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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, September 2021: Words Matter

September 21, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” When I was a kid, that children’s chant was a talisman to protect us from the startlingly painful names that kids fling—Fatty, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, community, Compassion, connection, interconnection, Pandemic, values, Wide Spot Column

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

Wide Spot, April 2021: Close the Language Door

May 4, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

I thank my lucky stars (as my mom used to say) that I have a dog. Among other things, having a dog means that I am committed, no matter how somnolent, to an 11 p.m. walk every night around the front … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, cognitive linguistics, connection, contemplative, language, Pandemic, Practices, prayer, quiet, Rumi, Super Moon, values, Wide Spot Column

Wide Spot, March 2021: Fact or Feeling?

March 15, 2021 By Therese DesCamp

Two conversations and two questions: in the first exchange, a woman assured me that she was right in her stance about wearing/not wearing a mask because she could “feel it in her body.” In the second, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, community, connection, curiosity, facts, feelings, logic, mistrust, Pandemic, Practices, sensation, trauma, values, Wide Spot Column

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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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