Military Chaplain Repents by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy (Must-Read 25 years later)
This interview was given 25 years ago and is reprinted from http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/mccarthy5.html. Those who read it today ask, Why did I never hear about this? Now we must! Its prophetic elements have proven true in the post 9-11 world. In August of 1945...
An Essay on the Understanding of NOUS by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
NOUS: The Concord of Gnosis, Theoria and Theosis 1. According to the 18th century German Philosopher, Emmanuel Kant, reality is divided between phenomena and noumena, that is, the realm of time, space and matter and its relation, if...
The Multiple Morphing Faces of Freedom by Brad Jersak
"THE USES OF FREEDOM--A WORD AND OUR WORLD" As I was reading an old essay (1956) by the Canadian philosopher-prophet George Grant on the varied uses of the word freedom in his day, I saw that it was due for a post-9-11 transposition. His...
Clarion Nominated for Canadian Weblog Awards
We're surprised and glad to announce that Clarion has been nominated for two Canadian Weblog Awards this year. Many thanks to our contributors and columnists, especially to Ron S. Dart, who provided the original inspiration. Welcome also to Brian Zahnd and...
12 Words — by Al Sergel
words...when God uses words, when God speaks, things come to life.words.....they convert....they transform.thomas merton once wrote that "to work out our own identity in God, which the Bible calls 'working out our salvation', is a labor that requires...
The Northern Red Oak by Ron Dart
Milton Acorn died in 1986, and a year after his death, some of the finest poets in Canada contributed to a collection to honour the hard life and vividpersonal and political poetry of Acorn; the collection was called The Northern Red Oak. Fred Cogswell...
Milton Acorn: Christian Poet of the People by Ron Dart
The Acorn picture I want to convey is of a maverick and outsider, a man who speaks out at the wrong...
Obama — Nobel Peace by Wayne Northey
But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their [Martin Luther King’s and Gandhi's non-violence] examples alone. I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no...
Schooled in Denial – Brian Zahnd / Walter Brueggemann
Schooled in Denial - Posted by Brian Zahnd Last night I dreamed I had a conversation with Walter Brueggemann.Maybe it went something like this... That's Brueggemann on pain, artistry and the role of the church in a culture of denial.And a culture of denial is always...
Blind by Al Sergel
blindtoday, I woke to the reality of being older than the day before.life happens. it does not abide.my willingness to allow life to stagnate into a definition of “it's just part of the process” is a sign of my agreement with modernity. it's my...