- We are part of the Multifaith Services at the University of Victoria. More about this and what we do there can be found HERE.
- We are a member of the Interfaith Liaisons Network (ILN). More information about this can be found HERE.
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In Print and Online
Check out contributions to the Victoria Times-Colonist where Anna Bowness-Park, and Matt Jackson are contributors to a blog on the link between health and spirituality.
July 23, 2023 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Finding frontiers of connection in church fellowship. Beth Gibson writes about connection and church fellowship HERE.
Sept. 17, 2022 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: The Sower and the Seed: My Favourite Parable. The enigmatic stories (parables) about First Century life invite us to think and pray about God, ourselves, and the way we relate to each other. Matt Jackson shares more HERE.
Apr. 2, 2022 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Finding hope in the power of spiritual activism to heal the world. In these often difficult times, we can discover an activism that can complement all the other good works: spiritual activism. Matt Jackson explores this in more detail and you can read it HERE.
Oct. 23, 2021 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: The Mirror: A Spiritual Metaphor for our Times. What is the meaning of life?” It’s a question, says author Robert Fulghum, he sometimes asks with playful intent at the end of a lecture or long meeting. Matthew Jackson delves into this topic further and you can read this HERE.
Oct. 22, 2021 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Spiritual Discovery: How we can better the world. A webinar with a Christian Science practitioner. Anna Bowness-Park writes about this HERE.
Apr. 21, 2021 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: God’s law of Love: An Interview with Anne Melville. Anne shares ideas from her upcoming webinar, “God’s law of Love” on April 25th. You can read this HERE.
Apr. 17, 2021 – Times-Colonist: Spritually Speaking: God’s law of Love heals, redeems, and governs the universe. “Buddha was not Buddhist. Jesus was not Christian. Muhammad was not Muslim. They were teachers who taught Love. Love was their religion.” You can read more about this by Matt Jackson HERE.
Mar. 3, 2021 – Times-Colonist: Spritually Speaking: “Life without fear is absolutely possible. We are not stuck.” Alexandre Fischer talks about his upcoming webinar in this article by Anna Bowness-Park and you can read this HERE.
Dec. 4, 2020 – Times-Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: The difficulties of 2020 have put spirituality into focus. A spiritual perspective of life can help us to see through the clouds of fear and anxiety that swirl around us. Matt Jackson writes about this spiritual perspective HERE.
Feb. 26, 2020 – Times-Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Miracles Redefined: Experiencing the Divine in Everyday Life (Part Two). Matt Jackson interviews Heike Arneth on what miracles are and how they can be experienced on a more consistent basis. You can read this HERE.
Feb. 22, 2020 – Times-Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Miracles Redefined: Experiencing the Divine in Everyday Life. Matt Jackson writes about the topic of miracles, and you can read this HERE.
Nov. 2, 2019 – Times-Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: How spiritual identity is related to healing. Matt Jackson writes about discovering our spiritual identity and relationship to God, and how it enables us to experience healing in our lives. You can read more about this HERE.
Aug. 3, 2019 – Times-Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Encounter with bears offers fresh, more spiritual views of life. You can read more about this spiritual view of life by Anna Bowness-Park HERE.
May 24, 2019 – Times Colonist: Spiritual Speaking: The power of love in a simple wave. Too busy to love? You can read more about this by Anna Bowness-Park HERE.
Feb. 9, 2019 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: A health-care professional’s quest to experience God. Matt Jackson chats with Giulia Nesi about her quest. You can read this HERE.
Dec. 15, 2018 – Times Colonist: Spiritual Speaking: The healing and unifying effect of singing together at Christmas. The healing and unifying effect of singing together at Christmas. Those carolers at your door or in your church have something in common – singing together inspires and connects us. It is a healing activity. You can read this full article by Anna Bowness-Park HERE.
Oct. 27, 2018 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Searching for universal truth across religions. Who are we? Where do we come from? Is God real? Matt Jackson chats with Nate Frederick about these questions. You can read this HERE.
Aug. 4, 2018 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: The Divine influence that brings hope and action. God’s love can reach an ancient prophet or modern day skier in the wilderness as readily as it can find 12 boys and their coach in a cave. You can read this article by Anna Bowness-Park HERE.
July 7, 2018 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Cultivating peace in a world of conflict. Our desire to cultivate peace invites us to re-think how we see our enemies. You can read this article by Matt Jackson HERE.
Apr. 25, 2018 – Times Colonist: Spiritually Speaking: Finding the true origin of happiness. You can read this article by Anna Bowness-Park HERE.
