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November 03, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Dana Hanley is author of the popular family issues blog, Principled Discovery. We’d like to thank her for contributing to the content of Humble O.
On June 6, 2007, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief held a meeting of religious leaders at the House of Lords in the UK. The purpose was to look at the challenges presented to various faiths in the implementation of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states,
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
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November 03, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Michael W. Dellosso is an author who writes a style of Christian fiction that might be called “edgy.” I read a sampling of Mike’s new novel, The Hunted, from his website, www.MikeDellosso.com. I strongly suggest, dear reader, that you check out the website for yourself. Also, Mike has blogged his journey to publication in Christian speculative fiction at www.MikeDellosso.blogspot.com. If you’ve ever wondered how a book gets from author to shelf, that’ll give you an idea.
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September 06, 2007
By: Marty
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Tonight we talk about Grief and Loss. Loss of power. position, status, loved ones, relationships, children, parents, dreams, career, marriages. All those losses take the toll on us and the recovery of a loss or series of losses can takes time to come back from…sometimes it can take a little longer than others.
For Episode 18 I was thrilled to be joined by my wife, Trina, who for the last 20 years has walked along side of me through our own Grief Journey.
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August 12, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Getting back to the land, owning an acreage or a small farm, is a really cool fad these days. Everyone’s doing it, you know.
For one, it seems to mesh with a certain portion of the Christian homeschooling community, so well that conservative Christian businessfolk Paul and Gena Suarez expanded their online business to cater to Christian homesteaders. What began as The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and HomeschoolBlogger.com now includes HomesteadBlogger.com, which amounts to an online small town in both size and culture.
What’s the deal? Well, the rhetoric about good management of the earth comes from a couple of directions—one, it comes from within the churches. What amounts to campaign materials are handed out to churches and denominations. These even include sermon suggestions for incorporating concern for the earth. [1]
Two, like those campaign materials, the rhetoric comes from secular sources. Accusations link Christianity to male domination and exploitation of, like, everything—women, children, and dolphins. (I had no idea my church’s deacons had so much spare time on their hands.) Homesteading and ecological awareness is one response from the Christian community.
Most of all, though, there is realistic motivation for individuals as they pick up on the realities of our food distribution system. People aren’t satisfied with blueberries that have been sitting on the boat from Chile for a month. [2] Folks are absorbing a perennial flow of news items about environmental concerns, and an ever-expanding grassroots buzz about better living.
The sustainability movement has links to globalism, and also contains plenty of pagan philosophy. Are Christians aware of everything they’re adopting? And what about pagans? I’ve seen several pagans try to integrate into the HomesteadBlogger community, only to end up leaving or limiting their participation, for various reasons. Do Christians handle these interactions wisely?
Lemme know what you think. [3]
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[1] Forcing Change Magazine, Issue 6, Volume 1, www.forcingchange.org
[2] See http://lazycreek.net/TYDOS/2007/04/seasonal-produce-and-winter-eating.html for more information.
[3] Author’s note: The uploading of this post was fraught with homesteading peril, so I appeal to the record for grounds that my frazzled nerves deserve the contribution of your opinion, dear reader.
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July 29, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Urgh… Groan… There’s a Monday looming somewhere, full of foggy-brainedness and weekday drudgery. And, worst of all, no live, interactive Marty-and-Bob broadcast till Tuesday. Gasp!
Fear not! My name is Cathi-Lyn Dyck, and I am here to rescue you from Mondays. I’m a freelance writer and editor, and I’m not from your neck of the woods. I can just about guarantee this because there are so very few people in my neck of the woods.
I live in the Canadian prairies, six miles from the Middle of Nowhere. I am a Master Gardener, I’ve been experimenting with the development of a Community Supported Agriculture
project, I raise a lot of my own food, and I milk my own cow. No joke.
I also homeschool four wild (but not uncultivated) children whose online names are Spazzerific, Banana Brain, Squirrelly Girlie, and Brat Boy. That should explain a few things about them.
I have spontaneously popped into view like a little mushroom in order to share cool topics of semi-obscurity. These include things like sustainability, Christian homesteading, organic gardening, and the occasional (no, really, occasional) opinionated opinion. Meet me here on Monday—bring coffee, and I’ll be nice to you.
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