What happens when a child of atheists, grown into an agnostic adult who loves ritual and communal exploration of meaning and mystery, begins to feel a call to ministry? Christina will share her ongoing exploration of this question, which led to applying to the Vancouver School of Theology’s Master of Divinity program. Service Leader & … Continue reading Sensing Life’s Mystery
“We all have within us a centre of stillness surrounded by silence,” reflected Dag Hammarskjöld on the dedication of the Meditation Room at the headquarters of the United Nations. He believed that, in the place where the nations of the world gathered to debate the great issues of the day, there should be “one room … Continue reading The Grace of Silence
This past summer, I had chance encounters with two strangers who conspired to buoy my sagging spirits and change my outlook for the better. These two crossed my path right when I needed them most. From my perspective, it was delightful serendipity, but those with a more deterministic worldview might call it grace. “Do not … Continue reading Hugh’s On Second
Following the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, Stephen Jay Gould wrote that “good and kind people outnumber all others by thousands to one,” despite our mistaken perception that decency and depravity are found in more equal measure. He called the preponderance of goodness and decency the “Great Asymmetry” and argued that we … Continue reading The Great Asymmetry
