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The Buddhist teacher Zentatsu asks, 鈥淗ow do we call forth the world without harming ourselves, other people, and the world itself?.. How do we enter into each moment...

Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3 presents 鈥� Verses Strung like Pearls鈥� the first lecture in their Exploring the Sephardic Legacy Series, on Sunday, October 14 at 2pm .

There鈥檚 a very old fashioned concept that I used to sing about in my childhood in a little church in sleepy Devonshire 鈥� that of counting your blessings.

鈥淚 had tried everything!鈥� she said. 鈥淭reatment programs, alternative therapies, and 12-step groups. It seemed there was nothing left to try. I had lost count of the times I had been in detox, but this time was different.

September brings with it almost as much excitement as does January. Children enthusiastically embrace the start of a new school year.

This year, on September 18/19, observant Jews celebrated Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

O Lord, please, please, please give me the strength to be wise and kind and charitable. Let me be understanding of the fears in the room, allow me to make allowances for words mis-spoken and unkindnesses unintended.

Forests firing, rivers flooding, earth quaking, famine spreading, wars coming, climate changing, refugees fleeing, rents rising, costs climbing, incomes dropping, oceans clogging, storms lashing, species dying.

鈥淐reation.鈥� 鈥淐reator.

He was not a big man, at least not by the time I met him. Slight, bent over, often seemingly half-asleep. Certainly not threatening. But there was some presence about him that drew you in. His smile. His kindness. His sincerity. His humour.