Today - a special Remembrance Day edition of Listen Up TV.
More
than 2-million Canadians are being remembered for their service in
times of war and peace. Today we’ll bring you greetings from soldiers
in Afghanistan. But we’ll also travel back through the decades and
visit with veterans of what’s been called “Canada’s Forgotten War;”
Burma, where Canadians still lie in unmarked jungle graves.
While
Canada’s mission in Afghanistan has been mired in controversy, most
Canadians concede the desperate humanitarian need there cannot be
ignored. We’ll have more on that story in an upcoming Listen Up, with
our producer Dave Pascoe back from assignment in Afghanistan
Caring
for the human cost when there is no democracy has always been what’s
driven our soldiers to sacrifice. Case in point, today’s veterans call
to remember the Forgotten War - the 1940 to 1945 campaign for Burma’s
independence. Veterans of that war are still leveraging their concern
for the people there. Burma’s military junta recently brutalized
protestors who demonstrated against a 500 % increase in the cost of
essential goods. Led by peaceful Buddhist monks, the Burmese were
protesting forced labor, political prisoners, the regime’s violence,
and a lack of food and widespread poverty. It all brought back
memories for Burmese refugees to Canada.
Today, Burmese refugees in Ottawa pay tribute to Canada’s care for freedom in their homeland.
GUESTS:
Lt. Col. Edmund Blais
Veteran of Burma Campaign
Dr. Robert Farquharson
Author, Pilot, Veteran of Burma Campaign www.trafford.com
In 1941, at the age of 18, Robert Farquharson went to Britain with the
Canadian army, then transferred to the RCAF and spent the last year of
the war as a pilot with an RCAF transport squadron in Burma.
After the war he took his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley
and for the next 28 years was a professor of German Literature at
Victoria College. After retiring in 1988, he devoted himself to
writing For Your Tomorrow: Canadians and the Burma Campaign,
1941-1945.
Tin Maung Htoo
Director, Canadian Friends of Burma www.cfob.org
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields.
LET’S TALK!
Here are your comments from last week’s show: “The Power of the Arts”
Art transforms
Transforming power comes when we worship God in our art. I am part of
an Art and Music fellowship every Tues. afternoon. We put out a buffet
of art supplies in the Sanctuary. People are invited to choose their
medium, and for about 2 hours whoever shows up that day does art, while
others, lead by the chaplain, play instruments and sing. We have
had some AMAZING transforming things happen there. It is only a small
thing, but to me it is the most precious part of my week.
- Lorraine
Art – a piece of spirituality
Refreshing, informative, and thank you for your attention to this very important piece of our spirituality!
-Camille
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
If we look at everything that has been created by God, and see the
beauty in it, that is what we see, however, if we only see the
'wrongs', the fear and judgment, that is also how we view our world and
live it. The murals which were painted have so much expression, one has
to only sit and look, and the story will unfold in front of you.
Not everyone's life is dark and dismal, however, we are all challenged
and share many life experiences.
-Carollyne
Caller wants to take show to Montreal City hall
Elva was touched by the show and ordered two DVD’s, one for her
family and one to take to the Montreal City Hall as inspirational
material to urge the municipality to take steps to beautify the city as
was accomplished in Philadelphia.
Got it wrong
Einstein did not believe in God. This is a myth. He was an atheist to his dying day.
-Unknown caller
Would like to learn more
As I turn the TV on, I saw your program that was very enlightening, and
to see the painting that touches your soul. I like arts and would
like to learn, but I think that the artists you had on were fantastic.
This is the first time that I have heard of your program. Do you come
on every Sunday? I saw about half hour of it.
-Agathe
Talk of war and love this Remembrance Day are the perspective that
Christianity brings to the complex pain of a world without peace.
Jesus said we were to love, and the greatest love was when people lay
down their lives for others. If such has been the call on your
family’s life, that kind of love for a broken world, we send our
deepest thanks.
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