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Wide Spot: Despair

For me, it starts in the gut: it registers that I’m feeling anxious or even nauseous since reading that news article. For someone else, it starts in the head: noticing there is an endless loop of some distressing event playing in their mind. For yet another, it is felt in the heart: a weight on …

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Hands Like Roots: Nakusp Book Reading, April 30

Please join me in Nakusp for the launch of Hands Like Roots: Notes on an Entangled Contemplative Path. We will meet at the Nakusp Public Library on Wednesday, April 30, at 4 p.m. There will be readings from the book, a time of question and answer, and yes, there will be books for sale!

Contemplative in the Kootenays

Strengthen your capacity to stand strong amidst the raging winds of contemporary chaos. Come spend the day in New Denver with others who love silence, prayer and community, and who are committed to loving as God loves. Contemplative in the Kootenays meets on Saturday, March 22, 2025. We will sit in Centering Prayer together; ponder …

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Mini-Retreat: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR

Therese will be leading the November Mini-Retreat at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, November 18, 2023. This in-person gathering will focus on the inseparability of grief and joy. The event begins at 9 am and ends at noon. More information to come.

Sunday Book Group

The Sunday Contemplative Book Study meets online every other Sunday at 10 a.m.  On Sunday July 25th, we will be discussing chapters 8 and 9 of Eye of the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault. Who knows what else will enter into our discussion?! We’re also beginning to cast about for our next book. Bring your ideas to the …

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Sunday Book Study

The Sunday Contemplative Book Study meets every other Sunday at 10 a.m.  On Sunday July 11th, we will be discussing chapters 7 and 8 of Eye of the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault. Who knows what else will enter into our discussion?! We’re also beginning to cast about for our next book. Bring your ideas… If you’re interested …

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Contemplative in the Backyard

Members of Contemplative in the Kootenays are invited to meet in person on Saturday, June 27, 2020. We’ll meet at the DesCamp/Meier house in New Denver (directions below). We will do the social distancing thing, for sure; but it will be very good to see your dear faces in person if you can make it. …

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