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Wide Spot, October 2021: Revisionist History

October 28, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin

Last night, out of the blue, an email arrived bearing a 43-year-old video. Sent via a chain of friends and relatives, the clip showed me at my first wedding, singing my heart out to the accompaniment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, connection, forgiveness, Joy, values, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, July 2021: The Answer, My Friend…

July 24, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

If you’re as old as I am, you’re already singing the next line in this iconic Dylan song.  You also know that the answer “blowing in the wind” is both blindingly obvious and as ephemeral as a breeze … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, community, consciousness, interconnection, Joy, Let It Flutter, Pandemic, Practices, Wide Spot Column

Doulas to the World

March 20, 2020 By Therese DesCamp

  I wrote this several years ago--but it seems a good thing to post again--td     For all creation is groaning in birth pangs together…     Romans 8:22   It’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: connection, contemplative, interconnection, Joy, Pandemic, spirituality, suffering

Contemplative Certitude

November 30, 2018 By Therese DesCamp

About twenty years ago, I had a hissy fit at God. The trigger for this event was the death of a friend’s son; in my eyes, a particularly cruel and senseless death. I was like a feral cat, crazed in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Love, Religion / Faith Tagged With: anguish, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, discord, interconnection, Joy, longing, questions, suffering

Practices for Living Deeply: Welcoming Joy in the midst of upheaval

April 29, 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: connection, group, journal, Joy, meditation, Practices, quiet, spiritual, values

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