Posts tagged "circles"

How We 99% Can Help…

I was down at the Vancouver Art Gallery Occupy Vancouver site last Friday for some time, and had the opportunity to attend a General Assembly (GA), which is held each day at 1:00 (and again at 7 in the evening as well), for an hour.  It was quite cold and pounding rain at times, but...

Thanks and Gratitude

As many in the US prepare for some form of Thanksgiving celebration (it is, I understand, the holiday for and on which more people travel to be together than any other, and the purpose is, ostensibly, to give thanks), I find myself reflecting on the theme of gratitude and thanks in general. The practice of...

Pivotal Moments

I am pleased to share with you that I will be hosting a book reading through the Vancouver Public Library, Joe Fortes Branch. It is billed as a ‘Meet the Author’ event, yet I rather think of it as a time to come together to reflect on key moments in our lives. I will select...

Giving Peace

It can be overwhelming, this season of giving, especially when the issues that face us, economically and environmentally seem as dark as the days. Clarissa Pinkola Estes says, “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within...

Perfect for groups and circles!

Do you belong to a discussion group of any kind — spiritual, women’s, church, book, study, support? Consider Becoming as your next book or topic. The topics touch us all. it’s nice to read by yourself, but the larger potential of the book emerges in groups. Deepening connections, broadening, even therapeutic insights, good fun, laughs...