Serge Bouchard, Québec’s celebrated anthropologist and broadcaster, keen observer of the human heart in many places, passed away suddenly at the young age of 73. I wish in this service to tell a bit of his story, which represents the very best of what our Québec society offers in terms of values and care.
Growing up in upstate New York during the 1960s, Christopher reflects on the light cast on those times and that country by Maya Angelou’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The renowned Afro-American poet Maya Angelou wrote a powerful account of her childhood and adolescence in the South and in California: violence and … Continue reading Reflections on the Caged Bird
Leonardo da Vinci believed that water was to the world as our blood is to our body. It is a vehicle of nature and connects all to all. Streams, rivers, seas and oceans all speak to the flows of energy and connection through our lives as Unitarian Universalists, as people, and as living beings inhabiting … Continue reading Water: As Life Streams On
After our Summer hiatus with picnics and BBQs, the Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation is homeward bound, returning to our regular Sunday morning services. Christopher Thomson, one of our members and a long-settled immigrant in Québec, will talk about the personal journeys we make in our lives. Leaving our first home to go into the world, yet … Continue reading Homeward Bound
Anita Moorjani nearly died in 2006 and during a 30-hour coma, she had a Near Death Experience, which brought her in contact with what she calls the Infinite Self. Subsequently, she wrote a book, Dying to Be Me, describing her life, illness, passage close to death and healing. She draws from her story a message of love, … Continue reading Near Death Experience
