Stephen Bedard 🇨🇦

Husband, father, army chaplain, teacher, autism/disability advocate, writer, podcaster & blogger. Loves Tolkien, Lewis, history, classic rock, sci fi & comics.

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Seeking Justice - Stephen J Bedard https://t.co/lWFPFsniP2

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There are all sorts of marginalized groups, because of race, age, tradition, gender, and many other things, that regularly face injustice. You might think that that’s just the way things are and nothing can change that.

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Pray for the hurting pastors, known and unknown, who have left a church they loved—and maybe still love.

Pray for the famous pastors suffering under the unbearable glare of the spotlight.

Pray for the unknown pastors feeling lost and forgotten.

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@TheresaArueyin1 Male or female?

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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - Winston Churchill

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What is the greatest threat to the Southern Baptist Convention? Role of women or sexual abuse?

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My most misunderstood video! https://t.co/X7rR4KT8px

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When Life is Not Fair - Stephen J Bedard https://t.co/EhuRyHQ9TS

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A Visit From Friends https://t.co/YEUoJYtv6n

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On this day in 1920, Sam Sniderman was born in Toronto.
The founder of Sam the Record Man, he was a major promoter of Canadian music and helped develop the Canadian content broadcast regulations and the Juno Awards.

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Bad things happen and it is not about God punishing us or God making us suffer to teach us a lesson or God allowing suffering because we don’t have enough faith to enjoy a worry-free life.

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Lunch includes leftover Thai soup and catching up with a podcast (From the Green Notebook).

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@mjjhoskin What books would you want Canadians to read?

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@TomBuck @jchrisland And that it’s primarily for those who neglect the poor and refuse to share their wealth.

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Why do Canadians say 'soccer' instead of 'football'? | CBC Sports https://t.co/ykHCuY7MPY

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Why Do I Seem to Defend Islam? https://t.co/FVdNd1Of97

[John Dickson @johnpauldickson]

Ancient canon law provided for the ordination of female deacons (diaconissa ordinationem suscepit). Later, Thomas Aquinas (c. AD 1274) reinterpreted this to mean only that a woman could participate in some activities of the deacon, such as "one who reads the homily in Church" (quae legit homiliam in Ecclesia). Maybe that's a nice conservative place to start: women, in a deacon-like way, reading an approved sermon in church!😀

Sources: Gratian, Decretum, Causa 27, Quaestio 1, canon 23; Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Supplementum, q. 39, a. 1, ad 2.

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Apologetics and Responding to Sexual Abuse in the Church https://t.co/a6oqVBYaMj