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Sunday Book Study

July 11, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Tagged With: connection, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, Cynthia Bourgeault, Eye of the Heart, spirituality

Wide Spot, June 2021: Fresh New Hell

July 11, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

The line “What fresh new hell is this?” was famously coined by the American critic Dorothy Parker when her writing was interrupted by the telephone. There’s something deeply true captured by Parker’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, activism, community, Compassion, connection, contemplative, group, interconnection, Interfaith, Pandemic, Practices, spiritual, spirituality, suffering, values, Wide Spot Column

Online House Church: July 4

July 4, 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 are fans!  Sunday, July 4th, at 10 am Pacific Time. Join via the Zoom app on your computer or … [Read more...]

Tagged With: communion, community, connection, interconnection, spirituality

Wide Spot, April 2021: Close the Language Door

May 4, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

I thank my lucky stars (as my mom used to say) that I have a dog. Among other things, having a dog means that I am committed, no matter how somnolent, to an 11 p.m. walk every night around the front … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, cognitive linguistics, connection, contemplative, language, Pandemic, Practices, prayer, quiet, Rumi, Super Moon, values, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, March 2021: Fact or Feeling?

March 15, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

Two conversations and two questions: in the first exchange, a woman assured me that she was right in her stance about wearing/not wearing a mask because she could “feel it in her body.” In the second, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, community, connection, curiosity, facts, feelings, logic, mistrust, Pandemic, Practices, sensation, trauma, values, Wide Spot Column

Contemplative in the Backyard

June 22, 2020 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Tagged With: centring prayer, connection, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, journal, lectio divina, meditation, spirituality

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