The Spirit of Peace

It is interesting to come across an old sermon and see if the words and ideas some years later are perhaps not totally embarrassing.

Peace Within

Nella Last, author of Nella’s War, was not a religious woman.

Children and Remembrance Day

How do you speak to children about Remembrance Day? What message might be beneficial to little people on this difficult day? How might that message be effectively communicated?

The Questions of War

Faced with the utter horror of war, it is tempting to hope we might be able to blunt the pain by finding some satisfying explanation for the unimaginable terror of armed conflict or by manufacturing a redemptive outcome that makes the violence and suffering feel worthwhile – neither is possible….

to read this post please visit http://blogs.timescolonist.com/2012/11/11/the-questions-of-war/

What is “Just Plain Evil”?

“Colorado Shooter: Insane or Just Plain Evil?” by Eliza Shapiro , Christine Pelisek Jul 25, 2012 4:45 AM EDT

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/25/colorado-shooter-insane-or-just-plain-evil.html

Is “Just Plain Evil” a legal definition? Is it a helpful definition? Or were the editors of “The Daily Beast” trying to make a theological point when they created the headline for Shapiro and Pelisek’s article on the legal strategies to be employed in the trial of James Holmes?

John 6:16-20 – In the Face of Fear

It is a curious little incident sandwiched between Jesus’ miraculous feeding of a huge crowd and his lengthy discourse on the nature of true bread.

“The Anatomy of Peace” #1(see “Leadership And Self-Deception” June 24, 2011)

The Arbinger Intitute book The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict contains much common sense and wisdom for navigating the tricky waters of human relationships. The principles the book sets out are relatively simple.

Clergy Conference – June 27-30, 2011

From June 27-30 I was away in Parksville at a Diocesan Clergy Conference. Our sessions were led by Alan and Eleanor Kreider.

What To Do When Rapture Doesn’t Come

Keith Bauer took time off work last week. There was no point in showing up on the job because he knew at the end of the week he would not get a pay cheque for his work as a tractor-trailer driver.

Instead of going to work, Bauer travelled 4,830km, from Maryland to California, to be near the heart of the action when the world came to an end and the true believers were caught up into heaven.

“Of Gods and Men” – The Way of Peace

At a time when so many are congratulating themselves on making the world a more peaceful place by killing Osama bin Laden, it is worth asking what really leads to peace.