• Organizational Values & Practice, The Reading Room, Topics

    Posted on July 8th, 2010

    Written by Maria

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    Play Date

    In our corner of the world, school doors have closed for two months and the dog days of summer have begun.  Traffic has noticeably decreased in the city. The highways are steady with vehicles and campers heading for points away.  Outdoor café patios are overflowing with happy chatter amidst cool beverages.  Manitobans seize the summer, perhaps because our winter climate forces life indoors for the Continue Reading →

  • The Reading Room

    Posted on June 10th, 2010

    Written by Maria

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    Recent Acquisitions

    RECENT ACQUISITIONS

    Evangelism & Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit, Albert Cook Outler

    The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology, Oliver O’Donovan

    The Right to Lead: Learning Leadership Through Character and Courage, John C. Maxwell

    Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice: Navigating the Path to Peace, Daniel G. Groody

    Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts, Michael J. Perry

    Family Ethics: Practices for Christians, Julie Hanlon Rubio

    War, Peace, Continue Reading →

  • The Reading Room

    Posted on June 12th, 2009

    Written by Ethics Centre

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    When Grandmothers Speak

    Set between a tiny village and the largest slum in Africa, comes a story of two remarkable grandmothers. A Grandmother’s Tribe is a 54-minute documentary that reveals the lives of countless grandmothers of Africa, left behind after the loss of their own children, who, with determination and tenderness are now responsible for the rearing of their orphaned grandchildren. • It is estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa, Continue Reading →

  • Standing at the Crossroads

    Standing at the Crossroads

    One of the inescapable realities is that we presently live in a secular, pluralist, post-modern … what? I want to say “society” or “culture,” but part of the challenge is that society and culture imply a cohesiveness that we don’t know exists any longer. So, let’s settle for “milieu” or “environment.” Whatever it’s called, and for better or worse, Christian communities and organizations in the Continue Reading →