Pat Robertson: Stupid or Dangerous? by MWG Francis
"The actions of sinners ... cannot obstruct the 'great works of God, carefully designed to fulfill all his decisions'"(Augustine of Hippo, City of God, XIV, 27). A lot of people think that Pat Robertson is stupid. It’s rather blithely assumed that anyone...
PANICKY BUSH SLINKS AWAY FROM CHAVEZ by Mike Whitney
The easiest way to understand the institutional bias of western media is to analyze reporting from the developing world. The economic summit in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate the coverage and decide whether such partiality...
George Grant, Clark Pinnock, and Political Theology by Ron Dart
High Tory Nationalist Meets Tory Comprador George Grant “has been called Canada’s greatest political philosopher,” and Clark Pinnock has been called “perhaps the most significant evangelical theologian of the last half of the twentieth century.” George Grant was also...
What is Clarion? by Brad Jersak
Since the first print edition of Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice was released in Fall 2003, I’ve been asked, “What is Clarion?” often enough to realize people don’t read subtitles. So in case you missed it, this web site is about spirituality and justice....
A Bruise Called Haiti by Brad Jersak
“To me, faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with social justice, that is not aligned with the poor—it’s nothing.” –Bono As the soldier played with the safety of his M-16 assault rifle, I thought I was going to be sick. It seemed like an awful nightmare, but I...
The Free Burma Rangers
Message from a relief team leader (FBR), Toungoo District, Northern Karen State, Burma. 1 February, 2005. Courtesy of Steve Gumaer at Partners - www.partnersworld.org We just completed a relief mission to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Toungoo District, Karen...
T.S. Elliot and “Little Gidding” by Ron Dart
The Boston Globe once called T.S. Eliot “the most important English speaking poet and critic of the 20th century.” There is no doubt that Eliot was a major presence on the stage of 20th century literary, religious, political, and intellectual life. Eliot had an...
The American Beats and the Canadian West Coast Culture Wars by Ron Dart
It is 50 years this autumn (October 13, 1955) since the Bop and Beat poets of the East Coast (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and the Ecological Beat poets of the West Coast (Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen) met at Six Gallery in San Francisco. John Suiter,...
Beyond Bethune by Terry Barker – Review by Ron Dart
BEYOND BETHUNE: PEOPLE’S POETRY AND MILTON ACORN’S METAPHOR FOR THE CANADIAN FATE Terry Barker, Dewdney: The Canadian...
Extravagance by Colleen
It's hard to receive when never before has anyone given but neglect and indifference. "Why do you spend money on me? No one spends money on me!" Neither money nor time spent is love. But love uses and spends its money and time extravagantly.