Volume 2, Issue 2, February 1995

Article Summary:

RELIGION - IMAGE AND ACTUALITY

"In the Church, you know, there is a great heightening of every moment of experience, since every moment is played against a supernatural backdrop. Nothing can be humdrum in this scheme. Every least act of the mind has infinite significance", stated Marshall McLuhan, communications theorist, University of Toronto. More . . .

STOP TELLING GOD WHAT TO DO

The scientist-philosopher, J. Bronowski, in his book, "The Ascent of Man", (P. 256), says it is "important to talk of the ascent of man in the presence of two men, Newton and Einstein, who strode like gods. Of the two, Newton is the Old Testament god; it is Einstein who is the New Testament figure. More . . .

LEARNING TO COUNT

Years change swiftly now and are less tractable.
The world still spins to shadowbox with cares. More . . .

THOMAS BERRY - QUOTE

"The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary focus of divine-human communion." - Thomas Berry More . . .

HELPING CHILDREN DEAL WITH DEATH

Just like adults, children need to grieve and should not be screened from the full reality of the meaning of death. As the American poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Sorrow makes us all children again." More . . .

EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: More . . .

RE-INVENTING THE CONGREGATION

Our Canadian society, along with much of the world, is experiencing a paradigm shift in the patterns of organizations and their management. Most churches are involved in varying degrees today in attempting to re-invent their programmes and structures. 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.