Lutheran Students Atlantic

Working on the campuses in Halifax is a student at Dalhousie, Jocelyn Burr. Jocelyn, a second year student in a masters in international development program, offers a number of ways for students to become involved in justice and peace initiatives both on campus and in the local Lutheran parish.

Are you interested in working for Lutheran Campus Ministry in the fall on active justice projects on one or more of the campuses in Halifax? Contact Jocelyn (jocelyn.burr@dal.ca).

WHERE WILL YOU SEE GOD TODAY?

Check out the Other6 website to help you appreciate the quiet and subtle ways in which people are finding God present in the ordinariness of their lives. The site is interactive and you can add your own bubble. Go to other6.com.

THE POLL

A common mantra these days is that “I am spiritual but not religious.” Do you feel that you are more spiritual than religious? Register your opinion in the poll on this site. Click “Polls” in the sidebar to enter the poll.

The film The Power of Forgiveness was shown at the Multifaith Centre in May 6. This film examines the power of forgiveness in alleviating anger and grief caused by the most dramatic transgressions imaginable and those that are more commonplace. Among its subjects, the film features families of victims from the tragedy of 9/11 and forgiveness education in Northern Ireland, where unforgiveness has been a way of life for generations. This document was the film was the Best Documentary Award-Winner at the Third Annual Sun Valley Film Festival. If you missed the screening and would like to arrange your own showing, contact the chaplain.

There will be a fifth film screening in October.

ASKING REAL QUESTIONS

“Why should I pray, and what should I pray for?” I pray to help open my mind to wisdom and my heart to compassion. The only thing I pray for is the ability to embrace life with courage, kindness, justice, creativity, and love. This works for me; you will have to decide for yourself.

DONATE FREE RICE OR SOUP

For each word you get right, Free Rice will donate twenty grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to end hunger. www.freerice.com. Or Give Free Food at the Hunger Site. www.thehungersite.com

PARTICIPATE

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