A Jazz Evening with Merton, Hesse, Buber and Eliot – Ron Dart & Jazzthink
A Jazz Evening with Readings from Merton, Hesse, Buber and Eliot.
Readings by Ron Dart.
Hosted by Brian Fraser
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Jazzthink
Gangs, Nations: Same Thing by Chris Hoke
I started spending a lot of evenings in my local county jail a few years ago, doing Bible studies and meeting with inmates one on one as a young chaplain. I immediately loved the Chicano gangsters best. I thought I’d found kindred souls on the margins our society who...
Saskatoon, a Psalm by Ole Schenk
In eighth street eatshops Leaden words hiss and seal the doors. “I am not a racist, but- But. Those natives.” How long. how long - - to choke these hymns of death? How long to eat the bright paste, the acrylic lies that melt shut the mouth? Who will sing truthward...
Heroes and Villains: Elizabeth Fry, LMF, March 15, 2009 — Sermon by Wayne Northey
* Interviewer: Mrs. Elizabeth Gurney Fry, you turn 229 years old this May, 65 years of which you lived a bodily existence on earth. In Canada, there is an Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies designed to perpetuate your work. But for most, if anything is known about...
“Lest We Forget” — Peace Sunday Sermon by Wayne Northey
Introduction The church is called to be now what the world is meant to be then. Peace is possibly the most poignant, difficult and elusive goal of the entire creation. Lest we forget, title of my sermon, the church is nonetheless called to peace. This is perhaps the...
Laughter Came From Every Brick — Teresa of Avila
Laughter Came From Every Brick Just these two words He spoke changed my life, "Enjoy Me." What a burden I thought I was to carry--a crucifix, as did He. Love once said to me, "I know a song. Would you like to hear it?" And laughter came from every brick in the street...
Collected Works of George Grant, Vol. 4 — book review by Ron Dart
Collected Works of George Grant: Volume 4: 1970-1988 Edited by Arthur Davis and Henry Roper University of Toronto Press: Toronto, 2009 George Grant (1918-1988) is viewed by many as ‘Canada’s greatest political philosopher’. George/Sheila Grant were also Anglicans....
“Called out of darkness” – by Brad Jersak
My friend, Kevin Miller, spoke at church last Sunday. He shared about some of the joys and sorrows of being a movie screenwriter. I laughed as I heard about his encounters with some famous characters: shaking Chuck Norris' hand, getting eye-contact with the pope,...
Martin Buber and Abraham Heschel: 20th Century Jewish Prophets — by Ron Dart
It is almost twenty-five years ago that I was writing a doctoral thesis on Martin Buber (1878-1965). There is little doubt that Buber was one of the most influential Jews of the 20th century. More than 2000 people turned up for his funeral. Buber was a leading...
C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton: Poetic Affinities — by Ron Dart
It is a rare day, indeed, when C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) and Thomas Merton (1915-1968) are breathed in the same breath. There are many who bow low to Lewis, and many others genuflect to Merton. Both men, for different reasons, have an ample following. Is it even possible...
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You have only to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the...