Mark 3 – “The Withered Hand” – Brad Jersak with Stefan Smart
Stefan Smart
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Easter and Politics by Ron Dart
What has Easter to do with politics? What has the church to do with the state? What has the sacred to do with the secular? What has justice and peace to do with empires? What has Canada to do with the USA? The Christian understanding of Easter has its roots in...
The Grant Inquisitor: A Chilling Prophecy Unheeded by Brad Jersak
In Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov," we have Ivan's narrative about a Grand Inquisitor of the Church lecturing a silent Jesus who re-visits the Earth and is arrested during the 16th century inquisition. The speech seems to me a chilling prophecy being...
Re-recreation by Colleen
Divine Excavator, you dig holes in my ego to fill gaps in my soul.
Back of the Bus: Granville Street Bridge by Colleen
clouds on the mountains ships at harbour yachts in marina dwelling places stacked, bricked, glassed, terraced crammed with illusion of space
She Who Loves Flowers by Colleen
front of the bus, glance from my book; somewhere near here, she lives she said the sunflower would die at her place, yet upon my insistance took it, and threatened to give it to somebody else somewhere near here -- a house with neat lawn? apartment, bare balcony,...
Reflections on Capital Punishment by Wayne Northey
Christian support for capital punishment, like Christian participation in war, has known a majority Christendom approbation since the era of Constantine in the fourth century. This support has likewise dominated Western secular jurisdictions until the last century - a...
A Brief Look at Restorative Justice by Wayne Northey
A Brief Look at Restorative Justice (1) In 1974 two youths who had been drinking and had been “talked to” by the police already, took out their frustrations on the small community of Elmira, Ontario, by doing damage to twenty-two different vehicles and homes. Several...
My Greenday Dream of a Just Society by Brad Jersak
While sleeping in a youth hostel in Lausanne, Switzerland (March 2006), I dreamt of a just society. Here is what I saw: In the dream, I was standing outside an international summit that reminded me of the G-8 meetings. The punk band, Greenday, showed up with smirks on...
Free of Charge: Review and Interview with Miroslav Volf by Brad Jersak
Review: Miroslav Volf, Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace. Interview by Brad Jersak Dr. Miroslav Volf is considered by some, including this writer, to be among the top handful of living theologians: Jurgen Moltmann, Josef Ratzinger...
Intimacy before Revelation by Nico Deschner
I believe that God is looking for people who are not only sharing their revelations with other people, but who empower other people to draw close to God and get their own revelations. Revelation out of intimacy is of a different level than second-hand. In cases of...