of Christian theology: 1. God is immutable. i.e. God...