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Faith Forum: Healing comes with connection to community

ANNA BOWNESS-PARK Poverty and social isolation are among the top reasons for ill health, according to a study from the Canadian Medical Association in 2013. How to resolve that is the subject of intense political and social debate.

Faith Forum: Nelson Mandela could teach us all how to forgive

I have learned so much about Nelson Mandela in the past few months, such as his early years and details of his time in prison.
Faith Forum: A time to reflect upon love

Faith Forum: A time to reflect upon love

VERY REV. LOGAN McMENAMIE Regardless of our faith tradition, this is a very special season of the year.
Faith Forum: Facing up

Faith Forum: Facing up

SOSHIN McMURCHY “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” People ask me what this means.

Faith Forum: Shining a light

It’s no secret: The year’s shortest day is on its way. On dark, overcast days, I sometimes dream of hopping the next flight to Mexico, Hawaii or Tel Aviv. Maybe you do, too.
Island Anglicans are selecting their new bishop

Island Anglicans are selecting their new bishop

Priests and selected parishioners from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands gather in Victoria today to elect a new bishop for the diocese.

Bishop Candidates

Candidates for the 13th bishop of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia: Rev. David Bruce Bryant Scott Currently on leave Former executive officer for Diocese of B.C. Ordained 1989 Rev. Anthony Dancer Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand.

Faith Forum: 86,400 seconds of thanksgiving

Moisture-born, miraculously born or simply womb-born, all beings enjoy the morning sun. We are grateful for its vital warmth and thankful that the long night is over. It is not a matter of good or evil. This joy is a birthright, not a reward.
Neuroscience proves meditation really works

Neuroscience proves meditation really works

MINNEAPOLIS — When the Rev. Ron Moor began meditating 30 years ago, he did so in secret. “When I started, meditation was a dirty word,” said Moor, pastor of Spirit United Church in Minneapolis.
Faith Forum: The spiritual dimension of birth

Faith Forum: The spiritual dimension of birth

Sarah-Jane Steele “Spiritual birth recognizes that each and every birth is the birth of the Christ child.