Autumn/Winter 2013

Faith, Arts & Justice

A Net for God

St. Charles Retreat Centre, Winnipeg A Net for God: Chemin Neuf of members from several Christian Its mission is evangelization, Christian producing thirty minute documentary By Nancy Wood denominations. It can now be found in formation and unity of all kinds – films every month since that time. These 30 countries, with 2000 members that between Christians, countries, families, engaging films paint a portrait of an Over the last fifty years many new include priests, consecrated sisters, single and within the individual. inspiring individual or group, or delve religious communities (the “new people, married couples and families into a particular topic regarding spiritual movements”) have sprung up, especially who have chosen the adventure of Members live either in “common life growth. Each of these films are translated in France, , and Spain – Focolare, community life to follow Christ and serve fraternities,” (together in large houses into 26 languages and distributed in 80 Neo-Catechumenal Way, , others. They come from the Roman which are often former monasteries) or in countries to over 1000 “Net for God” small Emmanuel, L’Arche. These often are made , Orthodox Churches, “neighbourhood fraternities” (where they groups. These groups, with well over up of priests, religious, and lay people Anglican Communion, Reformed remain in their own homes, are gainfully 25,000 members worldwide from committed to a deep spirituality, gospel Churches, Lutheran, Evangelical and employed, but live the spirituality of the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant lifestyle, and particular mission. Pentecostal Churches, and choose to live, community and help with its mission.) Churches, meet monthly to watch and pray and evangelize together while The life of every community member is discuss the latest film, and pray for peace Chemin Neuf (French for “new way”) is remaining in communion with their moulded by Ignation spirituality, through and unity. The members of this Network one of these communities. It was respective Churches. Members serve in simplification of lifestyle, daily Bible form the International Ecumenical founded in , France in 1973 by a retreat centres, parishes, student reading and meditation, and the practice Fraternity. The documentaries can also be small charismatic prayer group of seven residences and various formation of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. seen on www.netforgod.tv young single people led by a Jesuit priest programs run by Chemin Neuf. The named Laurent Fabre. From its spirituality of the Community is rooted in The Net for God Network was established In 2005 my husband, Ted, and I were lay beginnings, the Chemin Neuf the Ignatian tradition and in the in 2000 to further Chemin Neuf’s mission pastoral workers in the Archdiocese of St. Community was marked by the presence experience of the Charismatic Renewal. of Christian unity. The Network has been Boniface, Winnipeg. continued on page 2 This Issue: Patterns

Living Faith 4 Creativity as One Answer to Violence The Language of the Lens Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI

Architecture & Design 5 Sacred Art at St. Mary’s Warren Harbeck

Music 6 Connections: Old and New Beth McLean Wiest

Theatre 7 Performing on the Inside Benjamin Wert

Visual Arts 8 Discovering Beauty Deacon Ken Noster

Featured Artist 9 Cindy Bouwers

Poetry 9 The Stranger Michael Lee Zwiers Ken Fast Film 10 Pacing the Cage: Bruce Cockburn The Language of the Lens: The most powerful influence on my life were with the first group of original Bill Locke An Interview with Ken Fast, Photo Essayist has been my parents. They were beautiful Wycliffe Bible Translators who went to Peru and Video Producer people who lived their entire life for others. in 1946. I was born two years later in a They grew up in Mennonite communities hotel in the foothills of the Andes. In Books 11 1. How did your early experiences shape in western , left as newlyweds and hindsight, it seems to me that a hotel is a Books that Changed My Life who you are today? spent over thirty years in South America good place to be born – after all, a hospital Bishop Frederick Henry working with indigenous people. They is for sick people while a hotel is for continued on page 3 A Net for God continued 2

Cana Couples and Families Mission, Winnipeg; Ted Wood, standing, far left; Nancy Wood, kneeling, far right.

months later we decided to return and banks of the Assiniboine River. Though Though we liked our work, something spend a year with the community. That there is a francophone foundation in session this summer for couples, as well was missing. We felt that our work in a year stretched on to almost four years, Quebec, this is the first Chemin Neuf as other weekend retreats. parish was only touching people on the which included nine months in France Community in English-speaking North The past three years have been a time of surface, and that we needed a new and a 30-day Ignatian retreat. In 2009 we America. planting seeds and of learning to pray paradigm for our lives. One day a friend, joined the Chemin Neuf Community. and trust. We don’t know how and when who knew the Chemin Neuf Community So here we are, only two of us, but the community will grow. We are waiting in France, invited us to a “Net for God” Chemin Neuf, like most religious well-supported by brothers and sisters in to see what God will do. meeting. The documentary film we communities, only goes where it is Quebec, England, and France – a lot watched touched us very much and we invited by a bishop. The Archbishop of St. happens by Skype and email! Ted is Ted and Nancy Wood are members of the felt drawn to this new community. It Boniface at the time, Emilius Goulet, working for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg Chemin Neuf Community in Winnipeg. seemed like a paradigm designed for us! invited the Community to establish a to help make ends meet. We rent out Nancy serves fulltime for the Community, We wrote and asked to visit the fraternity foundation in his archdiocese. We space in our retreat centre for outside while Ted is Director of Pastoral Services for house in England. That summer we spent returned to Winnipeg in 2010 to explore groups and individual retreatants. I do the Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Contact them a month there, helping in the this possibility. Our efforts were greatly the cooking, cleaning, and managing, at [email protected] or community’s missions and attending a blessed by the gift from the Missionary with the help of volunteers. We offered 204-885-2260 retreat for married couples (called “Cana”) Sisters of the 21-bedroom St. our first week of Spiritual Exercises this which changed our lives. About twelve Charles Retreat Centre, located on the past spring and a week-long Cana Kolbe Times: Faith, Arts & Justice Publication Information

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travellers, and my whole life has been radio-dramasas, short films, and held spent travelling and moving. Most of my workshops. childhood was spent in Peru and Ecuador, running barefoot in the Amazon, hiking in But, to my mmindind, a studio the Andes, riding buses through the big is not really about a South American cities, and living in the facility or itss high tech midst of many different cultures. As a very gear. A studiodio isis mormore blonde boy in the middle of Latinos and about bringingging people indigenous people, I was often a curiosity. together andnd creatingeating a And so it was in that setting that I setting wheere thetheyy can apprenticed in photography, learning it exchange theirheir ggiftsifts. Over from scratch. We built a photo lab, mixed the years, wwe'e've bbeeneen our photo chemicals, and loaded our own privileged too work on bulk black and white film. I often think it documentariesaries and promo was quite similar to 1960s technology for pieces with a variety ooff clients NASA, where pencil and paper and across Canadaada on a wwideide range calculators took men to the moon. of subjects. I find that my backgroundound in After high school, a major spiritual crisis still images anandd shook up my interior world and so I left multi-imagee desidesigngn Ecuador, moving to Miami and later has been a bbigig hhelpelp Montreal, with my Leica camera stowed as I have movedoved away in my bag. Life in North America was into the filmm worldworld. so different from what I had known. I We are just found myself amidst the lost generation finishing a sshorhort of the 60s and 70s, and we talked into the film entitledd night about the aimlessness of life. This “Anna's Goodbyeodbye,,”” new world seemed driven almost entirely and the proojeject by material ends, especially when illustrated my compared with the world I had grown up passion – too in, which was built around purpose, work withinn simplicity and community. small communimuni- ties, inspiringg Beginning in 1978, I had opportunities to people to return to Latin America. The personal appreciate ththeireir question for me was: “I was blessed with own stories artistic gifts, developed now over many and developp years. How can I reconcile the artistic their skills. calling with the needs of the poor, of social justice?” We have a nnumberumber ooff fifilmlm prprojects on the drawingg board which we hope 2. You’ve spoken about the “concerned will involve ccollaborationollaboration with photographer” tradition. Can you tell us communitieses in LLatinatin AmeriAmerica.ca. TheThe more about it, and why it seems to goal is reallyy tthehe same: to invest iinn resonate with you? people fromm a community, and make sustainable proojecjects which ggiveive Photos bbyy KeKenn Fast The tradition of “the concerned something back. It's a bibigg challenchallenge,ge, butbut photographer” goes back to the early I think it's a ggoodood one. 1900s, with the documentation of social issues such as urban housing in New York Ken Fast andd his wife CaroCarolynlyn have three City. It continued during WWII and the adult childrenen aandnd live in the bbeautifuleautiful plight of the Jewish people, and then Lakeland Regiongion of northeastern Alberta, throughout the wars of Southeast Asia, as where they aarere active in HolHolyy Name of Jesus photojournalists immersed themselves in Parish. Visit wwwwww..nornortthernrhernrainstuainstudiodio.com, or the horrors of violence and poverty in the email Ken att nornortthernrhernrain@[email protected]. slums. To follow in this tradition seemed a very natural outgrowth of my own To see more of Ken's photos, ggoo to journey, and my exposure to many www.kolbetimestimes.com cultures.

But questions remained. Could photography bring hope and foster change? Or is it simply another self-centred tool on a journey of personal Musings from the Editor’s Desk discovery? These questions pointedly reminded me of the necessity to draw Musings from the Editor’s Desk speaker, offers a hopeful discussion about shares with us his growing appreciation of closer to the heart of God, the merciful By Laura Locke breaking the increasing pattern of violence a new pattern of leadership. Plus, this issue One who is on the side of the poor. [email protected] we see in society today. We’re excited to marks the launch of a series called spread the news about two remarkable “Featured Artist”, in which we will present Many photojournalists who themselves Before I expound on the treats in store for groups, Harmony through Harmony and the work of a talented individual in our are on the edges – or even beyond the you in this issue of Kolbe Times, I’d first like Theatre of the Beat, who are both coura- midst – in this case, Cindy Bouwers, a edges – of the Christian tradition have to say a big thank you to all of our readers geously taking their art down brand new Calgary painter whose background in seen this. W. Eugene Smith, Gordon Parks who took the time to call or send us an paths of commitment and engagement graphic design has given her an instinctive and Sebastiao Salgado are only a few of email after reading our last issue. All that with the world around them. In the understanding of the elements of good the photojournalists who have sought to encouragement and positive feedback has haunting images of photo-essayist and composition, especially as she renders the right wrongs. But I would add that it's been like music for our ears and fuel for filmmaker Ken Fast, we see the recurring patterns of light in nature. And don’t miss important for any photojournalist who our tank! Keep the emails and phone calls motif of the twin realities of beauty and our new “Poetry” section! wishes to label himself as “a concerned coming – we hope to begin a“L etters to suffering. Writer and photographer Warren photographer” to also seek beauty, the Editor” section in our next issue, so Harbeck takes us on a tour that reveals I hope you enjoy reading this issue as goodness and human dignity. As well, it’s please consider contributing to the patterns of the sacred in the architecture much as we have enjoyed putting it important to act with compassion and conversation. and design of a new church in Cochrane. A together. We are so blessed to have such gentleness, being wise to the whole fascinating article about the ancient rich expressions of faith through the arts in situation around the theme, and to But let’s get back to this issue, in which our tradition of iconography explains how our community! respect and honour the viewers as well. theme is “Patterns”. Within these pages through patterns and symbols iconogra- you’re going to meet some pattern- phers give us a pictorial history of 3. Tell us about the vision of Northern makers and pattern-breakers, such as salvation, using artistic techniques handed Rain Studio, and some of your projects. Nancy and Ted Wood from our cover story, down through generations. In the review who found a fresh paradigm of ecumeni- of a new documentary film, we journey Northern Rain is our small studio on our cal spirituality through their involvement through the life of that Canadian musical acreage. We rebuilt it from an old barn, with the Chemin Neuf Community. Father icon, Bruce Cockburn. Through Scripture and in this spot we’ve produced CDs, Ron Rolheiser, well-known author and and metaphor, Bishop Frederick Henry Laura Locke LivingFaith 4 CrCreativiteativityy asas OneOne AnswAnswerer toto VViolenciolencee Creativity as One Answer to Violence just decide that we will be loving and Obviously too there is a real danger in this. sewing, raising children, baking bread, By Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI happy any more so than we can decide Feeling like God is also the greatest narcotic collecting stamps, keeping a journal,

never again to be angry, bitter, or jealous. there is, as many artists and performers and writing secret poems, being a teacher,

e artificer [är- ’ti-f -s r]e noun Willpower alone hasn't got that kind of athletes, tragically, have learned. In the being cub-scout leader, coaching a team, power. Only an influx into our souls of experience of creativity, it is all too easy to collecting baseball cards, doing secret 1. a skilled craftsman something that is not anger, bitterness, or identify with the energy, to feel that we are dances in the privacy of your own room, 2. a clever or inventive designer jealousy can do that for us. We call this God or that art and creativity are fixing old cars, or building a deck off the grace and it, not willpower, is what themselves divine and an end in porch. It doesn't have to be recognized and In his novel, Anil's Ghost, Michael Ondaatje ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. themselves. The greater the achievement, you don't need to get published. You only creates a character named Ananda. the harder it is to properly disassociate have to love doing it. Ananda's wife had been murdered in the Creativity, both in what it spawns within the ourselves, to not identify ourselves or the civil war in Sri Lanka and Ananda is trying to artist and the artifact, can be a vital source artifact with God. Creativity comes fraught William Stafford, the American poet, save himself from insanity and suicide in of that grace. with danger. But, that risk notwithstanding, suggests that we should all write a poem the face of this. How does he retain his we need, every one of us, to be creative or every morning. How is that possible, sanity? Through art, creativity, by creating But is this true? Are artists and creative else we will, as Ondaatje warns, grow bitter someone once asked him, when we don't something. persons less violent than others? Do we see and violent in some way. feel creative? His reply: "Lower your any special grace operative there? standards!" Near the end of the story, Ondaatje has him Generally speaking, yes. Whatever their Moreover we need to understand creativity refurbishing a smashed statue of a Buddha. other faults, rarely are artists war-makers. correctly. We tend to be intimidated by the "Publish or perish!" God never gave us that Ananda deliberately changes the eyes of Why? Because violence despoils the very concept and to see ourselves as not having dictum. The academic world did. God's the statue to make them look like the eyes aesthetic order which artists value so much what it takes to be creative. Why? rules for creativity are different. Jesus of a human being, not of a god: “He looked and, more importantly, because creating Because we tend to identify creativity only expressed them in the parable of the at the eyes that had once belonged to a god. beauty of any sort helps mellow the spirit with outstanding achievement and public talents: "Be an artificer of some sort or you This is what he felt: as an artificer now he did inside of the person who is creating it. recognition. Whom do we judge to be will surely become a demon!" not celebrate the greatness of a faith. But he Simply put, when we are creative, we get to creative? Only those who have had their knew if he did not remain an artificer he feel a bit of what God must have felt at the songs recorded, their poems published, Used with permission of the author, Oblate would become a demon. The war around original creation and at the baptism of their dances performed on Broadway, their Father Ron Rolheiser. Currently, Father him was to do with demons, specters of Jesus, when, looking at the young earth achievements publicly noted, and their Rolheiser is serving as President of the Oblate retaliation.” spinning itself out of chaos and the head of talents talked about on the TV talk shows. School of Theology in San Antonio Texas. Jesus emerging from the waters, there was He can be contacted through his website, We are either creative or we give ourselves the spontaneous utterance: "It is good, very But 99% of creativity hasn't anything to do www.ronrolheiser.com over to some kind of brutality. Either we good!" "This is my beloved child in whom I with that. Creativity is not ultimately about become artists of some kind or we become am well-pleased." public recognition or outstanding demons. For Ondaatje, this is our only achievement. It's about self-expression, choice. Is he right? Being creative can give us that same about nurturing something into life, and feeling. The experience of being creative about the satisfaction this brings with it. A good theology of grace, I believe, agrees can help instill in us the gaze of admiration, with him. Why? Because we cannot will appreciative consciousness, divine Creativity can be as simple (and as ourselves into being good people. We can't satisfaction. wonderful) as gardening, growing flowers, Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI Faith, Arts & Justice 5 Architecture andDesign Sacred Art at St. Mary’s Church and Eve were alienated by sin; (2) the tree God Himself became on which Jesus, “the second Adam,” was the Artist of history crucified to counter the human alienation from God brought about by the first doing something Adam; and (3) the tree of life referred to in beautiful for humanity – the conclusion to the Book of Revelation – the tree in the holy city of the new indeed, for all of creation heaven and earth, on either side of the river of life that flows from the throne of – and invites all future God, whose leaves “are for the healing of artists to participate in the nations.” that beauty. In these three trees represented in his crucifix, Collier embraces God’s grand story of reconciliation. “The healing journey of salvation is complete,” he says. Sacred Garden, St. Mary's Church St. Mary's Church, Cochrane “Access to the first tree of life has been Sacred Art at St. Mary’s Church: a journey restored in the new reality of the third from the secular to the spiritual tree. God once again is intimately present By Warren Harbeck with His people.”

God Himself became the Artist of history “Let’s do something beautiful for God.” doing something beautiful for humanity These words, attributed to Blessed – indeed, for all of creation – and invites Mother Teresa of Calcutta, characterize all future artists to participate in that the development philosophy of St. Mary’s beauty. Parish Centre in Cochrane, Alberta, dedicated by Calgary Bishop Frederick Was it not in that sense that Pope John Henry in 2007. Paul II famously addressed artists in 1999? Recall his words: “May your art help to The parish’s Building Committee worked affirm that true beauty which, as a from the premise that sacred beauty is a glimmer of the Spirit of God, will window through which we experience transfigure matter, opening the human more meaningfully the One we worship. soul to the sense of the eternal.” In the context of church design, artistic expression is a key component in the That priority certainly underlies John pilgrim parishioner’s journey from the Collier’s commitment to sacred art. secular to the spiritual. As Michael “Human beings have always made art Simpson, past-chair of the Building about what they think is important,” he Committee, explains it, that journey was says. “I think our Lord is important. I make to be “punctuated by significant works of art about Him.” art to facilitate the transition.” That priority also underlies why St. Mary’s Thus it is that pilgrims on that journey to Church-Cochrane understands the St. Mary’s Church are first greeted by a celebration of sacred beauty to be view of the iconic bell tower framed by fundamental to their church The Tree of Life Cruci x apple trees that are joyful with the development and outreach. Indeed, the blossoms of spring, vibrant with the pilgrim parishioners, upon their sojourn leaves of autumn, restful in the in this sacred space, are being inspired hope-filled waiting of winter. To the left, not only to “do something beautiful for the Sacred Garden provides a quiet place God,” but themselves to become for contemplation and meditation. something beautiful for God – God’s artwork in flesh and blood. Upon entering the welcoming main doors beneath the bell tower, pilgrims face a large seasonal banner on a Warren Harbeck is a religious studies powerful concrete wall curving left into scholar, linguist and photographer. He the Gathering Area. A colonnade of publishes the weekly slice-of-life newspaper artwork leads to the 600-seat Parish Hall column “Coffee With Warren” in the of Phase I, the temporary worship space Cochrane Eagle. till the completion, as the population www.coffeewithwarren.com He and his significantly increases, of the formal wife, Mary Anna, are members of St. Mary’s worship area in Phase II. Parish in Cochrane. He can be reached at [email protected]. See Perhaps no finer example of the www.stmaryscochrane.ca for more importance of sacred art for this parish is information about the parish. to be found in the Day Chapel, immediately to the right upon entering the main doors. There, over three metres high, stands The Tree of Life Crucifix by renowned American sculptor John Collier, chief artist for the Catholic Memorial at Ground Zero, New York City.

Its distinctive tree-and-branch cross holds an equally distinctive corpus: a tattered,

whipped, and fallen Jesus. en Harbeck rr

Collier’s inspiration for The Tree of Life Wa Crucifix is found in the biblical accounts of three trees, he says: (1) the tree of life in the Garden of Eden, from which Adam Warren Harbeck John Collier, Sculptor All photos by kolbetimes Music 6 When we don’t live by these seven laws, our lives. There is nothinothingng we are creating chaos, destruction, ddistracistracttinging them from ddeath.eath. WWhateverhatever happenshappens to the bbeingeing everyythingthing that eaearrtthh happens to the peopeopleple. God designeddesigned them ttoo bbe.e. Connections, Anishinaabe philosophy says that you bbelongelong to community anandd MMaarrcceell openeopenedd ouourr community belongs to you. A key eeyyes toto a new way teaceachinghing in tthehe stories tthathat Firrstst ooff looklookiingng at NNationsations tell their chichildrldren isi thisthis:: DDoo CCanada,anada, but it was Old and New not get ahaheadheead ofo ththee alalsoso aca criticalritical Harmony through Harmony (HtH), founded comprehensive networkking and cocommunimmunittyy. WhWhy?y? moment iinn in 2009, is a choral organization with a healing system. Along wwithith our BeBecausecause tthehe difference. Currently, they have three friend Steve Bell, we werree eager relationsationshiphip is ensembles with a total of 35 members. They to spend time learning ffrroomm ssacracreedd.. Since use their collective voice to raise funds and Marcel. The first day begangan awareness about social justice issues, while with a teaching about thehe also developing the leadership skills of Anishinaabe philosophyy.. members and building community. HtH members, who are between 18 and 35 years Anishinaabe means “Firstst Man” old, meet every week for dinner, book study, or “Original Peoples”. Theyey araree a discussion and rehearsal. conglomerate of the tribesbes ofof Odawa, Ojibwe and Algonquinonquin Harmony through Harmony’s vision is to peoples, who speak closelysely related follow Christ’s example to discover how each languages and live in thee area of us can be a voice for the voiceless. Since its surrounding the Great Lakakes. BeBeffore the inception, the group has helped to raise over residential schools, the ppeopleeople $300,000 for a variety of causes and understood what it meantant ttoo bbee organizations. Their efforts have frequently Anishinaabe. Tragically, mmanyany no longelongerr been focused on the issue of human know this part of their identitdentityy.. Those who relationship is sacred, the trafficking and sexual exploitation. do, like Marcel, are doingg ttheirheir part to AnisAnishinaabehinaabe perspective is tthathat educate others in hope tthathat one ddayay soon our ancestors are alwaysalways withwith The group travels to places where their people will all understanderstand what it uuss.. Heaven is not far – just “traditional” choirs don’t normally go. Last means to be Anishinaabebe once more. over hhereere at armsarms’ reacach.h. spring they completed a cross-country tour, which took them to Hollow Waters, an For me, the loss of identitity was a sobering MaMarrccelel ssharhareedd an “hhonouronour Ojibwe-speaking community north of thought. What would it be like for me to ssongong” with us, to honour the Winnipeg. Executive Director Beth McLean lose my identity as a Canadian?nadian? I am ancestors. He sansangg with hihiss Wiest writes about the choir’s experience of proud to be Canadian andnd as I travetravell tthehe ddrum.rum. It was sacreedd to hhearear spending time with Marcel Hardisty, a world I am proud of howw others view mymy him, watch him and imimagineagine community leader at Hollow Waters. country. The Anishinaabebe people have what the words were about. been here longer than aanyny of us.us. What I lovelove hhowow music Connections, Old and New went so very wrong for tthemhem to lose thetheirir communicates messamessagesges at Marcel Hardisty By Beth McLean Wiest identity? The answer to ththatat question is ssoo many llevelsevels.. We tthenhen one that humbles me andnd brings me to ssangang one of our songs for my knees. him as a way to honour him sharing with us. And again, it was a sacred Harmony through Harmony journey – a As Marcel explained, to be Anishinaabe moment. point we look back on and see as a means to understand that we are all “crucible moment” for us as a community created and need each other. Creator will Learning about honouring ancestors was and as individuals. We are thankful for the always provide all that you need for your a big “ah-ha!” moment for many of us. challenge that he gave us. We appreciate life, which all comes from the raw material Honouring ancestors is not necessarily his openness to making a connection and of Mother Earth. Take only what you need. ancestral worship; it is recognition of our helping us to learn. I hope that we have Creator made the first family: Mother emotional / mental / spiritual / physical the heart capacity to do the same for Earth, Grandmother Moon, Grandfather whole self in interaction with creation, others. Sun – and then made the first children: with community, with our past, with plant life, four leggeds, birds and fish. eternity, with Creator. For more information about Harmony Creator then made his most prized through Harmony, to check out their creation: Woman. Sounds a lot like the It seems to me that as Europeans, we have upcoming schedule or see how you can creation story that I was raised with. lost touch with our stories. We have lost become involved, visit the understanding of sacred. We have lost www.harmonythroughharmony.com Beth McLean Wiest Marcel then went on to enlighten us our identity as a whole person. What the Marcel Hardisty is a wise and humble about the seven laws that the Anishinaabe aboriginal people refer to as ancestors To see videos of Harmony through man, passionate about his people and live by. The seven laws teach how to live would be what Christians refer to as saints. Harmony in concert, go to their healing and a firm believer in with all of creation, especially other Consider this – those who are closer to www.kolbetimes.com restorative justice. He is an Aboriginal human beings: respect, humility, truth, God are more capable of being active in Community Sexual Abuse Intervention courage, wisdom, honesty and sharing. Specialist, and past president of Community Holistic Circle Healing – a

Harmony through Harmony in concert Faith, Arts & Justice 7 Theatre Performing on the Inside

Left to right, Rebecca Steiner, Johnny Wideman, Kimberlee Walker, and Benjamin Wert - Photo by James Croker

Theatre of the Beat, founded in 2011, is a As we got up to begin our performance, travelling theatre troupe that has gained a some of the men were staring at the floor, reputation for tackling tough topics. Its some were looking expectantly at us, and members create and perform intimate some were leaning over and whispering to theatrical presentations across Canada, teach their neighbours. Two guards stood in the drama programs, and host coffee house back corners of the room with crossed discussions. Their aim is to foster awareness of arms and tucked clipboards. important social issues as they travel around the country, with performances and lifestyles We performed the play. After performing a founded in the Beatitudes. The troupe consists play dozens of times, you get a feel very of Rebecca Steiner, Kimberlee Walker, early how the audience will respond. Are Benjamin Wert, Leah Harder Wideman and they laughers? Do they make audible Artistic Director Johnny Wideman. gasps at strong emotional moments? Do they quietly mutter to each other when Forgiven/Forgotten is a thought-provoking they notice subtle connections in the play written by Johnny Wideman, which script? The Winnipeg Remand Centre paints the story of a small church community audience was silent. No laughter. Almost Forgiven-Forgotten, Theatre of the Beat - Photo by James Croker thrown into turmoil upon hearing that an no mutters. No gasps. But eyes on the floor offender will be serving his parole in their became eyes on us, and by the time we midst. The troupe has been performing the took our bows, every man in the room was play and hosting post-play discussions on focused on us. their recent nationwide tour. Troupe member Benjamin Wert writes about the unexpected Because there were only fourteen men in impact of one of their performances. the audience, I can close my eyes and remember each one during our discussion Performing on the Inside with them after the play. I remember the By Benjamin Wert sad and bitter man who said the play portrayed his experience perfectly. I I’ve traveled Canada a fair bit, both with the remember his quiet mumbling comments troupe and with others. I’ve always that I could barely understand, and the thought I had a good sense of the scope of hard set of his body language. I remember the country and its “personality”. I know the older man with grey hair and a big Canada, I thought – even more so, now moustache. I remember his gratitude, his that I’m a part of Theatre of the Beat. We poetry when talking about the beauty of stay in people’s homes, and take part in churches that welcomed him. I remember conversations with communities all across a quiet young man talking about being the country. It’s a privilege and a gift we welcomed in a community because of his don’t take for granted. familiar last name, but being driven away by the gossip that bounced back and forth Recently a friend of mine told about her behind his back. I remember the time living on a reservation in Northern indigenous man talking about the racism Manitoba. The stories she told me struck he felt in the church as soon as he walked deeply, and made me realize that I don’t inside. I remember the young guy in the from the crowd know this country of mine nearly as well as front row who had a huge smile on his I thought I did. I know a certain strata of face as he told us that he’d never seen a Canada very well, but beyond that, and my play before. I remember the affirmation knowledge and experience gets hazy very they gave of Johnny’s performance as Phil, a creative company with quickly. the ex-con in the play, as they told him that he’d “got it”. a simple goal... A couple of weeks ago, we performed Forgiven/Forgotten in our first jail – the And then I remember them standing up Winnipeg Remand Centre. We had to roll and walking out a door. We walked out a to help your business stand with the punches, as some of our props different door. They went back to their weren’t allowed into the Centre (A cells, and we packed up and went outside out from the crowd. casserole dish? No way. A 2×4 with nuts to the parking lot. and bolts sticking out? Go ahead!) The room was a bizarre polygonal shape that Our image of the country we live in has see our creative work at: opened right into the airlock at the expanded, and continues to expand with entrance, so we didn’t see any of the jail every community and prison we visit. except the entrance and our performance mcintyrecommunications.ca stand out space. My Canada includes prisoners now. It includes people who’ve made mistakes; After setting everything up and doing a horrible mistakes that have consequences. cue-to-cue rehearsal, we settled in our But mistakes – criminal or otherwise – chairs and waited for the prisoners to be let don’t stop us from being human, with graphicdesignprofessional in. There were fourteen men from two everything that entails. cellblocks. They entered one block at a oce: 403.668.0845 time. The first group chatted with us as For more information about Theatre of the communications cell: 403.336.6220 they sat, but quieted down when the men Beat, to check out their schedule or to book a email: [email protected] from the second block came in. performance, visit www.theatreofthebeat.com. kolbetimes VisualArts 8 DiscoveringBeauty

Studying the icons at Ukrainian Catholic Church with Fr. Teodosy

After the first seminar session they were moment was a delight, and Frank, our hooked, and began to eagerly look teacher, not only taught us the technique forward to pausing for two hours each day but was an example to us of love, service and discussing profound ideas central to and humility. I discovered that we are all our humanity. “living icons” that reflect the image of God with our lives and our being.” They examined the relationship between beauty and worship, reflecting on the differences they have experienced praying in a sparse modern church as compared to one with beautiful ancient architecture, images and statues. They read the thoughts of St. Augustine, who spoke of the potential distraction caused by beauty, Heating gold with breath especially when we desire to have “fair Discovering Beauty: The Ancient Tradition This past summer, in the Living Water forms” satisfy us completely. This caution of Iconography College Iconography Program, Made in His led to a discussion on the sincere By Deacon Ken Noster, President, Living Likeness, not only did students learn how motivation of ancient iconoclasts, who Water College of the Arts to paint an icon of the glorious St. Michael endeavoured to clear the early church of Student Maria Cecilia Arango the Archangel, but, through daily readings images, and the iconoclasts of post-Vatican Day after day, the students posed rich Considering all the media and the and seminars, the students entered into a II, bent on simplifying and modernizing ideas and grew closer to an understanding multiplicity of creative means of expressing discussion of beauty itself and what it is the decoration of Catholic churches. Study of the place of the icon in the worship of yourself artistically, why would someone that makes the icon so attractive. of the works of St. John Damascene, who God. Discussions and readings likely study Iconography? Whereas most art eloquently challenged the iconoclasm of provided more questions than answers, forms encourage the artist to be creative, Frank Turner, actor, iconographer and but the answers they did arrive at were iconography does just the opposite. The Director of Fine Arts at the College, very rewarding. Ultimately, their ideas were iconographer strives to reproduce with instructed the students in proper borne out in their practice, painstakingly exactness the icon he is copying. Just as technique one layer of paint at a time. copying Holy Scripture as it is represented ancient scribes painstakingly strove to by the image, daily more clearly gazing copy the Sacred Scriptures without any “When teaching iconography I enter into a back at them. They thought deeply and variation from the original, so also does the special realm of existence,” says Frank. seriously, they carefully fashioned a true iconographer. Why then do people find “Time becomes elastic and the excitement representation of the classic icon of St. this work compelling? Is it attractive simply of passing on this ancient tradition Michael, and they bent their will to God because it has stood the test of time, or becomes all encompassing.” through the whole process, daily has it stood the test of time because it is taking their work and their thoughts to attractive? In other words, is this just He also enjoys guiding students’ their community and private prayer and another form of folk art, or is there a understanding of iconography, and how it the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and daily greater attraction here? differs from religious art or decoration. bringing back to class the rich fruit of the Instructor Frank Turner and students growth in faith these two weeks provided. “The iconographer is more of a conduit the 8th century, provided brilliant than an initiator,” explains Frank. “The forms perspective on the need for beauty in our Living Water College will be offering a Film of the icons have been passed down churches today, with insights such as Program in July/August 2014: “Truth in through generations of iconographers “Through beauty, the invisible is made Motion”. For more information, visit ‘quoting’ earlier work. The icon itself is a visible”. www.livingwatercollege.com means of opening the conversation with the person represented.” Maria Cecilia Arango, an art teacher To watch an interview with Maria Cecilia originally from Columbia, was a student in Arango, check out www.kolbetimes.com In spite of an initial impression that icons the program. seem stark and unrealistic, the students

Detail work on St. Michael the Archangel icon came to see the profound beauty revealed “It was truly a spiritual experience – very in the symbolism of these classic images. wonderful,” says Maria Cecilia. “Every Faith, Arts & Justice 9 VisualArts Featured Artist: Cindy Bouwers

Quiet Retreat II Porch Light Early Snow III

Cindy Bouwers was A decision in 2006 to explore a long Cindy is a member of the Calgary Artists born in Picture buried desire to paint and pursue her own Society and the Riverview Artists Group, Butte, Alberta. In artwork has led her along a new creative and lives in Calgary with her husband and 1984, she earned a path and resulted in a rich body of work Bachelor of Fine informed by her design background, two children. She and her family attend Arts Degree, with strong sense of composition and love of River Park Church. Distinction, in nature. Visual Communica- To see more of Cindy’s artwork, visit her tion Design from the University of Alberta. Cindy has focused primarily on interpret- website at www.cindybouwers.com. You can She went on to enjoy a successful career ing the natural world while reflecting on contact her at as a graphic designer, working first for the the spaces “in between” and working [email protected] or University of Alberta and then moving to toward conveying a sense of that which is 403-828-2115. Calgary in 1989 to work for KARO Design unseen. Inspiration comes in moments of Resources. Cindy started Quest Design in quiet reflection, in watching the play of 1998 and also taught second year design light, translating the shapes and patterns classes as a sessional instructor at the created in its path. Her desire is to bring Alberta College of Art and Design from viewers into a shared experience, to 2000 to 2004. convey the feeling of a place or the richness of the moment. By the Bow

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provocative and shining part of this The film is partly a quest. Grabbing hold of All the diamonds in this world country’s music scene for over four decades. themes that we cannot ignore – strident That mean anything to me Pacing the Cage, a new documentary materialism, environmental disasters, Are conjured up by wind and sunlight profiling Cockburn, does not make it easy to political corruption, love – he struggles to Sparkling on the sea. get a handle on him, perhaps deliberately. express the terrible wrong: In the film, he keeps moving, changing, I ran aground in a harbour town, stopping, starting. Alternating between Rain forest; mist and mystery; Lost the taste for being free. performances by Cockburn, comments teeming green, Thank God He sent some from musicians and writers such as Michael Green brain facing lobotomy, gull-chased ship Ondaatje, Bono, Sylvia Tyson, Sarah Harmer Climate control centre for the world, To carry me to sea. and Jackson Browne, and interviews with Ancient cord of coexistence, the artist himself, we see glimpses of him Hacked by parasitic greedhead scam. Two thousand years and half a through conflicting perspectives, almost like world away, Citizen Kane. Is he a genius or an overrated Is he a pessimist? A lot of his songs are bluer Dying trees still grow greener when you pray. performer? Is he a trouble-maker or a major than blue at first glance. He’s walking the via prophet for our time? The film seems to ask, negativa. But then he’ll light up with via Silver scales ash bright and fade “Which one is the real Cockburn?” positiva, creative, hopeful, even buoyant. In reeds along the shore, Like a pearl in sea of liquid jade, The various segments of the film take a stab Sun’s up, uh huh, looks okay. His ship comes shining, at describing him through segments such The world survives into another day, Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns, as “On the Road”, “Guitar Player”, “The And I’m thinking about eternity. His ship comes shining. Activist”, “The Writer”. But as the title Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me. Bruce Cockburn; Pacing the Cage suggests, Cockburn does not find it easy to Bill Locke is a former documentary filmmaker. be caged. A lot of the film is performance, and it’s He is now president of Capacity Builders Inc., a Pacing the Cage: A Portrait of Bruce impossible not to be captivated by his consulting company serving community Cockburn He does his thing, his way, on his own virtuoso guitar playing. Mostly, the film is a organizations, and is co-author of The By Bill Locke terms. And he does it intensely. Cockburn tribute. In the end, Cockburn comes across Nurturing Leader. explains how he ‘discovered’ that he was a as a brilliant musician, not without flaws and Pacing the Cage (2013) was produced by Christian and then started expressing it, not blemishes, but now mellowed and sweet To see the trailer of BB&J Productions and directed by Joel so much to convince anyone but to release from lessons learned along the way. In fact, "Pacing the Cage", visit Goldberg. something that could not be contained. It is he seems like an everyday guy, with a new www.kolbetimes.com as if something deep inside him takes over, young wife and child, a working musician Some people describe him as honest, whether it is a social issue or a very intimate with a wry twinkle in his eye, not afraid to visionary and disciplined, while others personal insight, and pours out in word and laugh at himself, full of affection for life. And might call him restless, immature and even song. The world disappears in the process. watching this film, you’re bound to feel arrogant. Most everyone would say he is a affection for the man himself, in spite of – or brilliant guitarist, poet, singer, activist and Up on the hillside you can see the cross shine, maybe because of – all his quirks and showman – Canada’s answer to Bob Dylan. Out in the alley hear the hungry dog whine, contradictions. He is, of course, Bruce Cockburn. And You and I, friend, sit waiting for a sign, though hard to pin down or categorize, See how the sunset makes the lake look like wine. there is no doubt that he has been a Bill Locke

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Bishop Frederick Henry

This is the second installment in our "Books A philosophy or theology of service Psalm 23 by Blaine That Changed My Life" series, written by tends to focus upon what we do rather McCormick and David leaders and innovators in our faith than who we are. The latter is more Davenport (Jossey-Bass community. important than the former, and if we Publications, 2003). The know who we are, even what we do is second is The Way of the A Shift from Servant to Shepherd enhanced. Shepherd: Seven Ancient Leadership Secrets to Managing Productive People by By Bishop Frederick Henry We see the dramatic lesson of greatness Dr. Kevin Leman and Bill Pentak F.B. Henry is Bishop of the Roman Catholic and ‘being first’ in Jesus’ washing of the (Zondervan, 2004). Diocese of Calgary. I now find myself moving away from the disciples’ feet at the Last Supper. He takes paradigm of servant leader. the place of the person at the bottom, the last place, the slave. For Peter, as for The idea of combining ‘servant’ and most of us, this is impossible. ‘leader’ is beautiful, and extremely attractive, as we all know from Jesus’ However, imagine with what tenderness words to his disciples in Mark 10:42-43: Jesus touches the feet of his disciples, “You know that among the Gentiles looks into their eyes, calls each one by those they call their rulers lord it over name and says a special word to each them, and their great men make their one. When he speaks at the meal, he authority felt. Among you this is not to speaks to them all; he does not have a happen.” (New Bible) personal contact with them individually. But as he kneels humbly before each And yet, the words ‘servant’ and ‘leader’ one and washes their feet, he has tend to pull in opposite directions. personal contact with each one. He reveals his love to each one, which is An inherent tension in servant leadership both comforting and challenging. He can confuse our relationships with those sees in each one a presence of his Father. with whom we collaborate. Servants are The love of Jesus reveals that we are not usually supposed to lead, like bossy important, that we are a presence of God butlers. and are called to stand up and do the work of God: to love others as God loves In the 1993 movie, The Remains of the us, to serve others and to wash their feet. Day, Anthony Hopkins portrays a most unlikely hero named Stevens, butler to By washing his disciples’ feet, Jesus does Lord Darlington. As butler, Stevens not diminish his authority. He is “Lord and manages every detail of the vast Master” who wants to reveal a new way Darlington household in the late 1930s. of exercising authority through humility, Through a combination of hard work, service and love, through a communion long hours, quiet intelligence and of hearts, in a manner that implies denying his own needs, Stevens has closeness, friendliness, openness, YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER HAPPY DAY...SO EASILY... humility and a desire to bridge the gap become what his peers would Are you a professional willing to volunteer two years of your life acknowledge to be a great butler. that so often exists between those “in” leadership and those “under” their serving people of the developing nations? Stevens is a victim of the oppressive, leadership. Many skills needed. 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