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For Fall 2010: Three Journeys of Faith

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For this fall season, we have selected three items about faith journeys:

· a best-selling author travels between two very different religious communities in America ,and renews his lost faith

· a Canadian discovers the transcendence of pilgrimage, by walking 500 miles

· a Palestinian doctor who lost three of his daughters in the Gaza war refuses to hate

To access any link, simply put your mouse over it, click, and you will see or hear the item. ALSO – there’s more where this came from! For previous postings, just keep scrolling down for more interviews, articles and videos.

MITCH ALBOM TALKS ABOUT HIS NEWEST BEST-SELLER, HAVE A LITTLE FAITH

The author ‘s first non-fiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie is about “seeing faith on a small level”, according to Albom. It is about a suburban rabbi in his 80’s, and an inner city minister serving the poor and homeless. As someone who had left the faith of his early lie behind, Albom says his time with these two men “knocked cynicism out of me”.

Here is Mitch Albom’s interview with CBS’ Katie Couric from 2009. (The first 25 minutes are about the book.)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5604542n

In our library:

Have a Little Faith is found in our Kingsway-Lambton church library. Call number 296.7

On our website:

See the Book Review, from September, posted on the Library web page. Click on Book Review.

WALKING 500 MILES – TO GO TO CHURCH

Arthur Paul Boers is an Ontario Mennonite Pastor, who made a 500 mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Europe. In this interview on CBC Radio’s Tapestry, he talks about his revelations and observations about walking and pilgrimages as religious practice. (Warning – it will make you want to do it!) Boers also wrote a book about it, called The Way Is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago.

http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/2010/06/and-would-i-walk-500-miles---to-go-to-church-1.html

CARRYING A MESSAGE FOR PEACE

Three of Izzeldin Abuelaish’s daughters, and a niece, were killed when Israeli tank shells hit his house in Gaza in January 2009 . But Dr. Abuelaish says he is “ a believer, with deep faith as a Muslim”, and that he refuses to hate, despite his terrible loss.

Currently living in Toronto with his surviving daughters, Dr. Abuelaish Is promoting a message of understanding and peace. This CBC TV interview

followed a speech he gave at a Toronto synagogue.

http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2009/11/gaza-mds-synagogue-speech.html

CBC Radio’s The Current also interviewed Dr. Abuelaish in May 2010, and played a documentary about him, called Do No Harm. You can find those items at this link:

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/05/may-05-2010.html

In our library

Books about forgiveness, and interfaith understanding

Left to Tell : Discovering God amidst the Rwandan holocaust by Ilibagiza, Immaculée - a miraculous story of how one woman survived the Rwandan genocide , and discovered the power of prayer and forgiveness.

Call Number: 282.09 Ili

Faith Club ;A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding Idliby, Ranya, Oliver, Suzanne, Warner, Priscilla

Three mothers, one Muslim, one Christian and one Jew, gather after Sept. 11^th

to try and develop understanding.

Call Number 201.5 Idl

For Fall 2010: Three Journeys of Faith

2010-09-12T13:31:00.002-04:00

For this fall season, we have selected three items about faith journeys:

•a best-selling author travels between two very different religious communities in America ,and renews his lost faith
•a Canadian discovers the transcendence of pilgrimage, by walking 500 miles
•a Palestinian doctor who lost three of his daughters in the Gaza war refuses to hate

To access any link, simply put your mouse over it, click, and you will see or hear the item. ALSO – there’s more where this came from! For previous postings, just keep scrolling down for more interviews, articles and videos.

MITCH ALBOM TALKS ABOUT HIS NEWEST BEST-SELLER, HAVE A LITTLE FAITH

The author ‘s first non-fiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie is about “seeing faith on a small level”, according to Albom. It is about a suburban rabbi in his 80’s, and an inner city minister serving the poor and homeless. As someone who had left the faith of his early lie behind, Albom says his time with these two men “knocked cynicism out of me”.

Here is Mitch Albom’s interview with CBS’ Katie Couric from 2009. (The first 25 minutes are about the book.)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5604542n

In our library:

Have a Little Faith is found in our Kingsway-Lambton church library. Call number 296.7

On our website:

See the Book Review, from September, posted on the Library web page. Click on Book Review.

WALKING 500 MILES – TO GO TO CHURCH

Arthur Paul Boers is an Ontario Mennonite Pastor, who made a 500 mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Europe. In this interview on CBC Radio’s Tapestry, he talks about his revelations and observations about walking and pilgrimages as religious practice. (Warning – it will make you want to do it!) Boers also wrote a book about it, called The Way Is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago.

http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/2010/06/and-would-i-walk-500-miles---to-go-to-church-1.html

CARRYING A MESSAGE FOR PEACE

Three of Izzeldin Abuelaish’s daughters, and a niece, were killed when Israeli tank shells hit his house in Gaza in January 2009 . But Dr. Abuelaish says he is “ a believer, with deep faith as a Muslim”, and that he refuses to hate, despite his terrible loss.

Currently living in Toronto with his surviving daughters, Dr. Abuelaish Is promoting a message of understanding and peace. This CBC TV interview
followed a speech he gave at a Toronto synagogue.

http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2009/11/gaza-mds-synagogue-speech.html

CBC Radio’s The Current also interviewed Dr. Abuelaish in May 2010, and played a documentary about him, called Do No Harm. You can find those items at this link:

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/05/may-05-2010.html

In our library

Books about forgiveness, and interfaith understanding

Left to Tell : Discovering God amidst the Rwandan holocaust by Ilibagiza, Immaculée - a miraculous story of how one woman survived the Rwandan genocide , and discovered the power of prayer and forgiveness.

Call Number: 282.09 Ili

Faith Club ;A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding Idliby, Ranya, Oliver, Suzanne, Warner, Priscilla
Three mothers, one Muslim, one Christian and one Jew, gather after Sept. 11th
to try and develop understanding.

Call Number 201.5 Idl

‘CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE’ AND ‘SIMPLICITY’

2010-06-01T17:55:00.001-04:00

For previous postings and links, simply scroll down. To open the link is simplicity itself; put your mouse over it, and click. Voila!

Richard J. Foster is considered a leading writer on Christian spirituality. Celebration of Discipline,

reviewed in our monthly Library reviews for June, is his best-known work. It sold over one million copies and was named by Christianity Today as one of the top ten books of the twentieth century.

Foster’s thinking about spirituality is also readily available via the internet, on YouTube. There are, for example, three different videos called “Simplicity” in Parts One, Two and Three.

Here is Part One; if you like it, and want to access the other parts, and other Foster videos, they will be displayed on the same web page for you to access when you go to this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3724f98vkI

You can find Foster’s Celebration of Discipline in the Kingsway-Lambton Library, 248.4 Fos.

THE INSPIRATIONAL LEGACY OF RANDY PAUSCH’S THE LAST LECTURE

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Before he died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, Randy Pausch was named by Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential people. It was all because of a video of his talk, called The Last Lecture, that was posted on the Internet. ( To see the video just click on the link with your mouse. Duration, about 1hr.15 minutes. This write up, and the book reference, continues below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

The computer science professor intended the lecture as a video memory for his children, as he knew he didn’t have long to live. But it became so much more.

Dr. Pausch did not speak about religion or spirituality. It is reported he deliberately chose not to talk about his beliefs. Instead, his lecture focussed on what he said would help people achieve their childhood dreams, or help others achieve their dreams. The lessons he provided were about living, and life, and became a widespread source of inspiration.

Randy Pausch also co-wrote a best-selling book called The Last Lecture. You can read the review of

this book in the posted reviews for May, 2010, on the Library’s web page.

The book can be found in the Kingsway-Lambton Library at:

Pausch, Randy with Jeffrey Zaslow. The Last Lecture Call number: 616.99 Pau

A CATHOLIC CONVERT SPEAKS OUT

2010-04-10T11:05:00.002-04:00

John Bentley Mays became a Roman Catholic in 1998.In this article, the former Globe and Mail and National Post journalist writes about the current scandals in his church;” Has my faith in Christianity been ungrounded by these recent events? Not even slightly.”

But he also says the time of “face-saving, image management and avoidance”

is over. And that it is a time both of danger and of hope.

This article appeared in The Globe and Mail Easter weekend; Sat. April 3^rd, 2010.

(To access the article, simply put your mouse over the link below, and click.)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/one-catholic-in-the-darkest-hour/article1521519/?cmpid=rss1

For reading in our church library, we have selected works by Catholic writers, both of our time, and of old:

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Basic Writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas ( 1215-1274)

208.1 Tho

Aquinas is considered one of the greatest and most influential theologians of all time.

Nouwen, Henry J. Can You Drink the Cup? 248.48 Nou

Described as “a series of reflections on life to help your prayers become a joy,”

written by the Catholic priest who taught at Yale and Harvard, was a friend of Jean Vanier, and worked with the mentally handicapped at L’Arche in Toronto.

Richards, David Adams. God Is. 212.1 Ric

The Giller prize novelist’s defense of his Catholic faith, and critique of popular culture’s narrow-minded attacks on religion.

BOOKS, NOT BOMBS: Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson

2010-02-28T14:03:00.000-05:00

Greg Mortenson’s unsuccessful mountain climb in Pakistan in 1993 turned into a passionate mission to improve peoples’ lives through schooling. He told his story in the bestseller, Three Cups of Tea. He has now helped build over 130 schools in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, which provide an alternative to the radical ‘madrassas’. They also educate girls; an estimated 44,000 of them.

Mr. Mortenson recently published a followup book, Stones into Schools.

Mr. Mortenson appeared in this interview on CBC’s The Hour on Jan. 20, 2010. Click on the link, then scroll down to the headline: VIDEO. Click on the second box, that says “Greg Mortenson” Interview duration: 9:44

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/season6/greg_mortenson.html

If you’re interested in hearing a longer interview, you can click on this link for a podcast of CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition with Michael Enright. Scroll down and click on the Jan. 24^th episode. The first few minutes are an essay by Enright – followed immediately by his interview with Mortenson.

http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/podcast.html

Or read this interview in the Globe and Mail, published online Jan. 24, 2010, which focuses on Mortenson’s own family life – which elicited many comments from readers.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/school-building-in-afghanistan-greg-mortensons-magnificent-obsession/article1442419/

In our church library: Both of Greg Mortenson’s books are in our church library. You can find them

under the call number: 371.82 Mor

Stones into Schools, Mortenson, Greg

Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson, Greg.

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SHANE CLAIBORNE

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One of this month’s recommended books in Kingsway-Lambton's Book Reviews (click on the tab on the Library web page, and read the posting for January 2010) is Shane Claiborne’s The Irresistible Revolution; Living as an Ordinary Radical. Claiborne and others in his Christian community ask questions like, “ How can you worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?”

This article from the Christian website, the Wittenburg Door, calls Claiborne “the face of the new monasticism, which includes a very strong solidarity of living with the poor,” and includes an interview with Claiborne.

http://archives.wittenburgdoor.com/archives/claiborne.html

Claiborne is also a writer for Sojourners, a Christian social justice web site that describes its mission as articulating “the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world.”

http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm

THE SHACK’S WM. PAUL YOUNG- ON TV, RADIO AND IN PRINT – AND AT KINGSWAY-LAMBTON!

2009-11-02T10:48:00.002-05:00

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Scroll down further for earlier postings on other items about people and issues of faith in the media.

YOU CAN NOW PURCHASE THE DVD OF WM. PAUL YOUNG'S APPEARANCE AT KINGSWAY-LAMBTON CHURCH. THe DVDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE VOLUNTEER DESK AT THE WEST ENTRANCE, 9 A.M. TO NOON. (Posted Nov. 3 2009)

The novel The Shack has been a phenomenal best seller, and has touched the lives of millions. Recently, Kingsway-Lambton United Church was fortunate to host author Wm. Paul Young (he goes by the name Paul) to speak and to answer questions about his book, his life and his faith.

For those of you who didn’t hear Paul, or for those who did and want to know more, we’re offering some of the media coverage there has been about him and his book. From The New York Times, to the 700 Club, people are reading about and hearing his story.

Kingsway-Lambton will soon have CDs and DVDs of Paul Young's talk at the church available for sale.

Stay tuned to your church bulletin for details on how to purchase copies.

1. From the online newspaper The Examiner, Oct. 2009: a published interview that focuses on the novel’s portrayal of God as a woman.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-25065-Portland-Progressive-Christian-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Interview-with-Paul-Young-of-The-Shack-gender-bending-God-the-father

2. From The New York Times, June 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/books/24shack.html

3. From National Public Radio May 2008

(click on the Listen button to hear an interview with Young)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90664444

4. From the television program The 700 Club, March 2008

(click on the Watch Now button to view)

http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Paul_Young_030708.aspx

Fighting Back Against the Stereotypes

2009-09-21T17:09:00.001-04:00

TOP CANADIAN NOVELIST TAKES ON WRITERS, AND THE “NEW ATHEISTS”

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New Brunswick born David Adams Richards is one of this country’s most celebrated writers: he has won the Governor-General’s award for both fiction and non-fiction, Gemini awards for his screen writing, and the prestigious Giller Prize for his novel Mercy Among the Children.

Richards is also a Catholic who has found his way back to faith, and is described in one review as “a rare voice of moral and spiritual certainty in the Canadian literary scene” .In his latest non-fiction work, Richards analyses our culture’s stereotyping of people of faith, and takes on the so-called new atheists.

The book is called God Is: My Search for Faith in a Secular World.

The links below will take you to an excerpt from the book, as well as two reviews. The excerpt examines the way writers deride believers, and takes a few good whacks at Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and their ilk.

1. The excerpt: “Canada's literary community gets religion all wrong”, by David Adams Richards

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/canadas-literary-community-gets-religion-all-wrong/article1252508/

Source: The Globe and Mail, Aug. 15, 2009

2. The reviews: From the Globe and Mail: “Finding God, in spite of ourselves”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/finding-god-in-spite-of-ourselves/article1259818/

From the Toronto Star: “Of a faith hard-won in the Miramichi and T.O.: A novelist who deals in evil and grace affirms the validity of belief”

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/685138

Related reading in our library:

Amazing Grace; A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris

Call Number 230.03

A series of short essays exploring some of the language of Christianity that distanced Norris from her faith. In these reflections she also tells of her gradual conversion, and how to find faith in our current culture.

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Lesslie Newbigin

Call Number 261 New

How does the prevailing climate of opinion affect, perhaps infect, Christians' faith? Newbigin addresses such questions in this incisive analysis of contemporary culture, and he suggests how Christians can more confidently affirm their faith in such a context.

Best Ofs- And More

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Of course, we like to think all the links we provide here are the best, but for your summer linking pleasure, here

are some from past postings you may not have had time to view before. Look under AUTHORS for interviews with best-selling fiction writers, under DEBATE for a unique argument against atheist Richard Dawkins, under LECTURES for a series of Yale University videotaped lectures about the Old Testament and under THOUGHT for Margaret Visser’s thoughts on faith and thankfulness.

You can also keep scrolling down (or click on the links right in the right hand corner here) for this year’s latest materials, including letters from Jean Vanier, and the story of a man who found grace through hymns.

AUTHORS

Khaled Hosseini is the author of the best seller, The Kite Runner. His second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, revolves around the lives of two women in Afghanistan from before the Russians invaded to the present day. As one review noted, it returns to the same theme as Hosseini’s first book: “the strength of the human spirit in lives overwhelmed by cruelty.”(The Economist May 26, 2007)

In this BBC interview, Hosseini talks about growing up in Afghanistan, his first novel’s success, and about writing his second novel from the perspective of women.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/openbook/openbook_20071223.shtml

In our library: A Thousand Splendid Suns Call number FIC Hos

Anne Rice has been best known for her vampire novels. But her latest book is a novel about Jesus: "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt". It tells the story, from 7-year-old Jesus' perspective, of his family's flight from Egypt and return to Nazareth.

In this interview, Rice talks about the book, and her return, about 10 years ago, to her Catholic faith.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/178/story_17806_1.html

Source: beliefnet.com (beliefnet.com is described as the world’s largest spiritual, multi-faith website) Length: 2 pages

In our library: Christ the Lord Call number FIC Ric

For an earlier interview with Anne Rice in which she talks about the writing of Christ the Lord (as well as Hurricane Katrina, as she is a former resident of New Orleans) you can also visit:

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200512/20051216_rice.html

Source: PBS. Dec. 16, 2005

DEBATE

Terry Eagleton is a Professor of English Literature at Manchester University, as well as a Marxist and an atheist. This is his very critical review of Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n20/eagl01_.html

Source: London Review of Books, Oct, 19, 2006

In our library: The God Delusion Call Number 200 Daw

The Dawkins Delusion, Alister McGrath Call number 211.8 McGrath

LECTURES

Yale University lectures on the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

Many of the world’s top universities have begun to offer lectures from their most popular courses and professors online,for free. Yale University is one of these. Here is the description of the course on the Old Testament from Yale’s website:

This course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a foundational document of Western civilization.

There are 24 lectures, about one hour in length, taught by Professor Christine Hayes, the Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica at Yale.

http://open.yale.edu/courses/religious_studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebrew-bible/home.html

In our library:

Essays on Old Testament Interpretation, Edited by Claus Westermann. In our Bible section.

Moses;The Revelation and The Covenant, by Martin Buber. Call number 221.92 Bub

The Bible Jesus Read, by Philip Yancey. Call number 221.6 Yan

THOUGHT

Margaret Visser is well known to many Canadians. The 2002 Massey lecturer’s latest book is The Gift of Thanks. Visser is a Christian, who has said she had a strong conversion experience. She has a doctorate in classics from the University of Toronto, and says she returned to the Catholic church through understanding how Christianity radically changed the world.

In this article, Visser talks about her new book, the importance of gratitude, and also some of the reactions she’s received to her Christianity.

http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/2224/854/

Source: The Catholic Register, Sept. 11, 2008

This next article is a reprint of an interview from the Catholic New Times about her Massey Lectures, called Beyond Fate, in which Visser discusses her views of Christianity and the ancients at more length.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MKY/is_/ai_111696819?tag=artBody;col1

Original source: Catholic New Times, Jan. 5, 2003

In our library, by Margaret Visser: Geometry of Love, The : Space, Time and Meaning in an Ordinary Church

Call number 726.5 Vis

GRACE THROUGH MUSIC

2009-05-07T14:46:00.001-04:00

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Bill Henderson had left his church, and faith, behind him many years ago. Then, he took his daughter to see a church pageant and, as he says, “grace hit”. It came through the hymns. Henderson, who was an author and owned a publishing company, began to research the history of Christian hymns. In this interview, he talks to CBC Radio’s music expert Robert Harris about

his faith experience, and hymns, especially Amazing Grace and the Shaker hymn played at U.S. President Barack Obama’s inauguration, A Gift to be Simple.

http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/archives/2009/012509.html (When you get to this web page, simply click on the pod-shaped button. And don’t worry – while it says they can’t play music in their podcasts, this recording DOES include the actual hymns)

Source: CBC Radio, Jan. 25 2009 Duration: ~ 54 minutes

Henderson wrote a book about hymns called Simple Gifts: One Man’s Search for Grace. Books available in our library about hymns:

Osbeck. 101 Hymn Stories. 783.9 Osb

Fowler. One Hundred and One Hymn Stories. 245 Pri

Turner. Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song. 264.23 Tur

Letters from Vanier

2009-03-07T12:04:00.004-05:00

Scroll down for links to the Globe and Mail's published letters between Jean Vanier and Ian Brown, and articles about Vanier, as well as

information about books by Vanier in our church library.

Ian Brown is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and book author. He has also been called a “master of personal journalism”. None of his work has been more personal than the articles published in The Globe and Mail called “The Boy in the Moon”. They are deeply honest and heart-rending stories of his son, Walker, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that severely impairs him mentally and physically.

Jean Vanier is the well-known Canadian founder of l’Arche, an international organization of communities for the developmentally disabled. Last year, Brown met with Vanier, and then began a correspondence with him about everything from the issues he faced with his son, to fears about aging , disease and death. These letters have been published on a regular basis in The Globe and Mail. They are a touching and honest exchange. Brown freely states, “I am not religious”, and that when it comes to faith, he agrees with the English novelist E.M. Forster who said, “I dislike the stuff.” Vanier responds with comfort and warmth, and his faith, identifying in Brown a place of loneliness, while also gently asserting his beliefs (and correcting the views of E.M. Forster).

These letters do not need to be read all at once, or even in order. But they open up conflicts with which many people struggle, and provide Vanier’s words of wisdom and inspiration for all.

The links also include an article about Vanier when he was awarded the Globe’s 2008 Nation Builder of the Year as well as an editorial about his work.

To access the links, simply put your mouse over the line, then click.

In our library: The Kingsway-Lambton library has two books by Jean Vanier.

Becoming Human – Call number: 28 Van

Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus Through the Gospel of John Call number: 226.5 Van

The Faith of a Physicist

2009-02-03T07:55:00.001-05:00

Just a few of the accomplishments of the Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne include being knighted by the Queen, and winning the prestigous Templeton prize for religion. A mathematical physicist who became an Anglican priest, he is also the author of over 30 books on science and religion.

Polkinghorne is an engaging and provocative speaker who has said, when comparing his two fields of study, “Theology is much more difficult. Physics, at least at the undergraduate level, is a subject on which the dust has settled. In theology the dust never settles."

In describing Polkinghorne’s impact with respect to his 2002 prize, the Templeton Foundation said, “his extensive writings and lectures have consistently applied scientific habits to Christianity, resulting in a modern and compelling, new exploration of the faith…using the habits of a rigorous scientific mind have brought him international recognition as a unique voice for understanding the Bible…”

This interview with Polkinghorne was broadcast on the program “Tapestry” on CBC Radio on Nov. 30, 2008. It runs about 54 minutes.

http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/archives/2008/113008.html

And if you want to read Polkinghorne, you can find the following in our Kingsway-Lambton library:

The Faith of a Physicis: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker by John Polkinghorne

Call number 230 Pol

Abraham, Sarah and Hagar & The United Church on YouTube

2009-01-11T15:53:00.005-05:00

1. Our common roots

The stories of the son of Abraham and the servant woman Hagar, and the son of Abraham and his wife Sarah, who had been barren, are at the root of three religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Charlotte Gordon is an English professor at Endicott University who explores the story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar in her forthcoming book, The Woman who Named God. In this interview, Professor Gordon talks about her own family’s religious traditions and choices (some are Jewish, some Christian) and, in her words, focuses on “the essential elements of the story — Hagar’s bravery, Sarah’s intelligence, Abraham’s divided loyalties, the dark history of the conflict between the two women, and the hope that by grappling with these complexities we can work toward peace.”

In a time of conflict (at current writing, in Gaza and Israel), this item looks back to a story the author says was, eventually ,a hopeful one, as the two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, came together to bury their father.

The item is in Part Two of the program. Scroll down the web page you’ll find with the link below, and click on the arrow on the bar “Listen to Part Two”.

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2009/200901/20090102.html

Source: CBC Radio, Jan. 2, 2009 Duration: ~ 23 minutes

Related reading in our library: Please note you can now look up books in the Kingsway-Lambton Library through our online catalogue!

Roiphe, Anne. Water From The Well /Call number: 222.11 ROI
Mastro, M. All The Women Of The Bible /Call number: 220.92 MAS
Frank, Harry T. Discovering The Biblical World /Call number: 220.95 Fra
Muggeridge, Malcolm. End of Christendom / Call number: 270 Mug

2. United Church videos on YouTube

The United Church of Canada recently launched its own channel on YouTube. According to the church’s multimedia producer, Catherine Rodd, it will include local, regional and international stories to showcase the United Church and its work. Some examples of the videos available include messages from the Moderator, work done through the Mission and Service Fund, and reports on groups such as Project Ploughshares, which works to control small arms used in conflicts. The site can be found at: www.youtube.ca/unitedchurchofcanada