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Online House Church, July 18

July 18, 2021 By Wide Spot Admin Leave a Comment

Join in House Church from the comfort of your home--pj's and coffee are part of the joy, and right now, so are fans!  Sunday, July 18th, at 10 am Pacific Time. Join via the Zoom app on your computer … [Read more...]

Tagged With: community, connection, contemplative, Contemplative Christianity, spiritual, values

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

Taller Than a Dog

January 14, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

As I took the dog out for our early morning walk Friday, I spotted her best friend down the street. Dolly, whose head rises a little over 18 inches off the ground, could see only the driveway rising … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: Attention, causality, consciousness, focus, impeachment, spiritual, vantage point

Wide Spot, August 2020: False Flat

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp

Recently, my sister introduced me to the term “false flat.” The phrase, coined by bicyclists, refers to a stretch that appears to offer easy riding but actually inclines uphill. The rider is seduced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, companion, Compassion, False Flat, Pandemic, practice, spiritual, Wide Spot Column

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

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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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