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Lessons from SpaceX for those of us who are afraid of failure

Lessons from SpaceX for those of us who are afraid of failure

Perfectionism has a way of preventing us from seeing a broader, deeper meaning of failure
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could rest in gentleness

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could rest in gentleness

The fleeting pleasure thinking about gentleness brought me, if only for a moment, was a comfort and a release from the decidedly un-gentle world we seem to live in right now.
Being nice isn't going to help us end injustice

Being nice isn't going to help us end injustice

Despite all the cynicism around crises we are facing as a society, we still have the freedom to act. We can build one another up in love. We can work together to end injustice.
Concert of historic klezmer as a road to spirituality

Concert of historic klezmer as a road to spirituality

An estimated 150 people attended the debut concert of Kvell’s Angels on Oct. 1 at the University of Victoria’s Means Centre for Learning in the McPherson Library. In “A Trampled Manuscripts Concert: The Lost Klezmer Music of the An-ski Expeditions,” the local quartet introduced to Victoria 14 of some 1,400 klezmer tunes that had been unseen for more than a century.
CIJA, Spirit Of Life Lutheran Church, Temple Sholom’s Sholom Shishim Present: Words to Live By: Into the Heart of the Other.

CIJA, Spirit Of Life Lutheran Church, Temple Sholom’s Sholom Shishim Present: Words to Live By: Into the Heart of the Other.

Seniors are invited join us for an enriching series of Jewish Lutheran Dialogue. This two-part interfaith exchange will be an opportunity for participants to engage in dialogue and learn from each other as well as from our speakers.
Gifts of the Spirit come to all you yearn to join with God

Gifts of the Spirit come to all you yearn to join with God

Quakers discovered that worship in silence opened their hearts and minds to inward direct experiences of a divine-human friendship, which can expand into a mutual longing for the welfare of the world.
Survivors the Play: A Vision of Tolerance and Courage

Survivors the Play: A Vision of Tolerance and Courage

Phoenix Theatre University of Victoria.  Sunday October 29 matinee at 2:00 pm
Finding a respectful way to talk with one another about SOGI

Finding a respectful way to talk with one another about SOGI

“We want to make sure that schools are inclusive and safe places…” said the teacher at the anti-SOGI protest on September 20th, 2023. I’m guessing that almost every one of the protesters and counter-protesters would probably say they’re pro-kindness,
In Jewish tradition, letting go is an act of renewal

In Jewish tradition, letting go is an act of renewal

A powerful Rosh HaShana (New Year) ritual is Tashlikh, literally casting away things that we are not proud of. 
Realism plus idealism brings hope to climate change debate

Realism plus idealism brings hope to climate change debate

Left, right, liberal, conservative, religious, scientific: all these labels are counter-productive to solving the enormous problem of climate change that we face