Cardinal Law’s complex role in the contemporary history of clergy sexual abuse
December 28, 2017 by Thomas P. Doyle photo: Boston Cardinal Bernard Law bows his head as a victim of clergy sexual abuse begins to address the U.S. bishops in 2002 in Dallas. (CNS/Bob Roller) WN: The events below focus mainly on Bernard Law and as archbishop his cover-up of clergy sexual abuse in Boston. My […]
“Fox Evangelicals” Embrace Trump’s White Nationalism
Wednesday, 27 December 2017 07:36 BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT photo: Alan / Flickr [su_pullquote align=”right”]”But you will recognize them by their fruits.” – Jesus[/su_pullquote] WN: We know that the ultimate “fruit” is Love. From my Home page: Personal Mantra The Gospels indicate that the test case for love of God is love of […]
Justin Trudeau, Israel and the Palestinians
photo above: A just peace for Palestine, means peace for Israel too. by Michael Rose from Flickr Creative Commons WN: My friend Ron Dart suggests three reasons that the Liberal Party of Canada is in fact not liberal towards the Palestinians. Unsurprisingly, each has to do with power and money. As pointed out elsewhere, Trudeau […]
Anti-empire, pro-activist … The Last Jedi is as left wing as Jeremy Corbyn
The latest Star Wars film is an unlikely champion of the grassroots – and it’s not even subtle about it @Toby Moses Mail Toby Moses photo above: We can all be the hero, we just have to believe we can be the change we want to see in this world, as well as a galaxy […]
Erasmus: Wild Bird
WN: I had the privilege of editing, copy-editing, writing the Foreword, and publishing on Amazon/Kindle, Ron Dart’s excellent book on Erasmus. Ron describes 10 points about Erasmus in this brief video, done in his home, December 19. 2017: Below is my Foreword, then Ron’s Introduction. And finally, there is a quote from another article on […]
“Prison, Sexual Assault, and Editing John Howard Yoder: One Man’s Story” by Andy Alexis-Baker
WN: In January 1975, I read John Howard Yoder’s The Politics of Jesus at an Inter-term course taught by Clark Pinnock 1 at Regent College, University of British Columbia. Though a (“quintessential fundamentalist” (Ernest Sandeen)– Plymouth/Christian Brethren initially) Christian all my life, thanks to Yoder and Pinnock I went through two Gospel conversions while at […]
A running list of the eyewitnesses who prove Trump’s innocence on sexual misconduct
By Philip Bump December 12 at 9:36 AM WN: “Prove” in the title is of course patently ironic, as is the tongue in cheek below about Trump’s having been “exonerated”. Trump is a tragic piece of self-consumed humanity — grand counter-model to all that makes one human. Still loved by God of course. But what positive can […]
N.T. Wright: Working on a building
Institutions are essential to the church’s mission, but they are not reality, Wright says. They are merely the scaffolding and plumbing that make possible the building called community. Monday, October 25, 2010 an excerpt: Q: What does your understanding of Jesus’ bodily resurrection mean for how we treat people along those lines of justice and […]
The Jesus Revolution is a long way from finished
Sermon by Bruce Hiebert Langley (British Columbia) Mennonite Fellowship 26 November 2017 Text: Matthew 25:31-46 WN: My scholar friend Bruce Hiebert is ever willing to challenge and provoke. No less in the sermon highlighted below. In response to my response to it, he wrote: “I’m glad you enjoyed the sermon. I never know quite how […]
Daily Dig for December 10 — Oscar Romero
Oscar Romero The people’s suffering should not be made a motive for resentment and desperation; it should make people look to the justice of God and realize that this situation must change. And if necessary, like those who have already given their lives, we must be ready to die, but always with the hope that […]
“Apocalyptic” Melting Transpires in Antarctica as Earth Wraps Up a Scorching Year
Monday, December 04, 2017 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report photo above: (Photo: Ghost Presenter; Edited: LW / TO) WN: The capacity to deny ACD (Anthropogenic Climate Disruption) despite massive evidence otherwise is mind-boggling. Yet someone I know well enough (who never reads my blogs!) has been doing this for years. His favourite whipping boys are David Suzuki and […]