http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2010 Cardus Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:34:52 -0400 Cardus Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:34:52 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1509/ Digital Collage Painting 20" x 16" 2010 This idyllic storybook scene came into being through the slow build up and blending of almost 50 unique photographs and layers in Photoshop. I was again enjoying my annual read of Amy Carmichael's Gold by Moonlight when I was asked to submit something for 1000 Words and my mind was relishing and feeding on the imagery of her chapter on The Dark Wood. Madeleine... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Digital Collage Painting 20" x 16" 2010 This idyllic storybook scene came into being through the slow build up and blending of almost 50 unique photographs and layers in Photoshop. I was again enjoying my annual read of Amy Carmichael's Gold by Moonlight when I was asked to submit something for 1000 Words and my mind was relishing and feeding on the imagery of her chapter on The Dark Wood. Madeleine... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1607/ Management is less a science about objects than an art about people. It involves fostering human flourishing, and it starts with empathy. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Management is less a science about objects than an art about people. It involves fostering human flourishing, and it starts with empathy. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1608/ Urban regeneration requires a number of passionate, connected actors to be effective. Two that play key roles are local governments and private investors. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Urban regeneration requires a number of passionate, connected actors to be effective. Two that play key roles are local governments and private investors. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1609/ In addition to being a source of delicious veg and a fine substitute for the gym, gardens are a source of wisdom. Patience, persistence, forgiveness, reflection, discipline—all can be learned with soil in one's hands. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 In addition to being a source of delicious veg and a fine substitute for the gym, gardens are a source of wisdom. Patience, persistence, forgiveness, reflection, discipline—all can be learned with soil in one's hands. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1507/ Modular Diptych: "LIKE LIVING STONES", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21" "AS A PILLAR", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21 Stone; religious construction's first material—used to build Abraham's altar of living stones as the spiritual house of God. Like Living Stones (diptych) attends to the echoing typologies and shared structures between old and new testaments. From Jacob's... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Modular Diptych: "LIKE LIVING STONES", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21" "AS A PILLAR", digital laminate to black aluminum, 30" x 21 Stone; religious construction's first material—used to build Abraham's altar of living stones as the spiritual house of God. Like Living Stones (diptych) attends to the echoing typologies and shared structures between old and new testaments. From Jacob's... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1567/ Equivocation, set in 1606 London, shortly after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, suggests that history is a version of truth told by the winners. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Equivocation, set in 1606 London, shortly after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, suggests that history is a version of truth told by the winners. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1568/ Our technology can make us more vulnerable in natural disasters, but it can also make us safer, as we develop new methods of prediction and better defenses. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Our technology can make us more vulnerable in natural disasters, but it can also make us safer, as we develop new methods of prediction and better defenses. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1569/ Social justice initiatives can actually treat people as less-than-full human beings—which is, in a word, unjust. Thinking and speaking differently can change our effectiveness in helping people in need. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Social justice initiatives can actually treat people as less-than-full human beings—which is, in a word, unjust. Thinking and speaking differently can change our effectiveness in helping people in need. http://www.cardus.ca/think/1570/ Consumer culture permeates every part of contemporary life—even our religious habits and practices. Dr. Vincent Miller, author of Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture, will explain for us today what "advanced capitalism" does to our faith lives. His talk is an account of how capitalism commodifies religious faith, how we might be alert to these kinds of influences and develop strategies to combat them, and how we are responsible to be active participants in, not just passive consumers of, our culture. We can develop better habits in connecting beliefs with actions, amid the continuous onslaughts of consumer culture, and Dr. Miller is going to explain how. Vincent Miller is the Gudorf Chair in Catholic Theology and Culture at the University of Dayton in Ohio. His research focuses on how religious belief is handed down through time and across cultures. This talk was originally given in April of 2006, at the Christianity and Consumerism conference put on by the Maclaurin Institute in Minneapolis. We thank them for the use of this recording, and encourage you to visit their website. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Consumer culture permeates every part of contemporary life—even our religious habits and practices. Dr. Vincent Miller, author of Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture, will explain for us today what "advanced capitalism" does to our faith lives. His talk is an account of how capitalism commodifies religious faith, how we might be alert to these kinds of influences and develop strategies to combat them, and how we are responsible to be active participants in, not just passive consumers of, our culture. We can develop better habits in connecting beliefs with actions, amid the continuous onslaughts of consumer culture, and Dr. Miller is going to explain how. Vincent Miller is the Gudorf Chair in Catholic Theology and Culture at the University of Dayton in Ohio. His research focuses on how religious belief is handed down through time and across cultures. This talk was originally given in April of 2006, at the Christianity and Consumerism conference put on by the Maclaurin Institute in Minneapolis. We thank them for the use of this recording, and encourage you to visit their website. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1555/ This is a good budget, but it's not visionary. Short term, it will serve Canada in a variety of important ways. It is not blithely delivered nor fundamentally unsound for our moment in economic history. But it has the seeds of future challenges: the investments we've made with our recessionary largess may not be worth what we think they will, the ongoing costs of maintenance are certainly far higher than this budget suggests and the tab is going to be picked up by fewer and fewer of our children. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 This is a good budget, but it's not visionary. Short term, it will serve Canada in a variety of important ways. It is not blithely delivered nor fundamentally unsound for our moment in economic history. But it has the seeds of future challenges: the investments we've made with our recessionary largess may not be worth what we think they will, the ongoing costs of maintenance are certainly far higher than this budget suggests and the tab is going to be picked up by fewer and fewer of our children. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/50/ OTTAWA, March 4, 2010—Ray Pennings, Director of Research for Cardus, expressed concern that although today's federal budget rightly focuses on returning the books from deficit to surplus, it pays too little attention to imminent deficits in elder care, charitable service and broad social architecture. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 OTTAWA, March 4, 2010—Ray Pennings, Director of Research for Cardus, expressed concern that although today's federal budget rightly focuses on returning the books from deficit to surplus, it pays too little attention to imminent deficits in elder care, charitable service and broad social architecture. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/49/ Cardus staff respond on the blog, Cardus, After Hours. Visit our informal musings to read our punditry and analysis in anticipation of tomorrow's budget. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Cardus staff respond on the blog, Cardus, After Hours. Visit our informal musings to read our punditry and analysis in anticipation of tomorrow's budget. http://www.cardus.ca/think/1547/ Cardus president Michael Van Pelt was interviewed on CBC Radio's As It Happens March 2nd, talking about a 2006 Cardus paper he co-wrote with director of research Ray Pennings, "Replacing the Pan-Canadian Consensus." Michael talks about the prescience of that analysis—now almost half a decade old—and argues for Canada's need to invest in its charitable sector in the March 4th federal budget. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Cardus president Michael Van Pelt was interviewed on CBC Radio's As It Happens March 2nd, talking about a 2006 Cardus paper he co-wrote with director of research Ray Pennings, "Replacing the Pan-Canadian Consensus." Michael talks about the prescience of that analysis—now almost half a decade old—and argues for Canada's need to invest in its charitable sector in the March 4th federal budget. http://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/48/ Cardus president Michael Van Pelt was interviewed on CBC Radio's As It Happens March 2nd, talking about a 2006 Cardus paper he co-wrote with director of research Ray Pennings, Replacing the Pan-Canadian Consensus. Michael talks about the prescience of that analysis—now almost half a decade old—and argues for Canada's need to invest in its charitable sector in the March 4th federal budget. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Cardus president Michael Van Pelt was interviewed on CBC Radio's As It Happens March 2nd, talking about a 2006 Cardus paper he co-wrote with director of research Ray Pennings, Replacing the Pan-Canadian Consensus. Michael talks about the prescience of that analysis—now almost half a decade old—and argues for Canada's need to invest in its charitable sector in the March 4th federal budget. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1573/ 2010 Comment Manifesto Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 2010 Comment Manifesto http://www.cardus.ca/comment/print_issues/1475/ The story of God's great deeds—creation of all things; judgment of vicious human rebellion; redemption of all things—told in the Bible is the context within which we at Comment understand and approach everything. In this issue, we have asked our contributors to recount the episodes of that story, and we publish an editorial manifesto, broadcasting our most deeply-held convictions on the origin, coherence and purpose of existence. The story is true, and has consequences. Consequences for how we live, consequences for how we understand the lives of our neighbours. See these illustrated in the essays—literary and photographic—that surround our manifesto and the central thread of creation-wonder, fall-heartbreak, redemption-hope. Come and explore with us. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The story of God's great deeds—creation of all things; judgment of vicious human rebellion; redemption of all things—told in the Bible is the context within which we at Comment understand and approach everything. In this issue, we have asked our contributors to recount the episodes of that story, and we publish an editorial manifesto, broadcasting our most deeply-held convictions on the origin, coherence and purpose of existence. The story is true, and has consequences. Consequences for how we live, consequences for how we understand the lives of our neighbours. See these illustrated in the essays—literary and photographic—that surround our manifesto and the central thread of creation-wonder, fall-heartbreak, redemption-hope. Come and explore with us. http://www.cardus.ca/columns/1527/ The infrastructure of delivering help to those who need it is not only relevant when it comes to airplanes and responding to disasters. Every day Canadians rely on an extensive foundation provided by the charitable and not-for-profit sector to deliver the sorts of everyday social services that are often taken for granted. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The infrastructure of delivering help to those who need it is not only relevant when it comes to airplanes and responding to disasters. Every day Canadians rely on an extensive foundation provided by the charitable and not-for-profit sector to deliver the sorts of everyday social services that are often taken for granted. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1492/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1523/ With so much potential for creation of "social good," much of the industry seems to be seriously underperforming. Many leaders both within and outside of the profession suggest a moral crisis fed by years of misguided economic theory. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 With so much potential for creation of "social good," much of the industry seems to be seriously underperforming. Many leaders both within and outside of the profession suggest a moral crisis fed by years of misguided economic theory. http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1522/ I forget the number of times I've read and heard people—from adolescent misfits to suburban housewives to Reformed pastors—describe listening to Sigur Rós as a religious experience or as worshipful. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 I forget the number of times I've read and heard people—from adolescent misfits to suburban housewives to Reformed pastors—describe listening to Sigur Rós as a religious experience or as worshipful.