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Tuesday Morning Meditation

December 26, 2023 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Join us every Tuesday morning from 8 am to 9 am for meditation. We start with a brief check-in, riff on a theme, and sit in Centering Prayer for 20 minutes or so. Email Therese here if you want more … [Read more...]

Tagged With: centering prayer, community, meditation

Wide Spot, December 2021: Broken Bones

March 5, 2022 By Therese DesCamp

Environmental activist and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy once said, “You don’t need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, environment, Joanna Macy, Thomas Merton, wide spot, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, November 2021: Imagine That

March 5, 2022 By Therese DesCamp

Years ago, as part of a retreat for environmental activists, we did an exercise imagining different points of view. Here was a scenario: a waterfront property owner had dumped sand to add beach to his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, connection, environment, imagination, Pandemic, wide spot, Wide Spot Column

Sunday Book Study, December 12th

December 12, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Join us for the last chapters of Richard Wagamese's Embers on Sunday, December 12th, from 10-noon. We are purposefully contemplative in our reading and reflection--join us for a really slow … [Read more...]

Tagged With: community, connection, contemplative

Online House Church, Sunday December 5

December 5, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Join in House Church from the comfort of your home--pj's and coffee are part of the joy, and right now, so is the wood stove!  Sunday, December 5th, at 10 am Pacific Time. Join via the Zoom app on … [Read more...]

Tagged With: community, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity

Wide Spot, August 2021: Cooking the Potatoes

October 28, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin

It’s a fallacy that deer don’t eat potatoes, or at least strip the plants naked. I guess I should be grateful for the stalks and tubers left behind, and hope that the deer get sick enough to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, community, Compassion, Pandemic, Wide Spot Column

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Wide Spot is a project of the Turner Zion Pastoral Charge of The United Church of Canada. This program has been funded in part by the BC Conference ProVision Fund. Wide Spot has been developed in collaboration between Turner Zion and Heart’s Rest Retreats.

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