Betty Spackman – A Creature Chronicle
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“This exhibition, which points to the complex connections between the Arts, Sciences, and Faith is an excellent tool to facilitate discussions about the future of creation in the context of posthumanism.”
John Franklin, Executive Director, IMAGO Arts
‘Lev Tolstoy: Peace, War and Politics’ — A UFV Symposium
Lev Tolstoy, one of Russia’s greatest authors and peace advocates, passed away one century ago. A four-time Nobel nominee, Tolstoy was known through his literature and activism as a proponent of nonviolence and communalism; a critic of militarism and hierarchy; and is regarded by some as the father of Christian anarchism. He was also an inspiration and guide for a young Gandhi, with whom he corresponded regularly and shared a common commitment to actually living the Way of the Sermon on the Mount.
Hadji Murad: A Tale for our Time by Ron Dart
War and Peace (1869) is the Mount Everest of all novels, and Anna Karenina (1877) and Resurrection (1899) stand tall and stately within the towering Himalayan peaks of world literature. It is 100 years this year since Lev Tolstoy died (1910-2010), and many is...
Halfway House Lessons on Love and Hate — by Joe Beach
Nearby our church, there’s a halfway house for men who are nearing the end of their incarceration. One of the core families in our church lives in between the church and the halfway house. The father in that family is an interesting character. He looks like some...
“Be on the alert” by Bob Ekblad
It's always been hard for me to hear good news in Jesus' parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-13. I've been thinking about it a lot lately, feeling that it's especially important for us now. I share the following reflections-- inviting you...
The Church as a Health Club by Joe Beach
There’s a man in Denver named Gene Cisneros who runs a health club. He was recently interviewed in the Denver Post. I was very impressed by his business philosophy because it mirrored what I feel is a biblical philosophy of ministry. One of the main frustrations in...
Call For a Church Apology Vis À Vis Crime and Punishment by Wayne Northey
It is proposed that Western Churches issue an apology to all parties to crime for the past millennium of inappropriate response to crime promulgated by dominant Christendom. When Anselm of Canterbury wrote Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man) in the 11th century, the...
The Two Greatest Commandments and Prison Ministry by Wayne Northey
[NOTE: This was Wayne Northey’s first devotional as new Executive Director given at M2/W2’s Annual General Meeting, May 21, 1998.] Matthew 22:35-40 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:”Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the...
A Tribute to Much-Respected Maverick Clark Pinnock
Clark Pinnock passed away August 15. The controversial theologian impacted many in the Christian community – including Christian Info Society president Flyn Ritchie, who studied under him. Following are tributes by several noteworthy commentators. Doug...
On Going to Church — by Joseph Beach
You’re probably familiar with statements such as, “we don’t GO to church. We ARE the church.” There are similar ones that go something like this: “Church is not what we do when we gather on Sunday mornings for an hour or so. Church is not a place or a building. It’s...
Lament — by Eric H. Janzen
This shredded flag hangs low like the burdened shoulders of a visionary watching the vision of his passion fade 'what is necessary is not necessarily good' says the wind as it moves the flag aside, passing with the memory of resistance, the...