Don’t Fence Me In!
Different people with different viewpoints see spirituality in different ways. To some, everything has its own ipseity (individual identity) that transfuses to its own orenda (inherent spiritual force), sometimes sincere and sometimes as insincere as ormolu! Reminds me where I read about “secular culture redefining morality”. It always has!!!...
Metaphorically Speaking…
There’s nothing like a good metaphor to jazz up a story or conversation. Our minds love to make connections, and when a creative author or speaker comes up with a compelling metaphor or analogy it makes the description come alive for us. Author Raymond Chandler was a true...
Celebrating Our Celtic Heritage
Get ready for the 13th consecutive year of the Gathering of the Scots Festival in Perth-Andover. From the very first festival in 2002, “The Gathering” has grown every year to become Perth-Andover’s largest summer festival and one of the fastest growing cultural celebrations in the Maritimes! A unique...
P-A Community Conversations
The Perth-Andover Community Conversations Initiative has been around since winter of 2013. Being a community-building geek, I have been following the work of The Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, based in Kitchen-Waterloo for the past few years. Institute President, Paul Born, and author of Community Conversations, sums up the...
A Day of Learning at the Wolastegewiyik Healing Lodge
On May 9 I attended an interesting and educational workshop at the Healing Lodge at Tobique First Nation. Focussed on self- care, the workshop began with an opening prayer and then moved on to cover a range of topics and experiences. Alison Sappier explained the uses and benefits...