T.S. Eliot’s Ariel Poems for Advent – Six Reflections – Ron Dart
T.S. Eliot's Ariel Poems for Advent – Six Reflections
Love on a human scale: The Gospel according to Ivan Illich – Review by Marcus Rempel
Every now and then a book comes into my life that puts me in a happy dilemma: I want to lend it to all my friends, but I don’t want it to leave my house. Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey is a labour of love by Illich’s long-time friend and co-conspirator, David...
Afghanistan: The Great Facade — Analysis by a Combat Veteran — Lt. Col. (ret.) D.L. Jones
The Great Facade by D.L. Jones This article is dedicated to MG Harold J. Greene and LTC James J. Walton, both of whom were Killed in Action (KIA) in Afghanistan. One was my boss and mentor; the other a dear friend. August 15, 2021 August...
Reflection on Modes of Future Thought – paper by Lazar Puhalo
REFLECTION ON MODES OF FUTURE THOUGHT(an invited paper for the Big History Congress, 2011) Lazar Puhalo Modes of Future Thought: Can strategic concepts move beyond ideology? Political Ideologies and “GlobalThought”: Can there be a Synthesis of Scientific...
“AND” – Our Common Humanity, Racial Diversity & Overcoming Racism – Felicia Murrell with Bradley Jersak
IRPJ.org hosts Felicia Murrell (with Bradley Jersak) Felicia Murrell (she/her) is the Author of Truth Encounters She is also a Copy Editor/Proofreader, The Bee Company www.yzcounsel.com Felicia and Brad discuss: * our common humanity & the beauty of racial...
The Paradise of the Heart – Lazar Puhalo
SAILING IN THE WINTER SUN- Journal of an old man at the end of life: There is a place deep within the heart of a person into which Satan cannot see, neither penetrate (for, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God). And there, the troubled soul can find a peace which...
On the False Charge of Marcionism — Richard Murray
I have been accused of "Marcionism" because I advocate reading Old Testament passages Christo-allegorically (i.e. reading all the Old Testament passages as prefigurements of Christ and His soon coming inner kingdom of love and light). Very many heresy...
A.M. Allchin’s “Participation in God” – Review by Ron Dart
A.M. Allchin, Participation in God: Forgotten Strand in Anglican Tradition (Morehouse-Barlow, 1988). Arthur Macdonald “Donald” Allchin (1930-2010) was one of the most significant Anglican theologians of the 20th century, and his ever deeper probes into the classical...
“23 Minutes in Hell” or “23 Minutes in Fear?” Richard Murray
“23 Minutes in Hell” or “23 Minutes in Fear?” Regarding those who claim to have had mystical and near death experiences regarding visitations to hell, I have no doubt many of them had heartfelt experiences. But, I also believe that what we have erroneously been...
“The Inklings and Culture” – Review by Ron Dart
Monika B. Hilder, Sara L. Pearson & Laura N. Van Dyke (eds.), The Inklings and Culture: A Harvest of Scholarship from the Inklings Institute of Canada (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020). There has been, within Canada, a committed history of interest in the...
We ARE the bowls of wrath – Lazar Puhalo
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.” --Revelation 16:1 It is simply a fact – a difficult reality – that some parts of the world which are now inhabited are becoming...