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Well-Endorsed Meyers’ Book Flawed by Scholarly Mistakes

Literary / Arts

     Book-cover endorsements: Desmond Tutu lauds this book highly: “Meyers has spoken truth to power and the church he loves will never be the...

Robin Meyers ‘Truth Teller’ – Like His Style

Literary / Arts

     Perhaps rapid aging explains this phenomenon, but I am becoming more and more impressed with some church authors appearing on the stage. The...

Gretta Vosper vs. The United Church of Canada

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     This summer has been a difficult summer for the Progressive Spirituality/Christian movement in Canada. The Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity (CCPC) has disbanded...

Faith and Science — Epiphany Explorations 2017

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     Epiphany Explorations at First Metropolitan United Church steadfastly addresses the quest for ways to spiritually navigate life in an increasingly challenging and disturbing...

Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan Calls Leonard Cohen ‘Number 1’

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     Cohen came of age after the war. His Montreal, however, was nothing like American writers Philip Roth’s Newark or Alfred Kazin’s Brownsville. He...

Jack Sproule’s Engaging Quizzical Nature & Perceptive Flair

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     Memory is a funny thing. Some things we remember with crystal clear clarity like it was just yesterday; others, not so much. Perhaps...

Class Analysis Reveals Undergirding of Trump’s Win

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    In light of recent events, it would seem that there is great alarm in many corners of the world regarding the rise of...

O Mother Mine

Literary / Arts

I swear O Mother Mine, on the taste of the salt air in which I awaken, on the fire trees exalting the sky against the...

New Blog from North Island Subscriber

Letters to the editor

     My name is Bruce Witzel – I am a journey carpenter keen on conservation, renewable energy and social ecology. My wife Francis Guenette,...

Carl Jung on Catholicism

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The Catholic Church is liberal enough to look upon the Osiris-Horus-Isis myth, or at any rate suitable portions of it, as a prefiguration of the...