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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

Pandemic Response in Four Dimensions

January 30, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

“Are we all going through a dark night of the soul?” he said. “That’s what one of my teachers said last week.” I have pondered that question for a month and have decided that I disagree. I do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: dark night, delusion, denial, depression, love, other, Pandemic, suffering

Wide Spot, December 2020: Contagion

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp

In a photo that went viral recently, an elderly man with COVID-19 is seen from the back. His head is buried in the arms of a physician as he weeps. The hospital gown gaps open to reveal his spine, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: Compassion, contagion, fear, neural system, suffering, wide spot

Wide Spot, September 2020: Over the Meth Lab

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp

One of the jokes going around has it that being a Canadian these days is like living over a meth lab. When I first heard this line, it was in reference to the intentionally stoked fear and loathing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, grief, integrity, meth lab, new birth, Pandemic, suffering, 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

Keep Within

March 20, 2020 By Therese DesCamp

Keep within, And when they say, “Look here,” or “Look, there is Christ.” Go not forth; for Christ is within you.                            --George Fox, Quaker mystic Everywhere we look, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: anxiety, connection, contemplative, coronavirus, forgiveness, interconnection, love, meditation, Metta, Pandemic, prayer, service, spirituality, suffering

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