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For Alan and Jolly
“Welcome, Foon ying, Swagaat! I especially welcome those people who have come from far away to be here today, from abroad and from places outside Edmonton. My name is Ray Klassen, and I am so honoured that Alan and Jolly have asked me to help them celebrate their wedding today. As I have come to… Continue reading
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The Gift of Knowledge: Absorbed by Truth
Why do I say ex-philosopher? Because, since Descartes and perhaps before, modern Western thought has turned knowledge into a problem to be solved. Rationalism, empiricism, idealism, phenomenology, utilitarianism: all these systems tend to make knowledge into a mechanism of control, a means of prediction, a form of power. Descartes and Locke both used the word… Continue reading
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The Commitments of Authentic People
Commitments are important because they stretch over a long time and act as types of buffers and infrastructure that protect us from the equivocations of the human heart. Continue reading
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Divorce and the Pursuit of Happiness
Rather than leading us to a deeper, more meaningful life, this so-called happiness may be one more thing we don’t really need. Continue reading
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Love Your Neighbor – A Meditation
” by attending to the needs of himself and others, Wayne practiced eternal life here on Earth” Continue reading
Raymond Klassen - Ideals and Identities 