Yanis Varoufakis: A radical economist in the ’emperor has no clothes’ category. ‘The real purpose of right-wing politics is to move wealth from the poor to the already-rich.’ Greece, he says, is the canary in the European (economic) mine.

If you see a sign ‘This way to God’ pointing one way,
and another ‘This way to a discussion about God’ pointing another way,
Theosophists (substitute your own group or name) will always choose the discussion group. Adversarialists tend to become either politicians or theologians (or both).

Ignatius of Antioch (en route to Rome): ‘I am God’s wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Christ’.

Prayer: ‘God gives us what we ask for or he gives us something better’ (???). Jesus: ‘Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be complete’ (John 16:24)

What kind of demonic religion drives its warriors to gouge the eyes out of children?

The three most-admired 20th century individuals were Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, and the Dalai Lama: what do these three have in common…?

Global warming is going to exact a brutal toll not only on natural landscapes and agriculture but on wildlife, with countless thousands of species set to be extinguished before our very eyes…    But there is one creature whose disappearance by 2040 is all but guaranteed: the climate sceptic. “In 30 years’ time, the effects of climate change will be so obvious that no one will be able to deny it” (Prof. Lesley Hughes, biological sciences department at Sydney’s Macquarie University). (The Age, Good Weekend 30th Anniversary Issue, Sept. 27, 2014, p. 35).

Shalom/Salaam/Pax/eirene !
Rowland Croucher jmm.org.au