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Clarion Journal

Clarion Journal (ISSN 2369-0070) is a serial publication of Fresh Wind Press, Abbotsford, BC Canada (est. 2003). Clarion explores the connection between spirituality and justice.

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Review of Beckett and Ellsberg's "Dearest Sister Wendy" - by Ron Dart

Review of Sister Wendy Beckett and Robert Ellsberg, Dearest Sister Wendy: A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship (Orbis Books, 2022). Review by Ron Dart. I have, sitting on my desk before me, Sister Wendy Beckett’s classic visual and textual... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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"BY WATER: The Felix Manz Story" - A Graphic Novel - Review by Bradley Jersak

"In a city astir with dangerous new ideas, the son of a Catholic priest becomes a leader of a nonviolent revolution." –back cover Five hundred years ago, Europe was set ablaze by the violence and wars of the Catholic-Protestant schism,... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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The Road to Theocratic Authoritarianism - Lazar Puhalo

We are in a transitional stage in which much of the popular certainty of the postwar era is slowly fading. In such an era, and when politics is no longer an elitist enterprise but a more populist one, the politician... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Psalm 91, the Holy Land & Broken Bones - Peri Zahnd

I’ve been in the Holy Land the last two weeks, in Israel and in Palestine, co-leading a women’s pilgrimage with my friend Mercy Aiken. On Monday we walked the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, retracing the steps of Jesus as he... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Mark Braverman: A Jewish Perspective on Jesus and the John 14 WAY

Mark Braverman (born 1948) is an American psychologist and Jewish activist for Palestinean rights. He is the executive director of Kairos USA. The following is a transcript of Dr. Braverman's contributions to The Jim Forest Institute's online conference, "The Experience... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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IRPJ.org Presents: "The Experience & Practice of Mutual Respect Across Faiths"

IRPJ.org Presents: "The Experience & Practice of Mutual Respect Across Faiths" The Institute for Religion, Peace & Justice (IRPJ.org) hosted a conversation on the topic of "The Experience & Practice of Mutual Respect Across Faiths." The Hosts, Bradley Jersak and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Mary of Egypt - Lazar Puhalo

The Ascent to Pascha We cannot sink so deeply into the darkness that the light of grace cannot reach us. THE SUNDAY OF SAINT MARY OF EGYPT How deep into the darkness must we fall before the light can no... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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R.S. Thomas and the Question of God’s Migratory Patterns - Luke Knight

Photo by Luke Knight R.S. Thomas and the Question of God’s Migratory Patterns The early reports on February 6 were of a massive earthquake with substantial casualties expected. Within a few days, the death toll had climbed to the thousands... Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Visionary Experiences & Religious Trauma - Florian Berndt

VISIONARY EXPERIENCES & RELIGIOUS TRAUMA After several people shared their visionary experiences with me recently, I read a post along the same lines on social media the other day that almost made me reply with charges of blasphemy. I refrained... Continue reading

Posted Mar 12, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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On the Nature of Sin - Abp Lazar Puhalo

Faith is an orientation of the soul, not an accord with a collection of facts. If sin ultimately means alienation from God, then its cure, true repentance, must consist in a re-orientation of one's mind, soul and life toward Jesus... Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Remembering the One Body: A Reading of Hebrews 13 - CEW Green

Reading the Bible a certain way changes the heart. Ephraim Radner Let brotherly love continue. Hebrews 13:1 I’ve been arguing that Hebrews is concerned to show how the sacrifices of Cain and Abel both fail, and how Jesus’ sacrifice, as... Continue reading

Posted Feb 23, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Myth & Meaning - Ron Dart

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Posted Feb 22, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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The Feast of the Conscience – Abp Lazar Puhalo

The Feast of the Conscience – Lazar Puhalo Let us think of today as the feast of the conscience, because our conscience is our judge. The holy fathers tell us that even on Judgment Day when the Lord is present,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 21, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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The Implications of Addiction Recovery for Universal Salvation - Thad Cox

When you work closely with those struggling with addiction, universalism increasingly becomes a foregone conclusion. The "repent or perish" motif is cast in a new light. With addicts, the very capacity to repent, to choose, has been infected and impeded.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Psalm 2 - A Cruciform Prayer as the Nations Rage - Ted Hill

A prayerful reflection after reading Athanasius' letter to Marcellinus on reading the Psalms, particularly this quote: "... the reader takes all its (the Psalter) words upon his lips as though they were his own..." First, Psalm 2: Why do the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 16, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Chris Green's "BEING TRANSFIGURED: Lenten Homilies" narrated by Boyd Barrett

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Posted Feb 14, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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"Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" (Part 1-7) - Ron Dart

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Posted Feb 10, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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David Bentley Hart via Kenneth Tanner

Courage shielded her brother until the rescuers arrived. This is from David Hart’s moving argument for the gospel’s God, The Doors of the Sea (2005). Read it when you are ready for something beautiful to take hold of your heart... Continue reading

Posted Feb 9, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Mark Braverman with Bradley Jersak

Mark Braverman is a Jewish author, activist, and organizer for Palestinean rights in Israel. He is the executive director of Kairos USA. In this interview with Bradley Jersak, he discusses his journey as a young Zionist, through deconstruction, and through... Continue reading

Posted Feb 8, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Bradley Jersak's "Out of the Embers" - Review by Ron Dart

Bradley Jersak, Out of the Embers: Faith After The Great Deconstruction (Whitaker House, 2022) Out of the Embers, like the perennial wise and far-seeing Phoenix, knows the meaning of going to places of death and disappointment, suffering and sadness, and... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Bill Morgan's "Thomas Merton & Lawrence Ferlinghetti: and the Protection of All Beings - Review by Ron Dart

Bill Morgan, Thomas Merton & Lawrence Ferlinghetti: and the Protection of All Beings (Beatdom Books, 2022) As to the U.S. Beats I am more in sympathy with them but in most cases I do not respond to them fully. Thomas... Continue reading

Posted Feb 5, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Stray thoughts on Christian Nationalism - C.E.W. Green

CEW Green 1. Whatever else “Christian nationalism” is in theory, in practice, it turns out to be a way of talking about Jesus so that no one, including him, can keep us from doing the evils we think we need... Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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The Mystic & the Lawyer - the Nature of Redemption - Lazar Puhalo

The Orthodox concept of redemption may be briefly epitomized as follows: the meaning of "atonement" is really "to remove (or overcome) the cause of separation." In other words, man is alienated from God by sin (by his constant "missing of... Continue reading

Posted Jan 24, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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The World's True Story Told Well - Kenneth Tanner

Icon: Copyright Oleksandr Antoniuk - UPB to KT When we tell the story of the world well, it is converting, not condemning. The world’s true story gives life. And we cannot tell the world’s story well—we cannot tell our story... Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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Deconstructing Deconstruction – Felicia Murrell (w/ Bradley Jersak)

Deconstructing Deconstruction – Felicia Murrell (w/Brad Jersak) Editor’s Note: The following interview is a partial transcript of one for four forthcoming podcast interviews on “deconstruction” at Stephen Backhouse’s Tent Theology Podcast. Bradley Jersak will be serving as co-host in interviews... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2023 at Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice

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