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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

Contemplative in the Kootenays

March 28, 2020 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Contemplative in the Kootenays will meet on Saturday, March 28, 2020. The day begins at 10 am and ends at 3 pm. WE WILL BE MEETING ON LINE, DIRECTIONS BELOW. We’ll begin with centering prayer … [Read more...]

Tagged With: centring prayer, communion, connection, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, lectio divina, meditation, Practices, spiritual, spirituality

Fall Retreat: Love and Suffering

September 27, 2019 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

The path of mystics, the path of depth, is always the result of love and suffering. Love itself draws us into suffering, because if we open ourselves to the vulnerability of love, we will inevitably … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ashram, centring prayer, connection, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, group, Helen Luke, interconnection, lectio divina, Love and suffering, meditation, spiritual, suffering, Yasodhara

Spring Contemplative Retreat: The Cloud of Unknowing

April 27, 2019 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

The Spring Retreat for Contemplative in the Kootenays will begin at 9 am, Saturday, April 27th, and end after lunch on Sunday, April 28th. Our theme for the weekend will be The Cloud of Unknowing, the … [Read more...]

Tagged With: centring prayer, cloud of unknowing, communion, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, lectio divina, meditation, spirituality

Norma Collier

March 22, 2019 By Wide Spot Admin

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 Wide Spot Admin

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

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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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    January 16 @ 8:00 am - February 13 @ 5:00 pm
  2. Sunday Book Study, January 24th, 2021

    January 24 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  3. Contemplative in the Kootenays

    January 30 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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