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YEAR END SUMMARY EDITION
GLOBAL AND ECUMENICAL IN SCOPE
CANADIAN IN PERSPECTIVE
Wayne A. Holst, Editor
My E-Mail Address:
waholst@telus.net
Colleagues List Web Site:
http://colleagueslist.blogspot.com
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Dear Colleagues and Friends:
My last issue of Colleagues List each year
is unlike any other. It is a compilation, with
links, to all the book notices and reviews, as
well as articles and other reflections from
the past 12 months.
This issue provides an easy way to catch up on
material you may have missed through 2014.
--
Design of this issue:
Reflection on Colleagues List, 2014
(My current thinking about this e-journal
to recognize ten years of production)
Colleagues List 2014 -
Book Notice Summaries and Reviews;
Articles, Notes, Interviews and Reflections
Net Notes:
A Stunning Year in Pictures
from the New York Times
Closing Thought - Jörg Zink
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My next regular CL issue will be dated:
Sunday, January 11th, 2015
Have a good New Year Celebration!
Wayne
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REFLECTION ON COLLEAGUES LIST, 2014
Colleagues List (CL) experienced considerable
growth in American and International readership
during the past year. For an e-journal that purports
to be "global and ecumenical in scope, Canadian in
perspective" - this is very good news.
American, Italian, French and British weekly
hits have jumped significantly during 2014,
often dwarfing Canadian pageviews. There is an
obvious, growing US and European readership.
Asian, African and Latin American readers are
also on the rise. I am not sure why this has
happened, but it is encouraging to see that
a religion and culture e-journal composed in
Canada is getting serious global attention.
I will continue to follow these trends carefully
and to shape my content accordingly.
Your suggestions are always welcome.
(Remember that I have always wanted to
support new writers through my work. I
continue to promote self-published authors
and those who are not endorsed by the
large publishing houses. You will see their
books scattered throughout the titles, below.)
Some interesting facts:
Total CL hits in the past 12 months - 52,000.
That's right. I'm not manipulating the data!
This means an average of 1,000 hits a week.
Record hits of 3,000 per week occurred for two
September 2014 issues (it was a toss-up
between whose book got the most attention -
Joan Chittister's or Richard Rohr's). Lois Wilson
books were also well received. Please see their
titles listed below.
Total CL hits in the past 6 years - 94,500
Total CL issues during these years - 240
Average annual number of issues - 40
These totals were recorded during the
years I've used blogger.com
Colleagues List has now existed in some
form since 2005 - or for ten years. This
is actually the tenth anniversary issue!
Total number of issues in ten years - 469
Some of you have received all 469 issues,
and I thank loyal as well as my more recent
readers.
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COLLEAGUES LIST 2014
BOOK NOTICE SUMMARIES,
ARTICLES, NOTES, INTERVIEWS
AND REFLECTIONS (Total of 45)
Please note - in most cases, the first link
is to the CL issue where the notice or
reflection appears. This is often followed
by back-up links to my book notice or article.
Scroll down into the body of the blog to read
what I had to say; i.e. "My Thoughts".
2014 BOOK NOTICES -
(Sub-total of 26)
"Goddesses -
Mysteries of the Feminine Divine"
by Joseph Campbell
January 12th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/k6zeaoo
http://tinyurl.com/lm3yopk
--
"In Search of Deep Faith -
A Pilgrimage into the Beauty,
Goodness and Heart of Christianity"
by Jim Belcher
February 2nd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kdqz28l
http://tinyurl.com/mr65n3m
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"Shakespeare -
The Invention of the Human"
by Harold Bloom
February 16th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kptwdlw
--
"The Evolution of Christianity -
Twelve Crises that Shaped the Church"
by Marshall D. Johnson
March 2nd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/lv36v79
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"In Bed With the Word - Reading, Spirituality
and Cultural Politics" by Daniel Coleman
March 9th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/ln2tk9k
http://tinyurl.com/lf5bf6j
http://tinyurl.com/mwk9spk
http://tinyurl.com/mwlvj5q
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"The Hero's Journey -
Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work"
March 23rd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/owyjmz8
http://tinyurl.com/kfjhalm
--
"Bonhoeffer -
Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy"
by Eric Metaxas
March 30th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/lcftmst
http://tinyurl.com/mtwgv2o
"A Call to Action -
Women, Religion, Violence and Power"
by Jimmy Carter
April 7th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/k2q55u4
http://tinyurl.com/mrp8duv
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"How Jesus Became God"
by Bart D. Ehrman
April 13th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/nbdhb7a
http://tinyurl.com/oquw7v6
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"How God Became Jesus"
by Bird, Evans, Gathercole, Hill and Tilling.
A Response to "How Jesus Became God"
by Bart Ehrman
April 29th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/nv5sgxv
http://tinyurl.com/nbdhb7a
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"Embracing an Alternative Orthodoxy -
on the Legacy of St. Francis"
by Richard Rohr and Tim Scorer
June 8th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kdld38c
http://tinyurl.com/owehs5q
http://tinyurl.com/nexcyam
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"Fragments of Freedom"
by John Badertscher
June 29th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/oxa487t
http://tinyurl.com/qh5mm7f
Contact the author:
Dr. John Badertscher
Winnipeg, MB, 204-219-2839
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"Feisty and Fearless -
Glimpses into the Life of Lois M. Wilson"
by Janice L. Meighan
July 27th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/pdxp8s3
http://www.ucrdstore.ca/feisty.html
http://tinyurl.com/o2l33sp
http://tinyurl.com/lt7s7c2
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"Proposals -
Getting Started, Getting Better"
by Isabel Gibson
August 10th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/padmnhs
http://tinyurl.com/ojbf6al
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"A Good Ending -
A Compassionate Guide to Funerals,
Pastoral Care and Life Celebrations"
by David Sparks
August 24th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/nozjgmg
http://tinyurl.com/mmloang
http://tinyurl.com/lt3rnx3
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"A Fair Country" by John Ralston Saul
http://tinyurl.com/pvs5e3w (and)
"Medicine Walk" by Richard Wagamese
http://tinyurl.com/o95nho4
August 31st, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/m59xsfr
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"Joan Chittister - Writings Selected"
edited by Mary Lou Kownacki
and Mary Hembrow Snyder
September 14th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/nf2enol
http://tinyurl.com/psogy9j
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"Eager to Love -
The Alternative Way of St. Francis of Assisi
by Richard Rohr
September 21st, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/nq66z83
http://tinyurl.com/m9gbu7r
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"Encyclopedia of
Goddesses and Heroines"
by Patricia Monaghan
September 28th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/o6u4mr9
http://tinyurl.com/o49ofc2
- on a similar theme by Joseph Campbell
http://tinyurl.com/k6zeaoo
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"The Emerging Church -
Revised and Expanded"
by Bruce Sanguin
October 19th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/lymw3qh
http://tinyurl.com/ltlhu8s
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"I Want to Be in That Number"
by Lois M. Wilson
October 26th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/oyecbvt
http://tinyurl.com/mstq5a2
Buy the Book from the Author:
6canoe@gmail.com
Discuss best way to get your copy
--
"Thomas Berry - Selected Writings"
Edited by M.E. Tucker and John Grim
November 2nd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kj5gn9u
http://tinyurl.com/ph6mg4u
http://tinyurl.com/k3hqmdl
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"Fields of Blood - Religion and Violence"
by Karen Armstrong
November 16th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kp685m4
http://tinyurl.com/mocnpwg
http://tinyurl.com/gmazb
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"Vanishing Grace" by Philip Yancey
November 30th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/l898mjf
http://tinyurl.com/k8bogda
http://tinyurl.com/pv8sl5g
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"Small Victories" by Ann Lamott
December 7th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/ptnzt55
http://tinyurl.com/5d9n35
http://tinyurl.com/kn3lsat
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2014 ARTICLES, REFLECTIONS,
LECTURE AND INTERVIEW NOTES -
(Sub-total of 15)
"Looking at a Life - Connecting the Dots
How Colleagues List Helps Me Integrate Things"
A New Year Reflection
January 19th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kebxb6e
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"Richard Rohr Interview -
Notes by Wayne Holst"
January 26th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/mlza4u3
--
"Interfaith Dialogue Notes
on 'Green Faith'"
Event Sponsored by the Calgary
Inter-faith Dialogue Institute
Notes by Wayne Holst
January 26th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/mlza4u3
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"My Book Notices - Reasons for
Introducing Contemporary Titles
on My Colleagues List"
February 9th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/krww7nv
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"George Bernard Shaw -
Introducing a Contemporary Dramatist
Through His Play 'Major Barbara'"
February 23rd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/fwlg8wa
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"How Movies Shape our Image of Jesus"
Our modern cultural understanding of
Jesus is shaped largely by the movies
March 2nd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kng6rqg
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"Germany's Quincentenary Celebration
of the Reformation in an Age of Religious
Pluralism and Secularization"
- notes on a lecture by
Dr. Hartmut Lehmann Professor of Modern
History at the University of Kiel, Germany
March 16th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/pmcrxas
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"The Diary of Anne Frank"
Personal Reflections on the Play
Rosebud Theatre, Rosebud Alberta
April 20th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/kwnw6c5
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"Thoughts on a New Cathedral -
The Transition from 'Crystal' to 'Christ'
in Orange County, California"
June 15th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/oq7vloy
Note related links in this article
--
"A Visit to Temple Square in Salt Lake City"
Reflecting on the Latter Day Saints Today
June 22nd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/nbact7a
Note related links in this article
--
"Filiogue"
by Mathew Zachariah
July 13th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/len8gl3
Note links to other writings by Mathew
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"Beyond Multi-Culturalism -
Grounding Ourselves in a
Native Canadian Centre"
September 7th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/o5vz97c
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"Personal Thanksgiving Reflection"
October 12th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/mejq3pd
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"Remembering William Hordern"
November 23rd, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/psmve95
http://tinyurl.com/obrpaaf (obituary)
http://tinyurl.com/mgmfu7m
http://tinyurl.com/qehjodl
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"Holst Family Christmas Letter, 2014"
December 21st, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/pm3xsbd
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ANGLICAN JOURNAL REVIEWS/ARTICLES
(Sub-total of 4)
"Zealot" - by Reza Aslan
December 4th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/lt3aez7
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"INSIGHTS" COLUMNS, 2014
"Living in a post-denominational reality"
November 4th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/qgw6hpw
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"An emerging new sense of Canadian identity"
November 18th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/p54tq2v
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"A Distinct Advent/Christmas Message"
December 12th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/q2xpjs2
(end of report)
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NET NOTES
STUNNING YEAR IN PICTURES
Provided by the New York Times
An American Perspective
December 28th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/mdklls9
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CLOSING THOUGHT Jörg Zink
| There’s nothing romantic about the Christmas story. If anything, it offers a slice of a brutal world in which a child is born on the street, so to speak, with next tonothing in the way of rights and security, and not even a home. He whose birthday we celebrate at Christmas said, even as a grown man, “I have nothing. I am nowhere at home. Even at night, I have no place to rest or lay my head”... But now this man from Nazareth comes to us and invites us to mirror God’s image, and shows us how. He says: you too can become light, as God is light. Because what is all around you is not hell, but rather a world waiting to be filled with hope and faith. |
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