Saturday, May 16, 2015

Colleagues List, May 17th, 2015

Vol. X.  No. 40

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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

"Quicklinks" are included with many items
at the beginning of this issue. To get a more
complete picture, however, scroll down to
find your special selection in the body of
the blog.


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Dear Friends:

My Special Item this week is a reflection
on some serious activity going on in our
home lately. It is entitled:

"Spring Cleaning - Good for the Soul"
  
It is my Anglican Journal column for May
and I hope it speaks to you too.
http://tinyurl.com/ow7xsro.

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Colleague Comment  this week is from:
Malik Muradov, executive director of the
Interfaith Dialogue Institute of Calgary -
a most creative Canadian Islamic Centre
and with whom we at St. David's have
been experiencing growing relations.
http://calgary.interculturaldialog.com/

Please scroll down to read his comments
about my book notice on "Islam's Jesus"
http://tinyurl.com/kuc5wjo

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Colleague Contributions - are from:

Marjorie Gibson (Vancouver BC)

"Flash"
  http://tinyurl.com/ls2mlhv

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Jim Taylor (Okanagan BC)

"Delhi Traffic:
  Anarchy Doesn't Equal Chaos"
  http://tinyurl.com/qcsdwxv

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Ron Rolheiser (San Antonio TX)
"Artificial Light"
  http://tinyurl.com/qeo8ke4 and

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Martin Marty (Chicago IL)
"Sioux Suicides"
  http://tinyurl.com/qjgueu7

For more detail, please scroll down.

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Net Notes - my collection of interesting
web links for the week are as followings:

"The Francis Miracle" - interpreting the Pope
  is an helpful interview with John L. Allen
  former Vatican correspondent for National
  Catholic Reporter (Sun Rise Morning Show)

http://tinyurl.com/mbbekn9

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"Search for Authentic Evangelicalism" -
  Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners, writes of
  his remarkable recent visit to Korea
  (Sojourners Online)

http://tinyurl.com/kvrhxtz

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"Americans Prefer Gay to Evangelical President" -
  A recent Pew Research Poll finds growing gay
  endorsement to the degree where citizens
  would vote for a gay, before an evangelical
  Christian. Most ironic (The Christian Post)

http://tinyurl.com/ld2hpkc

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"Best 2015 National Geographic Travel Photo Pix"
  - a collection of magnificent pictures from
  around the world (Atlantic Online)

http://tinyurl.com/o3aaz85

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"Religious Conservatives, Nones, Interfaith 
 Dialogue" - a helpful article on their deeper
 social impact on American society  (Sightings)

http://tinyurl.com/nj8ovgl

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"Canadian Tulip Festival Blooms in Ottawa,
Gatineau" - a special time of year in our nation's
capital, thanks in large part to the Netherlands,
eternally grateful for their WWII liberation by
Canadian forces in 1945 (CBC News)

http://tinyurl.com/kb8alpf

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"Vatican to Sign First Accord on Recognizing 
 Palestine" - after recognizing Palestinian
 rights two years ago, the Vatican is moving
 to formalize its statehood and sovereignty,
 to the chagrin of Israel, but world support.
 (New York Times, AFP News, UCA News)

http://tinyurl.com/n5lrsx6
http://tinyurl.com/kft768p
http://tinyurl.com/lbgp9tv


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"Christian Secular Media Takes New, Deeper
 Direction" - Colleague Lorna Dueck moves
 to enhance her Christian Canadian perspective
 on secular news analysis (Christian Week)

http://tinyurl.com/mkoaee6

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"American Christianity Crumbles -
 Evangelicals Stable" - the Pew Study noted
 above reports the continuing loss of mainline
 church influence in American life
 (Christianity Today, Pew Research Center)

http://tinyurl.com/nuwd7qb
http://tinyurl.com/ldnxabw
 

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"Beautifully Ambiguous Apologetic Renews
 the Mainline" - evangelicals in the US, moving
 to the mainline, shows the fluidity of religion
 in that nation. Their concerns? Evangelism not
 evangelicalism, faith not fundamentalism
 (Medium Blog)

http://tinyurl.com/oqqnm4h
 

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"Catholics/Protestants React to China Church
  Restrictions" - our continuing attention to
  religious developments in China sees a
  growing ecumenical resistance to government
  pressures in that land (UCA News)

http://tinyurl.com/pglk26k

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Wisdom of the Week - comes to us from:

Diana Nash, Jean Vanier, Basil of Caesarea
Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa and
Martin Luther King Jr.

Please scroll down to read them.

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On This Day -

Is provided from the archives
of the New York Times:

"Israel Recognized as Independent State"
  http://tinyurl.com/a4eqxjm

"Pope John Paul II Shot, Seriously Wounded"
  http://tinyurl.com/ajc7tf3

"Axis Forces in N. Africa Defeated in WWII"
  http://tinyurl.com/nmjgmfp

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Closing Thought this week is from - Anaïs Nin

Scroll to the end of the blog to read her.

Wikipedia Bio:
http://tinyurl.com/9gnwerw

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If you are interested in our developing program,
please scroll to the end of the blog.

Our Fall Program Planning Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development -
ACTS Ministry Programs at St. David's United
and at the University of Calgary


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SPECIAL ITEM

My Anglican Journal
Column for May

"Spring Cleaning - Good for the Soul"
  http://tinyurl.com/ow7xsro

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COLLEAGUE COMMENT

Malik Muradov
Intercultural Dialogue Institute
Calgary, AB

http://calgary.interculturaldialog.com/

May 13th, 2015

Hello Wayne,

I finally had time to read your notes and
information about the Islam's Jesus book.
 
Colleagues List - April 12th, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/kuc5wjo

You are very good on taking notes and
summarizing events and even books. I
want to recognize the gift that God gave
you.

I fully agree with everything you wrote.

Only small correction could be about the
belief about 'Jesus in Islam' part. He is a
bringer of peace, and one of five prophets 
recognized by Islam - Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad

This might indicate that Islam does not
recognize the rest of the prophets which
would not be correct. Those five prophets
are (Ulul'azm Anbiya) Arch-Prophets. They
are highly praised. Muslims believe in all
the rest of the (Hebrew Bible) prophets as
well as one of the 6 pillars of the Islamic
faith is believing the prophets.

You might want to say: (Jesus) one of five
prophets highly recognized by Islam

Sincere regards and respect,
 
Malik
 
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COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS

Marjorie Gibson
Vancouver, BC

Marjorie Remembers Blog
May 14th, 2015

"Flash"
  http://tinyurl.com/ls2mlhv

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Jim Taylor
Okanagan, BC

Personal Web Log
May 10th, 2015

"Delhi Traffic:
  Anarchy Doesn't Equal Chaos"
  http://tinyurl.com/qcsdwxv

--

Ron Rolheiser
San Antonio, TX


Personal Web Site
May 10th, 2015


"Artificial Light"
  http://tinyurl.com/qeo8ke4

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Martin Marty
Chicago, IL


Sightings
May 11th, 2015


"Sioux Suicides"
  http://tinyurl.com/qjgueu7

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NET NOTES


THE FRANCIS MIRACLE
Interpreting the Pope
Interview With John L. Allen

Sun Rise Morning Show
May, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/mbbekn9

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THE SEARCH FOR AN
AUTHENTIC EVANGELICALISM
Jim Wallis in Korea

Sojourners Online
May 15th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/kvrhxtz

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AMERICANS WOULD PREFER A GAY
TO AN EVANGELICAL PRESIDENT
Poll Finds Growing Gay Endorsement

The Christian Post
May 14th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/ld2hpkc

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BEST 2015 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
TRAVELER PHOTO PICTURES

Atlantic Online
May 15th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/o3aaz85

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RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES,
'NONES' AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Making a Deeper Social Impact

Sightings,
May 14th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/nj8ovgl

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CANADIAN TULIP FESTIVAL IN BLOOM
IN OTTAWA, GATINEAU
Annual Event, Gift from the Netherlands

CBC News
May 11th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/kb8alpf

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VATICAN TO SIGN FIRST ACCORD,
AFTER RECOGNIZING PALESTINE

New York Times
May 13th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/n5lrsx6

AFP News
May 14th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/kft768p

UCA News
May 15th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/lbgp9tv

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CHRISTIAN SECULAR MEDIA FOCUS
TAKES ON NEW, DEEPER DIRECTION
Lorna Dueck's Context Voice Develops

Christian Week,
May 13th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/mkoaee6

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AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY CRUMBLES
EVANGELICALS REMAIN STABLE
Current Pew Study Revelation

Christianity Today
May 11th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/nuwd7qb

Pew Research Center
Religion and Life
May 12th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/ldnxabw

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BEAUTIFULLY AMBIGUOUS APOLOGETIC
RENEWING THE PROTESTANT MAINLINE
Evangelism But Not Evangelicalism
Faith But Not Fundamentalism

Medium Blog
May, 2015
http://tinyurl.com/oqqnm4h

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CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS REACT TO
CHURCH CROSS RESTRICTIONS IN CHINA
Claim Acts are Ridiculous, Discriminatory

UCA News
May 14th, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/pglk26k

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WISDOM OF THE WEEK

Provided by Sojourners
and the Bruderhof online:

There is a source of power in each of us that
we don't realize until we take responsibility.

- Diane Nash


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To love someone is not first of all to do things
for them, but to reveal to them their beauty
and value, to say to them through our attitude:
'You are beautiful. You are important.

I trust you. You can trust yourself.'

- Jean Vanier


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The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry;
the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to
those who need it; the shoes rotting in your closet
to the one who has no shoes. The money which you
hoard up belongs to the poor.

- Basil of Caesarea

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Many believe that they need company at any cost,
and certainly if a thing is desired at any cost, it will
be obtained at all costs. We need to remember and
to teach our children that solitude can be a much-
to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable
to be alone, at times it is positively to be wished for.
It is in the interludes between being in company
that we talk to ourselves. In the silence we listen
to ourselves. Then we ask questions of ourselves.
We describe ourselves, and in the quietude we may
even hear the voice of God.

- Maya Angelou

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God cannot fill what is full. He can fill only
emptiness – deep poverty – and your “yes”
[to Jesus] is the beginning of being or
becoming empty. It is not how much we
"really have” to give, but how empty we
are, so that we can receive fully in our life
and let him live his life in us. In you today
he wants to relive his complete submission
to his father – allow him to do so. It does
not matter what you feel, but what he feels
in you. Take away your eyes from yourself
and rejoice that you have nothing – that
you are nothing – that you can do nothing.


- Mother Teresa

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Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you
want to be important, wonderful. If you want
to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be
great, wonderful. But recognize that he who is
greatest among you shall be your servant.

That’s your new definition of greatness. And
this morning, the thing that I like about it, by
giving that definition of greatness, it means that
everybody can be great. Because everybody can
serve. You don’t have to have a college degree
to serve. You don’t have to make your subject
and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to
know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You
don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity
to serve. You don’t have to know the second
theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve.
You only need a heart full of grace. A soul
generated by love. And you can be that servant.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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ON THIS DAY

Provided from the archives
of the New York Times:

"Israel Recognized as Independent State"
  http://tinyurl.com/a4eqxjm

"Pope John Paul II Shot, Seriously Wounded"
  http://tinyurl.com/ajc7tf3

"Axis Forces in N. Africa Defeated in WWII"
  http://tinyurl.com/nmjgmfp


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CLOSING THOUGHT - Anaïs Nin

"Life shrinks or expands
  in proportion to one’s courage."

Wikipedia Bio:
http://tinyurl.com/9gnwerw
 
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Our Fall Program Planning Begins -
Autumn 2015 Adult Spiritual Development
ACTS Ministry Programs at St. David's United
and at the University of Calgary:


ST. DAVID'S SPIRITUAL TRAVELERS'
SPECIAL 2015 SIXTEEN DAY TOUR


"Jerusalem and the Land of Three Great Faiths"
  October 16th - 31st, 2015


http://tinyurl.com/plg4sgo

Hardcopy tour details brochure
is available at the church


Tour Company: Rostad Tours Calgary
Tour Hosts: Wayne and Marlene Holst
Sponsored by: St. David's ACTS Ministry
Endorsed by: St. David's Church Council


Talk with or write to Marlene and Wayne
(403-286-7416)waholst@telus.net
marleneaholst@gmail.com

This tour is filled up with 30 registrants.
Waiting List is open.


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