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Victoria Jewish Culture Project is holding a Passover Meal

Victoria Jewish Culture Project is holding a Passover Meal

In Jewish organizational life, one sometimes hears the claim that there are as many ways of being Jewish as there are Jews. This exaggeration contains a kernel of truth.
Learning to love God, rather than fearing Him

Learning to love God, rather than fearing Him

A lesson from a hummingbird taught me about the importance of loving God,The phrase 鈥 fear of God 鈥 creates strong feelings in the hearts of most people.
Why the Lessons of COVID-19 Give Me Hope for Global Unity

Why the Lessons of COVID-19 Give Me Hope for Global Unity

When I was a child, my parents taught me that the聽goal of my faith, the Baha鈥檌 Faith , was the oneness of humanity , and my primary duty was to serve humanity in achieving that goal.
The underrated value of kindness

The underrated value of kindness

In my Saturday column on Lent, this most holy and solemn season of the Church year, I said that perhaps this year 鈥 after a year of solemnity which has pretty much felt like a 12-month period of Lenten denial 鈥 perhaps we needed to do things differen
In wake of the pandemic, perhaps a kinder Lent

In wake of the pandemic, perhaps a kinder Lent

For those of us in the Christian tradition, we are in the most solemn season of the year 鈥 Lent. Lent has been traditionally used as a 40-day preparation for the celebration of Easter (this year on April 4 th ).
Finding the light that frees us from fear

Finding the light that frees us from fear

In a world that constantly projects fearful dark images, is there a way to let spiritual light into our consciousness so that those dark fears evaporate? Christian Science practitioner and international speaker, Alexandre Fischer, will be addressing
Jewish traditions and beliefs about death and dying

Jewish traditions and beliefs about death and dying

An online talk on March 7th at 7pm with Rabbi Harry Brechner of Emmanu-el Synagogue, Victoria, BC.
We can find the time to pray in a busy, demanding world

We can find the time to pray in a busy, demanding world

鈥淥nce upon a time, long, long ago, far, far, away in a kingdom by the sea鈥︹ Thus began a thousand stories my father told. Sometimes the stories were set in the Yukon, where my father worked summers staking mining claims.
Ancient stories still have power to teach us today

Ancient stories still have power to teach us today

Today I want to share a bit about a beloved koan called 鈥淟ingzhao鈥檚 Helping鈥. Lingzhao and her family feature in several koans in the anthology 鈥淭he Hidden Lamp; Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women鈥( Caplow and Moon eds).
How can we make a difference in our small corner of the world?

How can we make a difference in our small corner of the world?

As I sit in meditation in my son鈥檚 old bedroom, I still enjoy his choice of colour for the walls: bright autumn leaf yellow-gold. In this room I feel the warm autumn sunshine and am surrounded by whispering trees.