Join us for Sunday Sit on October 20, 2024, at Knox Hall in New Denver. This event has an initial session of guided meditation, followed by a break. The second session is a time of reflection on sacred text and an open communion celebration. Both sessions will be led by Therese DesCamp. Session 1: 9:30 …
I have been thinking that we may have reached the chronic, as opposed to acute, stage of our forest fire saga. For many of us, evacuation orders and alerts are rescinded, at least for now. For others, there’s at least a system to check on livestock and land. People are making plans to sustain a …
One predictable result of a good retreat is the scramble at the end when people start asking, “How can we keep this great community going?” Then follows a frenzied exchange of emails and phone numbers. Equally predictable is that any community formed simply for its own continuance inevitably falls apart. I find this depressing. I …
Wide Spot: Cellular Life In 1837, the botanist Matthias Schleiden and the zoologist Theodor Schwann had dinner together. Comparing their research while they ate, they realized that there was a deep uniformity between Schleiden’s plant structures and Schwann’s animal structures. Both plant and animal tissues were built of cells: autonomous, independent cells, living their own …
When my little brother died, I found myself utterly alone. I felt like I was trapped in a transparent box, invisible to everyone but me. No matter what I said or did, I couldn’t get out. I couldn’t touch anyone. And no matter what anyone else said or did, it didn’t touch me. The senseless …
Contemplative House Church meets (most) every other Sunday at 10 a.m., online. We gather with a check-in time, followed by silent prayer, scripture reading and discussion, and a final prayer, with music interspersed. If you are interested in joining us, please email us here for the link.
Contemplative House Church meets (most) every other Sunday at 10 a.m., online. We gather with a check-in time, followed by silent prayer, scripture reading and discussion, and a final prayer, with music interspersed. If you are interested in joining us, please email us here for the link.
Happy Easter! The Contemplative House Church will meet online at 10 a.m., for the Easter Sunday service. We gather with a check-in time, followed by silent prayer, scripture reading and discussion, and a final prayer, with music interspersed. If you are interested in joining us, please email us here for the link.
Re-Claiming the Divine Mother will be the theme of the Contemplative in the Kootenays gathering on April 20th. We’ll start early and promptly, at 9 a.m., and will live-stream the video conference with Matthew Wright on The Faces of Mary until noon. Then, after lunch, we will meditate together, and ponder how what we’ve learned …
Contemplative House Church meets (most) every other Sunday at 10 a.m., online. We gather with a check-in time, followed by silent prayer, scripture reading and discussion, and a final prayer, with music interspersed. If you are interested in joining us, please email us here for the link. This Sunday, since we’ve got the AGM immediately after …
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