Our Legacy. Their Future.
These salutations filled the air as we sought to accord our best wishes to relatives, friends and neighbours as the holiday season ended and we all found ourselves facing the new calendar entitled 2012. These wishes are usually heartfelt and reveal our uniqueness as a species on Planet Earth. As far as we know we are … Read more
Rick Perry, the Republican Governor of Texas, is a leading contender for the nomination to be the 2012 Republican candidate for President of the United States. Perry has been in the news lately, disputing that climate change is “man made”. He thinks it is a theory that is not proven. He stated: “I think we … Read more
Who is the late Bernard Lonergan? A Jesuit priest and the most influential Canadian theologian ever! But now of only passing interest to a secular society. But his insights are remarkable. He did not actually comment on climate change, but the excerpts from his thought that follow give in four paragraphs why the … Read more
We recently saw a very moving video on Climate Change Refugees. Then we read this grim headline in our city news paper, the Globe and Mail. Together they pushed us to recognize that we could not continue to shrug our shoulders about climate change refugees, an attitude we had defended because we could do nothing … Read more
About six months ago Doreen expressed her desire to work on behalf of For Our Grandchildren (FOG). During the fall she participated in the meetings of the steering committee. She was firm minded and fair, with a talent for thinking and speaking clearly. As a grandparent, her commitment to the mission of FOG was evident. … Read more
As a bonus feature this month, below is a quote from American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Niebur is best known for relating Christian teachings to the realities of modern political issues, and is one of the favourite philosophers of U.S. President Barack Obama. Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime, Therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true … Read more
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