Volume 6, Issue 2, October 1996

Article Summary:

WHAT MATTERS MOST

One of the most difficult tasks we have in life is knowing what matters most. It is not hard to determine what matters. Many things matter. But determining what matters most is the hard task. More . . .

POEM - W.M. VORIES

Life is too brief
Between the budding and the falling leaf,
Between the seed time and the golden sheaf,
For hate and spite. More . . .

CHRIST IN THE CONCRETE CITY

"I believe in looking after `number one.' / He's the chap that counts in the end. More . . .

CONVICTION MUST BE ACTED UPON

"Are you going to spend your whole life saying 'ought'?" George Bernard Shaw asks. "Turn your oughts into shalls."
The New Testament in the Letter to the Ephesians exhorts those with convictions to "Take your stand then with truth." More . . .

LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU DO

Jesus' ministry was short but extraordinary because of his witness to the power and healing of love.
St. Paul caught the significance of this and declared, "and above everything else, be truly loving, for love binds all the virtues together in perfection." (The Letter of Paul to the Colossians, Chapter 3, verse 14). More . . .

CHURCH JOINS VOICES AGAINST WORKFARE

Fears are being raised by some that the present Ontario government's program of "Ontario Works", which is being put into operation to replace the long-time welfare system, is flawed. More . . .

ST. MATTHEW

"...I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me....St. Matthew 25:35 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.