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Four years ago today, I posted reflections on Anatoli Kuznetsov’s extraordinary novel, Babi Yar A Document in the Form of a Novel. https://inaspaciousplace.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/babi-yar-1/ Read the rest of this entry »
In his book, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Christopher Browning tells the chilling story of the German Order Police Reserve Unit 101.
He recently retired from many years in a prominent leadership position in a venerable institution. We are having coffee discussing how he feels about retiring.
Why do I resist change?
I do not do well with numbers. But I am interested in trying to understand what wisdom numbers might have to tell us about how we in the Anglican Church of Canada need to think about doing church.
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A great deal of pain is caused, or at least made worse, by my determination to avoid pain. The intensity and power of anything I resist always increases.
Robert Chalmers is a young, bright, obviously brash features writer for “Newsweek Magazine.” Recently he had the opportunity to interview the current Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
I think a lot about empowerment.
In the course of my routine life I spend quite a bit of time in small group conversation. Generally the goal of these groups is to nurture and encourage the flourishing of spiritual life and practice.
Noted communicator and Christian media star Rob Bell is on the move with his “Everything Is Spiritual” tour.
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