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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

Sunday Book Study: Eye of the Heart

June 27, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

The Sunday Contemplative Book Study meets every other Sunday at 10 a.m.  On Sunday June 27th, we will be reading Eye of the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault, through the end of the seventh chapter. This … [Read more...]

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

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

Norma Collier

March 22, 2019 By Therese DesCamp

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

Contemplative in the Kootenays

June 23, 2018 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Our June 23rd gathering for Contemplative in the Kootenays will be peripatetic! We'll start off at the Anglican church in Balfour, and hop the afternoon ferry over to Yasodhara Ashram to join in the … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ashram, centring prayer, contemplative, group, Interfaith, lectio divina, meditation, Practices, spiritual, spirituality, Yasodhara

Contemplative in the Kootenays

February 24, 2018 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

The next gathering of Contemplative in the Kootenays is scheduled for Saturday, February 24, in Nelson, at the home of Jill Cowan. See below for directions. Our day starts at 10 am and ends at 3 … [Read more...]

Tagged With: centring prayer, communion, contemplative, group, lectio divina, meditation, Practices, spirituality

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