Canada SCM Olympic protest, Br. Paolo on the radio and a Lent reflection

A few things I've found this week....

Spotted this blog post from the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Religion about SCM Canada's involvement in protests at the Winter Olympics.

"....Miller explained, “we said this community doesn’t need a seven-billion dollar party, it needs investment in housing, in drug rehabilitation, in detox centres, in social workers.”

Read more here: Of Prayer Vigils and Police Barriers: Protest and Pilgrimage at the Olympics

For those of you who have fond memories of Taizé and drinking lemon tea with Brother Paolo..... here he is on Radio Wales: Radio Wales - All Things Considered

Roy Jenkins talks to Brother Paolo, a member of the Taizé community for 30 years, about the origins of Taizé , the faith journey which led him to become a monk, and the impact of the killing of the founder Brother Roger in 2005.

And finally, a Lent reflection on "The manifesto of extravagant generosity" written by Simon Barrow of Ekklesia.

"'Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love,' said Martin Luther King Jr. That expresses the transformational impact of the Gospel perfectly. But it can only happen if we human beings are also changed, transformed, brought alive to the possibilities of living differently in the totality of our lives. That is what Lent is about. Not a time to be miserly and miserable, but by cutting back to the essentials for a period, to understand not just the hardship of others but the discipline that is required to attend the beckoning of the Way, the Life and the Truth."

Read the full post here.