by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 28, 2017 | Developing Resilience, Personal Reflections
by Jill Schroder I often feel like there is not much to smile about these days. I am doing what I can to manage my emotions, I respond rather than react. I try to hold a compassionate and caring vision rather than slip into fear, anger or helplessness. I have just...
by suzukiwebmaster | Nov 14, 2016 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World
by Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham In light of last night’s election results, Interfaith Power & Light (IPL) has a more important role to play than ever before. We can’t afford to backslide on our hard won victories: the Clean Power Plan, the Paris climate agreement,...
by suzukiwebmaster | May 5, 2016 | Personal Reflections
by Anneliese Schultz An Earth Sunday 2016 homily given at the Vancouver Unitarian Church Yes. We are a part of the interdependent web of all existence. Yes. We are destroying it. That shocking juxtaposition of blessing and dishonour, gratitude and anger is probably...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jul 26, 2015 | Advocacy, Our Changing World
by Stan Hirst Pope Francis, 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, has set the cat amongst the pigeons. On 18 June 2015 he formally presented his second encyclical to the world at a news conference in the Vatican. Entitled “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care...
by suzukiwebmaster | May 16, 2015 | Personal Reflections
by Karl Perrin We are so lucky. We live in a heaven: a place of peace and beauty and kindness. We stand on the shoulders of giants – people of truth and service, people with the courage to speak truth to power. As Vancouver Unitarians, we are blessed with...
