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A humanitarian acupuncture project in India that Flemming would have loved

Flemming Holm Posted on October 11, 2010 by HeatherOctober 11, 2014

On the first anniversary of my father’s death, I find myself occupied with the launch of a new website. How fitting, because he would have loved this project. Barefoot Acupuncturists offers acupuncture to the poor in the slums of Mumbai, … Continue reading →

Posted in health care, India, poverty | Tagged acupuncture, Barefoot Acupuncturists, Flemming Holm, health care, India, Mumbai, Nicaragua, Walter Fischer

Interdenominational Institute for Rural Clergy

Flemming Holm Posted on July 21, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Heather’s note: This is part 2 of a letter of reminiscences that Flemming wrote to his children in July 2009. 2. In or about 1962 the Home Mission Board of the United Church invited Lester Settle and me to attend … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecumenism, Memoirs, Rural life, United Church of Canada | Tagged Atlantic School of Theology, Atlantic Seminar in Theological Education, Coady Institute, Rural Life Committee, United Church

Camp Woodboia, Saskatchewan

Flemming Holm Posted on July 21, 2009 by Flemming HolmFebruary 20, 2017

Heather’s note: This is an excerpt from a letter Dad wrote his 4 kids on July 21, 2009. I’m posting it in three parts. For me, this is a summer of remembering, of being remembered and reminded. Three adventures have … Continue reading →

Posted in Camp Woodboia, Memoirs, Youth

Economic growth and social rights: the last 100 years

Flemming Holm Posted on March 11, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

I highly recommend a fascinating history of how the role of government, attitudes towards social justice and economic development have developed and changed over the last 100 years particularly in the democracies of Europe and North America, given in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, democracy, Economic crisis, Government, Human Rights, Social policy, Tommy Douglas, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Income gap and politicians’ salaries

Flemming Holm Posted on February 20, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 12, 2014

Letter to the Editor, Chronicle Herald Dan Leger’s article in the February 9 issue is in my opinion an accurate and most succinct analysis of the causes of the present financial crisis. Were it not for human greed – the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic crisis, income gap, Nova Scotia

Canadian Budget January 2009

Flemming Holm Posted on January 10, 2009 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

Sent to: The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Ottawa, ON Dear Mr. Flaherty: I hear that you are consulting widely prior to finalizing your budget proposals. I trust that you are giving adequate consideration to two groups of people: … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Denmark, Economic crisis, foodbanks, health care, higher education, homeless, income gap, Native land claims, poverty, Social policy

The Environment and the Economy

Flemming Holm Posted on October 8, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

For me, there are two main issues in this year’s federal election. 1. One is the environment. In recent years we have had ample evidence that the climate is changing. We have seen it in the extreme weather and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, carbon footprint, Economic crisis, Environment, global warming, income gap, poverty, Social policy, taxes

The Bible, Homosexuality and Human Rights

Flemming Holm Posted on September 1, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

In the 1970s both the American and the Canadian Psychiatric Associations struck homosexuality from their lists of disorders to be cured. In 1979 a study of the scholarly literature on the subject of sexual orientation was carried out by a … Continue reading →

Posted in gay marriage, homosexuality, Human Rights, The Bible

Abortion issue: quantity or quality of life?

Flemming Holm Posted on July 17, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The abortion controversy hits the headlines again – and the Op-Ed pages. And again the emphasis is on women’s rights, versus the taking of innocent lives. Doesn’t anyone consider the quality of life that the child may have if he/she … Continue reading →

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Carbon imprint and accountability

Flemming Holm Posted on July 3, 2008 by Flemming HolmOctober 11, 2014

The Chronicle Herald The cartoon on your editorial page, June 26 was right on. It showed the oilsands producers polishing their carbon imprint through a PR campaign. Would it not be more beneficial to reduce the carbon imprint? On the … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, carbon footprint, gambling, Nova Scotia

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