Symbols and Fairy Tales
March 28, 2010.
On this, Palm Sunday, Gretta explores with the congregation the meaning and metaphor we take from the fairy tales of our childhoods. And she looks at that moment when Jesus steps “into the dream”, the dream of change in the world. She reminds us of how we have already been change in the world and calls each of us to walk again through that archway to the centre of where change can happen.
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A Diverse Journey
March 21, 2010
Special guest speaker Shodja Ziaian shares the winding path of his journey to West Hill and the diversity of his background.
Dr. Shodja Eddin Ziaian is a Professor at Glendon College, York University and a Research Associate in the York Center for International and Security Studies (YCISS). Holding a BA from the National University of Iran, an MA from the University of Dijon, and a doctorate in [Peace] Economics from the University of Paris, Dr. Ziaian authored “Contes Iraniens Islamisés”, and translated into Persian André Piettre’s “Marx and Marxism” among other books. He worked as an editor in the National Iranian Radio and TV and the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). He has publications in English, French and Persian. He is a former National Defense Critic and Peace Building Advocate in the Shadow Cabinet of the Green Party of Canada.
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If Nobody Knew
March 14, 2010
Guest speaker Scott Kearns examines the implications of the movie Groundhog Day.
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Precious
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