“It has been borne upon me again and again that, to many, the chance of a vacation does not even come,” lamented Horace Westwood one summer while he was serving All Souls Church, when he would spend his summers at Winnipeg Beach. He believed it was essential for everyone to enjoy an opportunity to detach … Continue reading Margins of Leisure
“Change alone is unchanging,” declared the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, which seems obvious to anyone who takes their eyes off the distant horizon or the rapidly receding past to notice what is happening around them. And the older we get, the more rapid the pace of change seems to become, even as changes within ourselves become … Continue reading Keeping Pace with Change
The journey into adulthood is a confusing and messy one. We as a society mark milestones on that journey, but we don’t always hit them when we expect, and even as we reach them, the question always rings: “Do I actually feel like an adult now?” Service Leader: Dylan Fijal Service Coordinator: Christina Swindells-Nader … Continue reading The Many Thresholds of Adulthood
A look at the ties that bind, define, unwind; – exploring connection and disconnection in our lives, and some of the ways we are shaped by it all. Service Leader: Charlene Zelanko Service Coordinator: Norm Cobb Welcome and Zoom Link Thank you for joining us this morning! If you’re visiting today, please fill out this Visitor … Continue reading Family, Friends and (would be) Foes
“Do not obey in advance,” says Timothy Snyder in his book On Tyranny, warning that, “most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.” In England, Unitarians emerged within a religious movement that was dubbed Nonconformity, while in America, our kindred spirit Henry David Thoreau was acclaimed for his essay, On the Duty of Civil … Continue reading Nonconformity and Disobedience
How do you make decisions? Oftentimes, the choice is easy; other times it may be especially difficult. “We still haven’t figured out any satisfactory systematic way of deciding these things,” observed the late Daniel C. Dennett. “Anything that can relieve the burden of figuring out how to make these hard calls is bound to be … Continue reading Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
