Spiritually Speaking

Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria, BC. Tuesday. Nov 28 at 7pm

Abulele - A new family-oriented Israeli film playing in the Victoria International Jewish Film Festival. Sunday, Nov. 19, at 1:30 PM. Roxy Theatre

There has been elected a president of the US who believes himself to be an ordained and blameless messiah figure. His apostles comprise an assemblage of cabinet heads who are also devoted believers.

The Original Deed by Sid Tafler , a historical drama about Congregation Emanu-El will be performed in the synagogue on November 15 , 16, 18, & 19 at 7 pm . (There is no performance on Friday, Nov. 17.

A Zen Buddhist approach to understanding extremism

I’ve been thinking a lot about time lately, and my relationship with it. Last week, for example, I made a pot of chicken soup. The weather had turned cold and I was fighting a bug. Chicken soup seemed very appropriate.

“I’ve got nothing.” That ran through my head when I noticed my turn had come up for this column. I really hadn’t the foggiest clue what I was going to write about.

The Victoria Shoah Project invites the public to the annual commemoration of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass). This year’s commemoration will take place on Thursday, November 9th, 7 p.m. at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street.

I had the good fortune of spending some days at a conference this summer that included a day-long visit from well-known and well regarded Quaker educator and spiritual teacher, Parker Palmer.

I have noticed a tendency in myself when I get busy that I am trying to undo. A sort of default habitual way of being that falls well short of who I want to be in the world.