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Lent (Old English for Spring), the 40 days (excluding Sundays) leading up to Easter, has been observed by Christians one way or another since the time of the apostles.

Heike Arneth was raised in the Catholic Church, where she developed a deep connection with the Bible鈥攅specially the Jesus story. Late in her teens she broke away from God and the church and religion, but her love for Jesus Christ remained.

I鈥檝e been interested in the topic of miracles for as long as I can remember鈥攚hat they are and under what circumstances they happen.

Rabbi Daniel Siegel presents a talk 鈥淩 enewing Jewish Spirituality鈥� Sunday, February 23, 4:00 pm at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3 . Admission by donation; light refreshments served. Information: heshi@me.

We live in an age of miracles鈥攁nd we don鈥檛 even know it. I've often wished I lived in the times of some of my heroes who participated in great historical events and to fight beside them in their battles. How I admired and idealized them.

鈥淟et鈥檚 hope 2020 marks the start of a year and decade when we finally take climate disruption as seriously as the evidence shows we must,鈥� David Suzuki wrote in a recent op-ed.

It鈥檚 difficult to maintain a positive outlook in the face of increasingly severe environmental challenges.

It is so that some things are so horribly wrong that it is easy to ascribe them to Evil. Of course, if Evil is the genesis of wrongness, then rightness must be akin to godliness.

Suzuki-roshi, the founder of San Francisco Zen Centre, once called Zen practice a bridge between the ideals of Zen and the reality of life.

Congregation Emanu-El Education Team presents 鈥淛ewish Shamanism鈥� with Francis Landy on Sunday, February 2, 4:00 pm at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3.