Volume 2, Issue 3, March 1995

Article Summary:

SHARE YOUR GIFTS AND POSSESSIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE

Edmund (Readhead) has a canny ability to find strange friends. By strange I take the meaning of the word to be extraordinary, surprising, wonderful. As the poet Byron stated, "Tis strange, but true; for truth is always strange." More . . .

MANY HEAR THE CALL, FEW MAKE CHOICE

One day I sat on a committee where the members were instructed to introduce themselves. The exercise started with the man next to me. He began his introduction by stating he had been "called to the bar." We knew immediately he was a lawyer.

When it came my turn I stated that I had been "called to the church." That identified me as a clergyperson. More . . .

HOUSE OF FOUR ROOMS

When Helen and I attended a native Pow-wow at Serpent's Mound Provincial Park we enjoyed native fellowship, aboriginal foods, drumming and dancing. The following is part of their religious belief they shared with us. More . . .

WHAT IS LIFE?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
- Poem of the Crowfeet More . . .

COMES THE DAWN

After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't mean security, More . . .

HELP WITH YOUR BIBLE STUDY

The Bible is more than an ancient book - it is a library, made up of 66 different writings, written by different persons, at different times, under different circumstances, and for different reasons. More . . .

 

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"Religion NOW" is published in limited edition by the Rev. Ross E. Readhead, B.A., B.D., Certificate of Corrections, McMaster University, in the interest of furthering knowledge and participation in religion. Dialogue is invited and welcomed.