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It is a piece of fabric...rectangular or square or sometimes even round. It is made from cotton or silk or a range of synthetic materials. It can be plain or printed, textured or embroidered or even beaded.

As a recent (Five and a half year) arrival from the UK, perhaps I feel particularly sensitive to what it means to be a 鈥榮ettler鈥� 鈥� recognising a legacy of colonialism which has created, to be blunt, a racist, oppressive system and a racist, oppressiv

Moisture-born, miraculously born or simply womb-born, all beings enjoy the morning sun. We are energized and reassured. Thus, all beings experience gratitude. It is not a matter of good or bad, us or them. This joy is a birthright, not a reward.

The Buddhist teacher Zentatsu asks, 鈥淗ow do we call forth the world without harming ourselves, other people, and the world itself?.. How do we enter into each moment...

Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3 presents 鈥� Verses Strung like Pearls鈥� the first lecture in their Exploring the Sephardic Legacy Series, on Sunday, October 14 at 2pm .

There鈥檚 a very old fashioned concept that I used to sing about in my childhood in a little church in sleepy Devonshire 鈥� that of counting your blessings.

鈥淚 had tried everything!鈥� she said. 鈥淭reatment programs, alternative therapies, and 12-step groups. It seemed there was nothing left to try. I had lost count of the times I had been in detox, but this time was different.

September brings with it almost as much excitement as does January. Children enthusiastically embrace the start of a new school year.

This year, on September 18/19, observant Jews celebrated Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

O Lord, please, please, please give me the strength to be wise and kind and charitable. Let me be understanding of the fears in the room, allow me to make allowances for words mis-spoken and unkindnesses unintended.