I am pleased to announce that the long-awaited new issue of the distinguished, even legendary journal Quaker Theology has just gone online. Besides the usual stunning cover, this issue includes several pieces that will be must-reads and must-discuss for up-to-the-minute Friends out there.
Celebrating a good rain after a dry month when the grass and many weeds were turning brown. This is right outside the back door. I think this is a variety of redbud tree.
Just in the Nick of Time . . . . Amid shouts and Hosannas, the World-Famous Fayetteville Strawberry Mandala made its annual appearance.
Chris Hedges has been there. A war correspondent for many years, he carries a burden of closely-observed horror for which the term PTSD pales. You can see it in the hollows around his eyes. Chris Hedges has also been through hell with religion. He’s not “religious” now in any conventional sense. Yet he’s not “anti-religious” … Continue reading Dog Days Weekend Read: Hear The War Prophet: Chris Hedges
Found a link on Facebook today to this article from the Toronto Star: How Canada’s Christian right was built It’s by Marci McDonald, a multiple award-winning Canadian journalist, and author of new book, “The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism In Canada” a new book about the rising influence of the Canadian version of … Continue reading Northern Exposure: The Religious Right Is Rising In Canada