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Comment on In moments like these by Where To For Europe? » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch

Where To For Europe? » Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:56:41 +0000

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Comment on Evening School of European Studies (ESES) by Autumn News from the Colyers in Brussels « News from Kevin and Nicki Colyer

Autumn News from the Colyers in Brussels « News from Kevin and Nicki Colyer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:37:34 +0000

[...] has also signed on for his Dutch class (coming up in January) and started an online Evening School of European Studies. This course is run by a colleague in the Netherlands and is really inspiring. You are welcome to [...]

Comment on Back from hell by YWAM Hockey, Finding Legal Music, Conferences and more Thailand Flood Efforts | YWAM Podcast

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:40:29 +0000

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Comment on Blessed are the peacemakers by apassionforthepossible

apassionforthepossible — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:22:24 +0000

Great post. It’s encouraging to hear of faith leaders meeting together to coordinate a common response, to diffuse the violence and to encourage calm. ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’, whether they be Christians, Muslims, Jews or any other religion or even no religion at all. It’s encouraging to read about how hope and basic human decency can flourish and prevail against ignorance and intolerance.

Comment on Tribute to a trailblazer by Russell Chadwick

Russell Chadwick — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:13:19 +0000

Thanks for a really good (and important) story. Your dad sounds to have been an exceptional person who lived a remarkable life and left a rich heritage of valued invested in his extensive family. Now that’s cause for celebration and rejoicing.
I’m glad I discovered your ‘weekly word’.

Comment on Is the West history? by Mirjam Kroon

Mirjam Kroon — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:33:35 +0000

Just started with an academic degree in Sociology, I was very inspired by your blog Jeff!
Thank you,

Mirjam Kroon

Comment on Deeply Rooted by David Price

David Price — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:45:00 +0000

Hello Jeff, I viewed your videos and found them interesting and worthy of a number of positive comments but I won’t list them here. There are also a number of comments on your book, (including some factual errors) we could discuss some time, if you are in Brussels. Some further material on the Christian basis of Europe and the lack of appreciation of it by the leaders today can be found on the commentary site
http://democracy.blogactiv.eu/2011/05/10/research1-fp8-is-the-eu-too-proud-too-atheistic-to-scientifically-investigate-its-origin-and-europes-future/ and also on the schuman.info site. Best wishes David Price, Schuman Project.

Comment on Deeply Rooted by Jeff Fountain

Jeff Fountain — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:50:48 +0000

Great to connect and learn of your work on Schuman. The discussion you call for is he reason for the annual State of Europe Forum we initiated this year in Budapest on May 9, to be held each year in the capital of the country holding the presidency of the EU: Copenhagen in 2012, Dublin in 2013, … The aim of the forum is to address the questions you raise: What were the real roots of the EU? What role did Christian values play in shaping this initiative? How do we evaluate our current situation in the light of these values? How do we return to these values and ethical foundations?
Watch this site for more details about next year’s forum in Copenhagen, when we plan a full day from noon to noon, May9&10. Video recordings of the 2011 State of Europe Forum are available on http://www.hopetalks.eu

Comment on Deeply Rooted by David Price

David Price — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:56:36 +0000

Good of you to provide this source of debate to the public. A discussion is needed about the real roots of the European Community. What did Schuman mean about a supranational Community? What was Schuman’s definition and how did he develop European democracy? Why was he so sure that it would provide the peace for Europeans that they had not known in over two thousand years? It is also important to distinguish between what is being done today and if or how it comforms to the original moral and Christian ideas. The moral renewal undertaken by MRA and others involving a large proportion of European leaders was an essential basis of the Community system. Lack of morality has too often characterised some of the decisions taken in the periods of stagnation as well as in recent treaties. Schuman was a lifelong student of the Christian basis of European democracy as can be seen from chapter 3 of Pour l’Europe (http://www.schuman.info/democracy.htm ). Monnet’s contribution has too often been exaggerated or totally distorted — see the series on the same site monnet1.htm to monnet6.htm . Schuman wrote that moral principles avoiding any opportunism obligate us in every situation. It needs constant vigil to verify facts, precautions and dangerous sophisms.

Comment on Womb of the modern world by Jeff Fountain

Jeff Fountain — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:50:46 +0000

Hi Mark, yes, we need to develop this.