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Robert Bruey "Tupelo Honey" The Spirituality of Van Morrison @ Congregational Church of Patchogue – Video

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Interfaith 2 – Pagan Paths/Alternative Spirituality, Calvinism, Origins of Celtic Christianity – Video

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Interfaith 2 - Pagan Paths/Alternative Spirituality, Calvinism, Origins of Celtic Christianity
Co-hosted by Reuven Goldstein and Kevin Seguin Interfaith is a Google+ community for the sharing of spiritual, religious, and philosophical beliefs for the purposes of in-depth discussion....

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Cancer fight can strengthen spirituality

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The battle against breast cancer can take a toll physically, mentally and emotionally on patients. But for some, cancer can strengthen their spirituality.

In the middle of Waimanalo, where the water is inviting and the beaches beautiful, Geraldine Galves talks about something very ugly: cancer.

"I hate it with a passion, I really do," said Galves.

That's because she began her own personal battle with breast cancer in 2010.

"I expected to keep my breast, but I didn't -- I lost it. But it was such a small loss to what I could have lost," said 65-year-old Galves.

Her fight was filled with medicines, chemotherapy and surgery. There were low points, both mentally and physically, and even thoughts of her own death. But before she even removed the cancer filling up her body, Galves made sure she was filled with the Holy Spirit.

"I waited. I waited one year on God. And when I heard his voice telling me to have the surgery, that's when I did it," said Galves.

Her unwavering faith helped her through that difficult time. The cancer was removed, and after undergoing chemotherapy and treatment, she has been in remission for the past three years. Her battle against breast cancer happened just a year after her sister died of the disease - so she knew what to expect. But she was still surprised how her diagnosis affected family and friends.

"Friends didn't know how to approach me, to ask me how I'm doing. We don't need sympathy, if you want to know something ask us -- straight up," exclaimed Galves.

She now shares the story of her cancer fight and her faith, in the hopes it will help others.

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New $2-million spirituality centre earmarked for Rustico

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Jim Day Published on September 30, 2014

Guardian photo by Brian McInnis

Construction is expected to begin next fall on a building that will replace this structure that currently houses a spirituality complex known as the Belcourt Centre.

A portion of a huge donation made to the Diocese of Charlottetown will be used to build a new $2-million spirituality centre in Rustico.

The late Owen Kelly family that operated a floral business in Summerside and invested successfully in real estate bestowed millions of dollars to the diocese.

Some of the funds were earmarked for a spirituality centre and religious education, says Gerry Gabriel, liaison with the Belcourt Centre Advisory Committee struck by Charlottetown Bishop Richard Grecco.

Gabriel says an engineering assessment determined extensive repairs are needed to the existing building.

The committee determined the best option would be to construct a new building that could comfortably accommodate 55 to 60, compared to 30 to 35 in the current structure.

Gabriel says construction could begin next spring. The current building will be used until the new structure is ready, then the old building will be torn down.

Arthur Buote is enraged at the prospect of the current building being demolished.

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Marina Silva: We Need to Integrate Spirituality with Action (Chapter 9) English/Portuguese – Video

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Marina Silva: We Need to Integrate Spirituality with Action (Chapter 9) English/Portuguese
Excerpted from Marina Silva: President for a Sustainable Civilization (Presidente em prol de uma Civilizao Sustentvel) In English / Portuguese audio and subtitles. http://www.globalleadership.tv...

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A call for spirituality

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Albany

While it is common for hospitals to provide spiritual counseling for patients, educating medical students about faith is not common, the Rev. Harlan Ratmeyer told the 130 second-year medical students at Albany Medical College in a talk about spirituality and health titled, "Everyone is born with 3 and a 1/2 quarts of spirituality."

"We try to take care of the patient's spirituality, but what about us? If we are tired and grumpy, the same feeling exudes to the patient," said Ratmeyer, who is director of pastoral care services at Albany Medical Center.

He stressed that the students should stay in touch with the concept of "awe," and treat themselves and others by making it personal, not treating others, including patients, as objects. The capacity for wonderment is a spiritual capacity, he said.

The reverend also spoke about the concept of community family members, friends, people to confide in. "It can be life-giving."

Doctors may face an ethical dilemma regarding treatment. "The quality of life versus existence. Living longer but with poor quality of life."

Pastoral care staff works 24-7 and members are often called in at night.

"Doctors and nurses refer to us; if there is an emergency, they page us. We follow through," he said, adding, "Albany Med students are prone to call pastoral care more so than students from other medical colleges."

In addition to his work at Albany Med, Ratmeyer is pastor at The First Reformed Church of Bethlehem in Selkirk and is also a storyteller. He uses stories, often based on personal experience, to illustrate his understanding of life's basic capacities.

He told one about his kindergarten teacher. She was a stern lady, who spanked the students, pulled out a wooden birthday cake for each kid's birthday, then put it away. She did not smile. After that daunting start to his formal education, Ratmeyer said, when he entered third grade, his teacher was young, fresh out of college, newly married, spoke to and smiled at students, and he was amazed.

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Basheer writings evoke spirituality

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Former bureaucrat, lyricist and Vice-Chancellor of Malayalam University K. Jayakumar has said that Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a narrator of pure spirituality free from all kinds of chains.

Delivering the Basheer memorial address as part of an award function organised by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Malayalam Study Centre here on Saturday, Mr. Jayakumar said the spirituality infused into Malayalam literature by Basheer helped the language soar into heights defying boundaries.

There were attempts to restrict Basheer to communal labels. However, the writer has been able to outsmart such skewed classifications. Had he written in some world language, he would have been celebrated across the globe.

Only now have we started realising the greatness of his works. So, we have a responsibility to let the world know about his unique literary genius, he said. Critic M. Thomas Mathew presided over the function.

Earlier, the Basheer Memorial Award was presented to novelist U.K. Kumaran by Culture Minister K.C. Joseph. Researcher P.R. Sowmya received the award for the budding writer. Results of the talent examination conducted by the study centre were announced by critic M.K. Sanoo, vice-chairman of the study centre.

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At 80, Leonard Cohen meditates on spirituality and war on new album

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NEW YORK Releasing a new album near his 80th birthday, Leonard Cohen cheekily addresses his age in its first song, intoning, Its not because Im old . . . I always liked it slow.

The poet and songwriter nonetheless glides confidently through a gamut of themes and styles on the album Popular Problems, ruminating in his husky and undiminished voice on war, loss and his own spiritual odyssey.

The Canadian-born talent turned 80 on Sunday. But Cohen said that the timing of his 13th studio album his first since 2012 that comes decades after classic songs such as Hallelujah and So Long, Marianne was coincidental.

On the latest album, Cohen invokes Hurricane Katrina in Samson in New Orleans, lamenting the destruction of jazzs birthplace.

In one of the more striking musical passages, Cohen brings in plaintive Arabic snippets of a female singer in Nevermind, in which he bemoans the anonymity of war victims with verses such as, The storys told with facts and lies / I had a name / But never mind.

Cohen, previewing the album at a New York nightclub, said the womans voice represented the oppressed who are absent from public discourse.

Generally speaking, nothing anybody says in public anymore nourishes or resonates with any authentic sense that you have about things, Cohen explained.

So, same way about Syria or the general catastrophe that confronts us now. So that voice comes out of that unrepresented majority of people, he said.

Cohen, who declined to speak further on world affairs, has long mourned bloodshed in songs such as the Vietnam War-era Story of Isaac. He has pleaded for peace in the Middle East but has also defied calls to boycott Israel.

Cohen, who is Jewish as well as an ordained Zen Buddhist monk, delves into the Biblical story of Exodus on the Gospel-backed Born in Chains.

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At UW-Eau Claire, chemist mixes science, spirituality

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Science and Christianity are often viewed as incompatible, but they mix well for a renowned chemist who visited UW-Eau Claire Thursday.

Henry "Fritz" Schaefer III gave a presentation titled "My Spiritual Journey" to UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff. The former University of California, Berkeley professor who currently is director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry (CCQC) at the University of Georgia, also gave a talk over the dinner hour titled "The Challenge of Being a Person of Faith in a Scientific World" and ended his visit with a speech titled "The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and God" Thursday night.

Schaefer said he hasn't always been a Christian. He became one during his fourth year as a professor at Berkeley.

"I was challenged to consider the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ," he said. "I did that for a couple of years and became convinced intellectually that's true."

He said he hoped to get students thinking about "spiritual things" during his time in Eau Claire.

"The questions he's trying to answer are questions of life -- questions that don't change -- that we tend to ask as human beings," said Dave Johnson, who works with Cru, a religious group that brought Schaefer to campus.

Schaefer also met with UW-Eau Claire chemistry students Thursday afternoon and took the opportunity to do some recruiting.

"We were looking for new Ph.D.

Schaefer is friends with Berkeley professor Richard Saykally, a UW-Eau Claire alumnus.

"I'm looking for the next Rich Saykally to come and work with me for a Ph.D.," Schaefer said.

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CECE 2013 WORKSHOPS: "Children’s Spirituality – what it is and why it matters" wth Amy Crawford – Video

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CECE 2013 WORKSHOPS: "Children #39;s Spirituality - what it is and why it matters" wth Amy Crawford
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'Monkey Beach' Grapples With Issues Of Spirituality, Oppression And Growing Up

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Eden Robinsons Monkey Beach, the 2001 recipient of the Ethel Wilson Prize, was released as an eBook for the first time last month. Monkey Beach is a coming of age tale that is told in a reel of flashbacks, memories and dreams. A novel of oppression, loss of innocence and spirituality, Robinsons themes pervade the pages of Monkey Beach with a unique perspicuity.

The books main character, Lisamarie Michelle Hill, is a part of a Haisla (or indigenous) tribe and lives with her family on a reservation in Kitamaat, British Columbia. She begins her story at twenty years old as shes chain smoking cigarettes in her parents kitchen. When we meet the Hill family, they are in shambles over the disappearance of Lisas younger brother, Jimmy, who is lost at sea.

Within a few pages, we are thrown into one of Lisas most distinct memories of her childhood. In the memory, Lisa details how her and Jimmy convinced their parents to take them to Monkey Beach in search of Bgwus, or the Haislas equivalent of Big Foot. Lisa tells how she came face to face with the creature in this first dose of magical realism that Robinson administers to us. At first, its hard to discern what this means for a seemingly ordinary novel, as Lisa admits that shes not sure if she imagined the whole interaction or not.

We are further propelled into Lisas memories where we happen to meet all of the books characters. The most important people in Lisas life are strong-willed and spirited, including her Uncle Mick. We learn that Uncle Mick was missing for years, and was thought to be dead, before he turned up on the Hill doorstep when Lisa was a child. Lisa emulates her uncles behavior, following in his image as a strong and opinionated young woman. In one scene from her past, Lisa sings Fuck the Oppressors (a song Mick and his friends wrote) in the middle of class after her teacher asks her to read a passage about cannibalism among native cultures. Lisas self-sufficiency and strength of character later takes on new forms of darkness as she ages and applies her behavior to more drastic experiences.

Throughout the novel, Lisa encounters demons, ghosts and visions both literal and figurative. Robinson has a way of conjuring the most unthinkable situations and the most radical perversions of reality and making them somehow tangibly, believably and seamlessly interwoven in an otherwise everyday coming of age story.

Though Lisa experiences some out of the ordinary tragedies and spectacular spiritual encounters, her story is still that of a young girl facing the arduous task of growing up. Despite the fact that the paths of narration tend to amble and it is easy to get lost in them, Robinson is able to tie together every loose end while still leaving readers with a sense of wonder and intrigue. A joy, a horror and an utterly heart wrenching book, Monkey Beach is worth every painstaking turn.

Even over a decade later, the themes of Monkey Beach are pertinent for people of all ages, nationalities and beliefs. Now in eBook form, hopefully Monkey Beach will be able to reach an even wider audience and continue to spread awareness and stir the emotions of its readers.

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