Spiritually Speaking

One of the things I like about being Christian is the reminder that we are called to love. (Not saying that’s exclusive to Christianity, just that I like it about Christianity.

It is said that if we cannot learn from the mistakes we’ve made, we are doomed to repeat them. I wonder what history has to teach us on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the United Church’s apology to Indigenous people.

This morning a video appeared on Facebook in which Seddique Mateen addresses the people of Afghanistan.

Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Starting tonight Jews celebrate Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, marking seven weeks since Passover that Leviticus instructs us to count. Here’s why I think of Shavuot as a whodunit.

My home is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Lekwungen and SENĆOŦEN speaking people. I am a settler of Scottish and English descent.

The point of Zen Buddhism is awakening, to live life in a state of openness to what is going on right now, in this moment. As I meditate daily, I become aware that much of my life is run by habit patterns.

After many years of research, interviews, talks, presentations and writing, a momentous event recently occurred here in Canada: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission offered up its findings and recommendations.

Eating and drinking in a sacred or ritual meal is common to many spiritual traditions. Christianity has its own meal practise, known by different names: Holy Communion, the Mass, Eucharist – which means “thanksgiving,” the Lord’s Supper.

Time seems to enter into every moment of our day. We talk about having no time, about time-consuming activities, or that a problem is taking too much time to resolve.

These days the news seems particularly full of divisive attitudes and behavior generally unconducive to feelings of oneness or social cohesion.