2010 LENTEN NOON FORUM
Sound recordings are posted as available
The Church of St. John the Divine
1611 Quadra Street, Victoria
Tel: 250-383-7169 www.stjohnthedivine.bc.ca
12:00-1:00 p.m. Wednesdays February 17 through March 24
Bring a bag lunch – coffee and tea available
My Spirituality
February 17
ListenMy Spirituality Remi J. De Roo
Retired RC Bishop of VictoriaJust like you, like all humans, I am a spirit enfleshed, yet called to be fully human. My spirituality is rooted in the experience of God's love, sustaining me, calling me to engage in a conversation with the divine, struggling for justice, growing more fully into the divine image and likeness.
A farm boy who was privileged to participate as a Bishop in the historic Second Vatican Council in Rome, where his spirituality took wings and developed a global dimension which he now happily shares with other believers.
February 24
ListenMy Spirituality – an Evoluntionary Story Guy Dauncey
author and visionaryAll of Guy's life work for 40 years has been grounded in a solid spiritual connectedness that underpins his faith in our human future, and the future of the Earth.
Guy Dauncey is President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association, and the author or co-author of nine books that address solutions to the many challenges we face as a planet. His website is www.earthfuture.com.
March 3 My spirituality: Is it only God who makes us 'good'? Jody Paterson
writer, communications strategist, activistI believe there's an innate moral compass in human beings that guides us, if we'd only just free ourselves from the half-truths, misconceptions, preconceptions and judgments that conceal it from us.
Jody Paterson is a long-time BC journalist with a passion for bringing about change on social fronts including homelessness, addiction and sex work.
March 10 More Than Meets the Eye: Growing Spiritual Vision Christopher Page
priest and authorJesus challenged his followers asking them to consider, "Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?" My spiritual journey has been a slow process of moving towards an increasing awareness of this "more than" dimension of life. To make this journey it has been necessary to let go of a few things along the way. Letting go is never easy, but this practice of surrender continues to open new space in my being.
The Venerable Christopher Page is the Rector of St. Philip Anglican Church and author most recently of Shadow Dancing: Living with the Dark Side..
March 17 My Spirituality - Keeping Faith in a Cynical World John Ducker
Deputy Chief in charge of Operations for Victoria PDCynicism in our mass society is a distrust toward ethical and social values. It is caused by the high expectations society’s institutions and authorities being unfulfilled. Cynicism grows as a result of frustration, disillusionment, and distrust perceived created by organizations, authorities and other aspects of society. To work through this condition, my faith has taught me that: “The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God”.
March 24 My Spirituality Robert A. Daum
Director, Iona Pacific Inter-Religious Centre
Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature & Jewish Thought Vancouver School of TheologyMy spirituality is embedded in relationships with people, planet, sacred texts, and the ineffable glimpsed in all three. It is rooted in a dialogical, constructive, life-affirming response to the incommensurable gift of being itself, inspired and challenged by texts containing many centuries of Jewish learning, companioned by the collective wisdom of humankind, and nurtured by God's world and all that it contains.
Robert Daum, who inaugurated the Diamond Chair in Jewish Law & Ethics at UBC, earned a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies at U. C. Berkeley, a Rabbinic degree and M.A. in Hebrew Literature at HUC-JIR (Jerusalem and New York), a B.A. in Political Science at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and has been a Jewish educator for nearly 30 years.
