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I am sitting in the lounge of a hotel in my home town in Scotland. It is 9:00 o鈥檆lock in the morning and many people have had their full Scottish breakfast and rushed off.

A friend of many years and I were on our way to dinner in old Montreal.

The blended aroma of fresh coffee and out-of-the-oven croissants greeted me as I entered my friend鈥檚 country kitchen. Jane grabbed her grandmother鈥檚 rose patterned fruit bowl off the counter.

鈥淎ll you need is love,鈥� sang The Beatles, which is not a bad thought to start with, though admittedly they also sang 鈥淚 am the walrus,鈥� so I would be wary of taking too much advice from pop groups.

As a leader within a church which believes Social Justice and Social Action to be at the heart of our faith I am often challenged that 鈥榬eligion should not be political鈥�.

There is a shadow side, deep in human kind about 鈥榬ighteousness.鈥� A translation of the Sermon on the Mount for example has Jesus saying,聽鈥淏lessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness鈥� sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.鈥� (Matt.

I am driving listening to the radio. Three women are being interviewed on CBC about the problem of men sexually harassing women in Canadian politics. These women are obviously smart, strong, and well-informed.

In an era in which textual traditions, whether that of the Bible or the modern literary canon, are increasingly sequestered in places of worship or underfunded Humanities departments, it is remarkable to find a film that engages the biblical traditio

The Oxford dictionary defines ethos as 鈥渃haracteristic spirit of community, people, or systems.鈥� The Creator Spirit is present and active with power and meaning in groups of people as well as in the personalities of individuals .

Community is a word that is used often and easily. Community is fundamental to human existence and wellbeing. Community confronts our human tendencies for self preservation and competition in favour of cooperation and compassion.