Recently a Methodist seminary has opened its doors to muslims and jews where they can study their own faith traditions. Is this the future for UCC theological schools or would it be better to stop supporting or even close ultra-liberal seminaries before they completely corrupt the denomination.
I've been taking a drawing class for about 5 weeks now. Although I do find it hard to make time to actually practice, I'm really, really enjoying it. This is something that I've wanted to do since I was very yount. There were no art classes at all through my schooling. We learned a bit about drawing faces last week and I find I look at people differently now. Today I spent some of the time waiting for my computer to finish thinking at work sketching my son's eyes from the photos I have on my desk and I found it very calming and relaxing.
The Economist is probably the world's leading, English news commentary magazine. It is also politically conservative. The June 2010 issue has an interview with a Bush Republican, a distinguished educator who designed much of the currently trendy standardized testing of schools, ranking them, adding charter schools - all along the lines advocated by,say, The Fraser Institute and other propaganda fronts for the very rich.
I just came back from attending the Leadership Development Module (LDM) from the Centre for Christian Studies (CCS). I would highly recommend that anyone wishing to engage in personal and spiritual development, in an environment is deeply inclusive, give this program serious consideration. It's a 12 day program that I experienced as demanding and challenging, while at the same time, profoundly encouraging.
About six months ago, my children came home from school with a lengthy questionnaire that I was requested to fill out. All the schools in New Brunswick had it. I read it quickly, then slowed down. It was the most absurd, useless and incompetent questionnaire I had ever seen. One sample question was typical.
"Is your child's teacher working hard to improve standards of education?"
I have just started a new blog. The URL is unfortunate. I wrote in when I was angry, then found I could not change it. Anyway, it deals with how and why newspapers mislead us - at least, that's the starting point.
Also a reminder for Moncton and area readers. I have a current events group that meets the first week of each month at Moncton Library at 2:pm. The next meeting, then, is May 6.
In the last while I have seen statements like "My mother has 5 degrees" or "I have gone to 3 universities". is that suppose to mean that people who are more educated have a better handle on religious matters?
