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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

METTA MEDITATION RETREAT with ADRIANNE ROSS

October 26, 2018 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Friday October 26-Saturday October 27, 2018 Metta is a quality of loving-kindness in the heart and mind. It is also a specific meditation practice to develop an intention of goodwill towards … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Adrienne Ross, Interfaith, meditation, Metta, Practices

BirdTalker: One

August 14, 2018 By Wide Spot Admin

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Filed Under: Interfaith, Love, Religion / Faith, Video Tagged With: communion, connection, contemplative, interconnection, Interfaith, meditation, spiritual, spirituality, values

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

The New Christian Contemplatives

May 11, 2018 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Silence, stillness, movement, sound . . .  Solitary and corporate contemplative Christian practices like meditation, labyrinth walking, chant, and lectio divinahave become increasingly popular among … [Read more...]

Tagged With: activism, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, interconnection, Interfaith, meditation, Paula Pryce, spirituality, The Monks' Cell, values

PRACTICES FOR LIVING DEEPLY: OPTIMISM in a Pessimistic Time

November 18, 2017 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

PRACTICES FOR LIVING DEEPLY is bi-yearly opportunity to explore spiritual practices from multiple traditions that will deepen your experience of inspired living.  Led by Kay Costley-White and Therese … [Read more...]

Tagged With: activism, connection, interconnection, Interfaith, optimism, Practices, spiritual, values

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