Amid increasing secularization and social dislocation, what does it look like to build relationships between religious and secular movements in order to re-ignite a non-partisan, politics of meaning for the common good? Join Hilary Henegar, Shadae Johnson, Meharoona Ghani, Kai Nagata, and more (bios coming soon), as we discuss the contemporary role of faith in […]
Notes from The Privilege of Yoga
Download the notes in PDF form here. (Summary notes from discussion groups at the April 26th dialogue at Rhizome Café. Please excuse any mistakes in translating notes from written to typed form.) Topic 1: Yoga and White Privilege/Heteronormativity – Yoga as a tool for increased awareness and Character Development – Yoga cultivating emotional intelligence – […]
The Stories the Body Tells
“There are things you do because they feel right, and they make no sense, and they make no money, and it may be the real reason we are here; to love each other, and to eat each others cooking and say it was good.” Brian Andreas I’ve been thinking about the body a lot this […]
The Privilege of Yoga
Friday, April 26th, 7-9pm Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway: Join us as we talk about: Who gets to practice yoga? What does it mean to be queer practising yoga? To be a person of colour? To be a feminist? To be poor? Is yoga gendered? Are all bodies truly welcome in yoga? What does it […]
The United Church Diaspora
By Christine Boyle, in the United Church Observer I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been to Sunday morning worship in the last year. But I am in conversations about church, faith, spirituality, purpose, wholeness and social change all the time. Most of my young life has been spent stumbling between […]
Vivir Bien: Living Well
I’m tempted to begin by saying something like “What a busy couple months it’s been!”. But I’m trying to shift that habit. Like many in our culture, I have long secretly associated being-busy with being-of-use, and associated being-of-use with being-of-value. When I slow down to really think about it, I know that our value isn’t […]
Enbridge, climate crisis and moral courage: ‘What I hope the Joint Review Panel’s final report will say’
By Christine Boyle, February 1, 2013 Find this article on rabble.ca here. Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today. These remarks were delivered January 31 in Vancouver to a session of the Joint Review Panel hearings on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Thanks for having me here. My name is Christine Boyle. I’ve lived on unceded Coast Salish territory […]
Nine Self-Care Reminders for the Over-Committed Activist
From Rabble.ca Nine self-care reminders for the over-committed activist By Christine Boyle | January 9, 2013 Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today. At the beginning of every year, I resolve to floss my teeth more regularly. But with two jobs, a family, and a near-constant feeling of urgency about a myriad of social and environmental issues, my […]
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