Posted on October 25, 2007 by Christine Sine
I just found this wonderful article on Women Peacemaking and the Church by Father Dear, thanks to Jan who mentioned the article on her blog Yearning for God It reminded me of a book I read many years ago written in 1970s by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Tournier called The Gift of Feeling, in which [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2007 by Christine Sine
Today is Columbus Day in America. For some it is a day of celebration as they remember the coming of Europeans to America. For others it is a day of mourning as they remember the genocide of indigenous peoples this event precipitated not just in the United States but throughout the Americas. [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2007 by Christine Sine
Today is International Day of Peace and this evening we celebrated a beautiful peace liturgy here at the Mustard Seed House. As we sat in silence for a few moments I was reminded of one of my favourite symbols of peace - the peace rose. nothing speaks to me more strongly of God’s desire for [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2007 by Christine Sine
Friday is International Day for Peace so I thought that this video would be an appropriate offering for the week. The chorus for the song was written by a group of Mennonite youth workers at a course we conducted in Winnipeg some years ago. The verses came from the poem I wrote [...]
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Posted on June 28, 2007 by Christine Sine
I just realized looking back through this blog that it is a long time since I mentioned any of the books I have been reading, which is rather surprising since I read 4 - 5 books a week. Maybe the problem is that I have been dipping into a number of rather of uninspiring [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2007 by Christine Sine
Here is a cool article on Exploring Restorative Justice that I received a copy of from Peacebuilders at Eastern Mennonite University today. I was touched and encouraged by this radical and I think Biblical approach to justice. In a world in which most of our “justice” is based on punitive measures we all really need [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2007 by Christine Sine
One of my tasks each month is to write a liturgy for the MSA newsletter (Seed Sampler). One of the things I love about this task is that it ensures I take time each month for reflection and prayer that revolves around social or spiritual issues we face in our world. This last [...]
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