Blog 13 Nov 2022 The Great Sumas Lake Heist: A Guilty Little Secret in Plain Sight Sumas Lake until a century ago covered about 10% of the Fraser Valley's fertile farmland. Then it was 'disappeared.' Whatever… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2022 Highlighting: Never underestimate how much people hate Nancy Pelosi Monica Hesse November 1, 2022 image above: Nancy Pelosi gets a kiss from her husband, Paul Pelosi, at a 2007… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Thoughts On: If today’s GOP baffles you, consider what motivates its base By Jennifer Rubin November 1, 2022 image above: Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Two Arizona Republicans on their fight for election facts October 30, 2022 CBSNews - Sunday image above: Arizona AG debunks 2020 election fraud claims | 60 Minutes 01:12 ©… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Stephen Miller group’s radio ads accuses Biden of ‘racism’ towards white Americans By Meridith McGraw 10/31/2022 WN: Sadly, I've been hearing tropes like this for years from a close relative . .… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2022 The Secret Path – Gord Downie’s Secret Path In Concert WN: The concert and the TV Special, "The Secret Path" (the latter written and directed by Gord Downie of "The… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2022 The case against Donald Trump Analysis by Philip Bump National columnist October 13, 2022 image above: President Donald Trump at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 If Trump Runs Again, Do Not Cover Him the Same Way: A Journalist’s Manifesto Perspective by Margaret Sullivan Margaret Sullivan was The Post’s media columnist from 2016 until late August. This article is adapted… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: The GOP Is a Cultish, Destructive Fascist Organization—Not a Legitimate Political Party Thom Hartmann October 12, 2022 image above: WN: This is indeed tragic for our neighbours to the south; and Why… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2022 Interaction With: Looking for advice on masculinity? Try St. Joseph rather than Jordan Peterson Oct 11, 2022 by Stephen G. Adubato | Opinion Stephen G. Adubato studied moral theology at Seton Hall University and… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 10 Oct 2022 Why Donald Trump was bad for America but good for Canada October 10, 2022 Galen Watts FWO / Banting Fellow, Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven image above: Donald Trump is… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2022 This $108 Bamboo Home Is a Lifeline for Future Flood Victims by Nick Aspinwall Oct. 08, 2022 image above: Courtesy of Heritage Foundation of Pakistan WN: Wow! The article below is… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Lies Pushed by the GOP? thomhartmann Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Thursday September 29, 2022… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Opinion: How the U.S. role in the Holocaust plays out in today’s politics By Kate Woodsome Producer, writer, director | September 21, 2022 image above: Members of the Sturmabteilung [Stormtroopers] or SA —… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Opinion: Once again, the media fails to press Republicans on Trump’s vile rhetoric By Jennifer Rubin Columnist |October 3, 2022 WN: Tragically, everything about Trump politically is summed up in an adverb and… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 02 Oct 2022 Season of Creation wails with destructive storms worldwide Sept. 29, 2022 image above: An aerial view shows homes surrounded by floodwaters in Lee County, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022,… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2022 Roger Stone: ‘F**k the voting, let’s get right to the violence.’ Also Stone: ‘That’s a deepfake’ Rebekah Sager Daily Kos Staff Tuesday September 27, 2022 image above: from documentary by filmmakers Christoffer Guldbrandsen and Frederik Marbell… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 27 Sep 2022 Trump’s Messiah Scam Increases His Threat To America September 23, 2022 thomhartmann image above: Pete Linforth from Pixabay WN: The author of the article highlighted below consciously or… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Sep 2022 The US media and public seem to suffer from collective amnesia. September 24, 2022 image above: Trump Kyle Rittenhouse Award WN: My only quibble with this pointed article: the author only… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 23 Sep 2022 The online incel movement is getting more violent and extreme, report says Taylor Lorenz Updated September 23, 2022 image above: CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANITY’S “COME TO JESUS” MOMENT IN WAKE OF ELLIOT RODGER SHOOTINGS… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 23 Sep 2022 Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice Drew Harwell September 22, 2022 image above: Former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli. (Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post) WN:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 21 Sep 2022 NY AG Sues Trump and Children Over ‘Staggering’ Criminal Fraud Julia Conley September 21, 2022 WN: I have a close relative who railed against the dishonesty of the Clinton's, Obama,… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 19 Sep 2022 Ukraine Is the Next Act in Putin’s Empire of Humiliation July 26, 2022 By Peter Pomerantsev Mr. Pomerantsev is the author of “This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War… Wayne Northey 2 Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2022 Focus On: Mapping Militarism 2020 by David Swanson May 6, 2020 WN: The article highlighted below represents a brilliant and multiplex presentation of the worldwide… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Homo Homini Ubuntu WN: “Homo Homini Ubuntu” – Man is Ubuntu To Man – is title of the talk given on the wonderful… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Kingdom Ethics excerpt: The Pattern Continues Throughout The Sermon We have examined three of the teachings in the Sermon on the Mount… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Why I Oppose the Death Penalty WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” of the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 May 2022 Silent Genocide By Robert C. Koehler image above: An example of the damage done by depleted uranium shells on armour plating. WN:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 10 May 2022 We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us talk by Jim Forest An excerpt: In the dawn of time, back in the fifties, my favorite comic strip concerned… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 10 May 2022 Inside the CIA’s secret Kabul base, burned out and abandoned in haste Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul Sun 3 Oct 2021 image above: The burnt-out remains of cars, minibuses and armoured vehicles at the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 10 May 2022 Devotional – M2/W2 Staff-Board Retreat, June 12, 1999 WN: In 1998, I became Executive Director of M2/W2, a Restorative Justice/Prison Visitation program. I held that position until retirement… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 May 2022 The Mumbai Bombs, July 2006 July 12, 2006 Dear Editor: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay predictably was the pot that called the kettle… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 05 May 2022 The Impact of Christ on Female/Male Relationships This study still has pertinence today. There are two versions, which titles below explain. The second was presented on the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 22 Apr 2022 Paul and Christian Social Responsibility WN: New Testament scholar Chris Marshall first published this piece in 2000. There is another piece on this site (Is… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 17 Apr 2022 Easter Song and Reflections on the Resurrection ***NOTE: Please check out the footnotes for additional, more detailed commentary. Also, there are poetry and songs in the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2022 Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey Discussion Group with David Cayley David Cayley is introduced on this website here. This summer, he consented to meet with a group of us on… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2022 Circles of Support and Accountability Needless to say, I believe in Restorative Justice and CoSA! Hits: 16SkypeWhatsAppEmailLinkedInPocketPrintPinterestMoreRedditTelegramFacebookTumblrTwitterLike this:Like Loading... Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2022 End Abuse Programs WN: Esther, my partner, and I have been hugely privileged to have been connected to the End Abuse Programs for… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 What Goes Around . . .: Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Chris McGreal Wed 30 Jun 2021 photo above: Loïc Manegarium Communities are now demanding the oil conglomerates pay damages and… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 Reflection on: John Mearsheimer on why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis Mar 11th 2022 by John J. Mearsheimer image above: Dan Williams WN: I recently sent out to several people an… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 07 Mar 2022 Restorative Justice and Spiritual Origins, November 19, 2004 WN: Some of the papers on Restorative Justice are understandably repetitive, though I culling the obviously such. image above: sikhnet.com… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog Anti-riot police give signal to be ready. Government power concept. Police in action. Smoke on a dark background with lights. Blue red flashing sirens. Dictatorship power. Selective focus 06 Mar 2022 Is Violence Master of Us All?: Fight, Flight or Just Peacemaking WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2022 Liz Theoharis, The Rise of White Christian Nationalism: Which Way America? By Liz Theoharis Liz Theoharis, a TomDispatch regular, is a theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist. Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2022 Spotlight on: Putin’s spiritual destiny Giles Fraser is a journalist, broadcaster and Rector at the south London church of St Mary’s, Newington image above: ft.com… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 21 Feb 2022 Ominous: A Convoy Revved by Foreign Actors Spreading Lies Andrew Nikiforuk Today | TheTyee.ca Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 13 Feb 2022 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** WN: The Problem I have a good friend who loves… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 Feb 2022 When the Rage Came for Me By Stephen Marche About the author: Stephen Marche is the author of The Next Civil War. February 12, 2022 photo… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 05 Feb 2022 A Look At: Despite Their Pastors Dying, Between 30-40% of American White Evangelical Christians Remain Anti-Vax February 4, 2022 WN: To understand some of this phenomenon, please see my Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 04 Feb 2022 Canada’s Anti-Vax Answer to Jan. 6 Is an Indefinite Blockade of Ottawa Justin Ling Jan. 30, 2022 photo above: © Provided by CBC Kids News WN: In two words: How stupid! excerpts:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 04 Feb 2022 Tragic: Minnesota National Guard Activated as Unrest Grows Over Police ‘Execution’ of Black Man Pilar Melendez Justin Rohrlich Solomon Gustavo Updated Feb. 04, 2022 photo above: Minneapolis PD WN: Utterly predictable . . . Utterly… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 04 Feb 2022 The making of THE BIG LIE myth By Emma Brown, Aaron C. Davis, Jon Swaine and Josh Dawsey May 9, 2021 photo above: A Dominion Voting Systems voting… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Feb 2022 Highlight: The lesson for bishops from Benedict report: Apologize, apologize, apologize by Thomas Reese Accountability Opinion Vatican photo above: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 8,… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 31 Jan 2022 The Jan. 6 Committee Members Are Patriots Making Sure Treason is Fully Documented Eleanor Clift Jan. 26, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN: We'll wait and see . . . excerpts: The Jan. 6… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 29 Jan 2022 Marshall McLuhan, the Catholic thinker who predicted the internet, spent his last days praying with a Jesuit Nick Ripatrazone January 28, 2022 photo above: Marshall McLuhan at New York University's Loeb Center, June 14, 1966 (AP Photo/John… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Jan 2022 How the Capitol attacks helped spread Christian nationalism in the extreme right By Jack Jenkins January 26, 2022 photo above: Right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes, center, speaks to Trump supporters during a march… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 23 Jan 2022 Reflections on: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 22 Jan 2022 This California Dairy Farm’s Secret Ingredient for Clean Electricity: Cow Poop Kaya Laterman Updated Jan. 22, 2022 photo above: lakeberryessanews.com WN: As the writer indicates: Talk about milking a cow for all… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 19 Jan 2022 100+ Ultra-Rich People Warn Fellow Elites: ‘It’s Taxes or Pitchforks’ Jake Johnson January 19, 2022 photo above: ( Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 17 Jan 2022 Words that Got Martin Luther King, Jr. Shot By Martin Luther King, Jr. January 17, 2022 photo above: Dick DeMarsico from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) WN: Saturday, January… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 15 Jan 2022 Surveillance will follow us into ‘the metaverse,’ and our bodies could be its new data source By Tatum Hunter January 13, 2022 image above: (iStock/Washington Post Illustration) WN: The privacy encroachments are not unlike the proverbial… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 Jan 2022 Read NPR’s full interview with former President Donald Trump January 12, 2022 photo above: Former President Donald Trump spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a brief phone interview. WN:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 08 Jan 2022 Misinformation from the U.S. is the next virus—and it’s spreading fast By Stephen Maher January 3, 2022 image above: ca.news.yahoo.com WN: This great misinformation virus/viral tragedy is not simply a case… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Jan 2022 Elizaveta Pilenko-Skobcova (Mother Maria) (1891 – 1945) WN: Such stories as highlighted below are immensely inspiring! I have relatives though who insist, in kind not unlike Trump… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 30 Dec 2021 Jesus Christ: The Unanswered Questions St Paul's Cathedral Rowan Williams says that how we understand Jesus Christ is central to how we understand everything, and… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Dec 2021 The 10 Worst Americans of 2021 Jon Schwarz December 24 2021 image above: watchmojo.com WN: And the Game-Changing Wisdom humanity learned for the first time ever,… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 21 Dec 2021 How Awesome Is “Awesome”? by Andrew Bacevich December 21, 2021 photo above: taurusarmed.net WN: Of course war is a mockery of everything decent, no… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 15 Dec 2021 How One Country Stopped COVID Dead in Its Tracks December 15, 2021 by David Axe photo above: news24online.com WN: The article highlighted below stands to reason… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 Dec 2021 Mary’s Song By Victoria Reynolds Farmer December 10, 2021 WN: The entire article is deeply moving. excerpts: ail Mary, full of grace… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 12 Dec 2021 “Our Lady of Everyday Life”: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Religious Lives of Mexican Catholic Women December 12, 2019 by Melissa Borja photo above: Photo credit: Roberto Castañeda, Jr. WN: There is something beautifully compelling in… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 11 Dec 2021 What the New Right Sees Dec. 11, 2021 By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist photo above: Amazon.com WN: The author make a compelling case. excerpts: The… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Dec 2021 Introducing THE ANÁSTISIS CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION & MINISTRY photo above: On the ceiling of Chora Church in Istanbul, Turkey, is this fresco, called Anástasis in Greek. It portrays… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 08 Dec 2021 Omicron’s Explosive Growth Is a Warning Sign December 8, 2021 By Sarah Zhang photo above: health.onlineium.com WN: We must pay close attention is the clear message of… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 07 Dec 2021 Were Moderna & Pfizer’s HEK-293 Tests Immoral? December 7, 2021 Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC Priest, Religious, Moral Theologian, Autistic, Writer, Social Media Guru, etc. WN: This… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 03 Dec 2021 God in a Cave By G. K. Chesterton December 23, 2020 WN: Wow! Beautifully stated. Such is God . . . excerpts: he old… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2021 The Culture Wars: Plato, Shakespeare, Hesse, Eliot WN: My good friend Ron Dart sent me this lecture on the Culture Wars. It's enlightening. There are many more… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2021 Sing, Choirs of Angels By Sr. Carino Hodder, OP December 9, 2020 WN: Quite lovely. Quite heartening. excerpts: “O, little town of Bethlehem,” said… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2021 Vandana Shiva: The Great Seed Piracy June 21, 2016 Vandana Shiva Environment photo above: Source: The Asian Age WN: The account of the article highlighted below… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Nov 2021 Into This Demented Inn Into This Demented Inn --Thomas Merton Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 Commentary on: “The Invention of Thanksgiving” By Philip Deloria November 18, 2019 image above: The Indians who joined the mistrustful Pilgrims, Wampanoag tradition suggests, were honoring… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 What is “Evangelical” Theology? November 4, 2019 by Scot McKnight WN: In my book review of Kristin Kobes du Mez' outstanding Jesus and John… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 The Teacher Who Never Spoke By Maureen Swinger November 22, 2021 WN: So beautiful. So very humbling. So complicatedly hopeful. excerpts: he summer my brother… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 24 Nov 2021 All the Lawyers Who Stood Between Ahmaud Arbery and Justice Pilar Melendez November 24, 2021 photo above: groyourwealth.com WN: An enormous tragedy . . . A muted victory . .… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 23 Nov 2021 Learning to Love Recklessly Dorothy Day Whenever I groan within myself and think how hard it is to keep writing about love in these… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 17 Nov 2021 New Revelations Emerge on How Donald Trump Killed 400,000 (or More) Americans David Corn Washington, DC, Bureau Chief, Bio | Follow photo above: President Donald Trump at a coronavirus task force briefing at… Wayne Northey No Comments
Food 16 Nov 2021 Announcing: “First Nations Version An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament” WN: The Lord's Prayer in this version is beautiful! Please view its reading below. A few sample passages follow the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2021 Paper and Story: “The Sex Offender as Scapegoat” John 12:20 - 33; John 11:49-52: 49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 15 Nov 2021 Thoughts on: “White People Explain Racism to Me” By Elie Mystal Twitter November 15, 2021 photo above: (Fizkes / Shutterstock) WN: We Whites, lacking the lifelong experiences described… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 11 Nov 2021 Commentary on: “Gomez, painting Catholics as victims, goes after his woke oppressors” Nov 10, 2021 by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service Opinion Politics photo above: Wikipedia WN: I felt gobsmacked by the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2021 Who Knew Being Silent With Monks Could Be So Liberating? Sarah Sands Nov. 10, 2021 photo above: Education Images WN: Beautifully written: the deafening joy of silence . . .… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2021 Two Comedic Takes on Climate Change; One Challenging Renewables WN: The first two are funny, making generous use of a beautiful smiling face and the word f**k and related.… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Jordan Peterson: Sic et Non WN: Ron has been a longstanding friend--over many decades. I've been privileged to work with him on writing projects; read… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Passages to New Life Now & Then Podcast In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, author and artist Carol A. Berry reveals how Vincent… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Announcement of “Hit CS Lewis biopic ‘The Most Reluctant Convert’ highlights author’s dramatic conversion” CP Entertainment | Monday, November 08, 2021 By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Editor photo above: “The Most Reluctant Convert: The… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 The Horror of: “ ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief system’: a haunting film on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy” David Smith in Washington; @smithinamerica Tue 9 Nov 2021 WN: The dreadfulness of ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 Wisdom: “Thoughts on Freedom” Life; Thanksgiving and Gratitude; Theology November 9, 2021 WN: The last lines of the meditation below are beautiful: Let… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2021 Consider: “U.S. Covid Deaths Get Even Redder” By David Leonhardt Nov. 8, 2021 photo above: Image by torstensimon from Pixabay WN: This remains consistent everywhere: vaccinations save… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2021 Walter Wink & “The Myth of Redemptive Violence” November 8, 2021 by Robert Koehler WN: The author of the highlighted article below is right on. For background to… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog Slum zone in Caracas city, Venezuela capital 07 Nov 2021 The European Union makes a policy play in Venezuela. by Anthony Faiola with Claire Parker photo above: istockphoto.com WN: Just as the "free press" is that only for the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 06 Nov 2021 Reflections on “Drone Strikes and Torture Will Cause Big Blowback” November 5, 2021 by Brian Cloughley photo above: AK Rockefeller – CC BY 2.0 WN: It is ominous to read… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 05 Nov 2021 Irrelevant Saints By Terence Sweeney November 1, 2021 WN: A great challenge to everyday sainthood. excerpts: hen I made my First Communion,… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 04 Nov 2021 Highlighting: ” ‘Our ecological crisis is fundamentally a moral one’: Catholic Climate Covenant’s new executive director hopes to inspire care for creation” Sarah Vincent November 4, 2021 photo above: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash WN: Hope! excerpts: Pope Francis is not… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embrace during an audience at the Vatican Nov. 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) 04 Nov 2021 Pope Francis meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Gerard O’Connell November 04, 2021 photo above: Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embrace during an audience at the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 04 Nov 2021 If we’d listened to Cardinal Bernardin, the Catholic Church would not be so divided today Steven P. Millies November 04, 2021 photo above: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin speaks with reporters on the steps of his Chicago… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2021 Highlighting “Absolute Carbon Reduction Is an ‘Issue of Life and Death’ for Indigenous Peoples” By Amy Goodman Juan González, Democracy Now! Published November 2, 2021 photo above: Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2021 Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence By Matthew Rozsa, Salon Published November 2, 2021 photo above: aljazeera.com WN: Founder and CEO of PRRI, Robert Jones said:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2021 Focus on “I’m With Condoleezza Rice About White Guilt” By John McWhorter image above: Michael Morris WN: The writer makes a compelling case . . . excerpt: I… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 31 Oct 2021 Spotlight on “Why MAGA Social Media Is a Hacker’s Wet Dream” Adam Rawnsley, Senior Researcher; Shannon Vavra, National Security Reporter Oct. 31, 2021 image above: Optimized Hate WN: Fools rush in… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 30 Oct 2021 Interaction With “Neuroscience’s Existential Crisis” By Grigori Guitchounts October 27, 2021 image above: A rendering of dendrites (red)—a neuron’s branching processes—and protruding spines that receive synaptic… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Oct 2021 Concerning “Military vs Climate Spending: A Moral Catastrophe in Three Pictures” Richard Eskow October 28, 2021 photo above: Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 26 Oct 2021 Reflections on “God, Trump and the Closed-Door World of a Major Conservative Group” By Robert O'Harrow Jr. October 25, 2021 image above: Nick Ogonosky WN: There is a telling quote in the article… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Oct 2021 Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny WN: The video below is highly disturbing. It is an interview with Yale historian Timothy Snyder, author of the widely… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Oct 2021 Commentary: “As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies” Daniel Boguslaw October 23 2021 photo by Dominik Vanyi on Unsplash WN: The story below is about unbridled greed. It… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 24 Oct 2021 Engagement With “Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’” Dan Milmo Global technology editor October 24, 2021 WN: Now this is wonderfully gracious theology from Frances Haugen: Because the… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 23 Oct 2021 Going “Inside the Effort to Create a ‘Christian Nationalist’ Internet” Jack Jenkins October 20, 2021 WN: What more is there to say? The subtitle of a book by Kristin Kobes… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 22 Oct 2021 Daily Wisdom Daily Wisdom There is this direct relationship between having nothing and having everything; between poverty of spirit, the first of… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 21 Oct 2021 Interaction With “The CIA: 70 Years of Organized Crime” September 22, 2017 by Douglas Valentine – Lars Schall photo above by Tom Thai | CC BY 2.0 WN: Welcome… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 21 Oct 2021 Mapping the Evangelical Mind By Abbie Storch October 20, 2021 WN: The review of Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 20 Oct 2021 Legacy of Shame: October 19, 2021 by Kenn Orphan photo above: Photograph Source: Reagan White House Photographs – Public Domain WN: Saint Augustine… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 17 Oct 2021 Responding to Persecution By Luma Simms October 11, 2021 WN: What a beautiful, compelling, encouraging story. excerpt: n 2007, my friend Ishraq was… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 17 Oct 2021 A cheap and efficient way to directly convert industrial CO₂ offgas into oxygen and solid carbon By Community last October 17, 2021 WN: Wow! Shout it from the housetops! excerpts: We can’t go on belching CO2… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 17 Oct 2021 Good Shepherd New York WN: In a Home Study Group, we have begun to study together a new book by Melissa Florer-Bixler: How to… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 14 Oct 2021 Comrade Ruskin By Eugene McCarraher August 26, 2019 photo above: John Ruskin in 1863 WN: This is a wonderful, encouraging article about… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 14 Oct 2021 What the Future May Hold for the Coronavirus and Us By Emily Anthes Oct. 12, 2021 image above: Bianca Bagnarelli WN: The article lays out well several scenarios. excerpt: The… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2021 Opinion: This climate change contrarian gives us an important reminder about science in general Opinion by Mitch Daniels photo above: Steven Koonin, then under secretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy, speaks… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2021 The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus By MYAH WARD With help from Tyler Weyant 10/13/2021 photo above: witf.org WN: Openness to the science from all directions… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2021 A Handful of Reasons to Join a Church [despite the exodus] – Sharad Yadav posted in Clarion Journal for Religion, Peace & Justice by Sharad Yadav WN: I like what I read below! One… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Oct 2021 First, Impressive Vaccines for Covid. Next Up: The Flu. By Carl Zimmer Oct. 9, 2021 photo above: Large-scale mRNA manufacturing development at the headquarters of Translate Bio, an mRNA… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 09 Oct 2021 Justice and Peace: Lumen Christi Institute Streamed live, October 7, 2021 image above: smp.org WN: The Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network does excellent… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 06 Oct 2021 Revelations of Divine Love WN: This arrived in my inbox today. So simple. So profound. So uplifting. Deeds are done which appear so evil… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2021 On A letter from Hell By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2021 They Went to Bible College to Deepen Their Faith. Becca Andrews September 30, 2021 photo above: yelp.com WN: The article highlighted below begins with Megan Wohlers telling her story… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2021 Trump Extremists Brought Numerous Guns on January 6, Evidence Shows Mark Follman, Dan Friedman, Ryan Little, and Sam Van Pykeren September 30, 2021 photo above: Mother Jones illustration; John Minchillo/AP;… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 30 Sep 2021 Josh McDowell steps back from ministry after controversial remarks on black families By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter September 23, 2021 photo above: Josh McDowell speaks at Talbot Chapel at Biola University… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Engelhardt, A Hellfire World By Tom Engelhardt photo above: 'THEY ARE ALL DEAD': Harrowing leaked footage shows US drone strikes in Afghanistan as pilot… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Harvard cracks and a dam breaks By LORRAINE WOELLERT 09/28/2021 photo above: Harvard and Yale students took to the field during halftime of a 2019 NCAA… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Insuring Heaven or Hell on Earth? Peter Bosshard, Rev. Fletcher Harper September 28, 2021 photo above: psmag.com WN: As seen in the article: "We disagree." excerpts:… Wayne Northey No Comments
Blog 25 Sep 2021 Pastor Gives Christians Who Claim ‘Religious Exemption’ From Masks And Vaccines An Epic Bible Lesson Mike Walsh Sep. 23, 2021 photo above: Keith Marshall/Facebook WN: The Pastor below said he had to make private his…