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Keep Within

March 20, 2020 By Therese DesCamp

Keep within, And when they say, “Look here,” or “Look, there is Christ.” Go not forth; for Christ is within you.                            --George Fox, Quaker mystic Everywhere we look, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: anxiety, connection, contemplative, coronavirus, forgiveness, interconnection, love, meditation, Metta, Pandemic, prayer, service, spirituality, suffering

Norma Collier

March 22, 2019 By Therese DesCamp

I am speaking today not simply for myself but for the contemplative group which has been gathering monthly here in the Kootenays for the last twelve years. And I bring love from the members of that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Sweet Spot Slocan, Uncategorized Tagged With: connection, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, death, group, interconnection, meditation, spirituality

Whatever you call it…

March 19, 2019 By Therese DesCamp

Nobody asks me to pray for them anymore. Most of what I hear these days is some variation on the phrase, “Please send good energy.” Is this just my friends and family or is this a universal shift? I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Interfaith, One, prayer, Religion / Faith, Sweet Spot Slocan Tagged With: connection, Contemplative Christianity, energy, intercession, interconnection, kythe, kything, Practices, prayer, suffering, tonglen, values

Contemplative Certitude

November 30, 2018 By Therese DesCamp

About twenty years ago, I had a hissy fit at God. The trigger for this event was the death of a friend’s son; in my eyes, a particularly cruel and senseless death. I was like a feral cat, crazed in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Love, Religion / Faith Tagged With: anguish, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, discord, interconnection, Joy, longing, questions, suffering

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