Island News & Views
General · 24th September 2008
Editor
Join local author Star Weiss in a book signing at Book Bonanza this Saturday from 1 to 3pm. Star is a former Quadra islander with longtime links to the island. She's written a book called Havens in a Hectic World: Finding Sacred Places, which includes a section on the church at Cape Mudge. The author recounts how it was a sacred place for her family and friends Ruby Wilson, Alberta and Dan Billy, and Joy Inglis, whose recollections appear in the book.
Star will be reading at the church this Sunday September 28th, remembering the days when Ron Atkinson used to lead his wonderful meditations there. Diana McKerracher, an old friend of Star's who sang at her daughters' baptism in the church, will also be singing on Sunday morning.
More about Havens from TouchWood Editions: Star Weiss's book explores the spiritual landscape of the West Coast of BC. In interviews with a wide spectrum of British Columbians, from prison inmates to cloistered nuns; from artists to First Nations Elders, she uncovers and discusses the diverse meaning of sanctuary in our society. From a mountain peak to an ancient village, a waterfall to a labyrinth, from the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Burnaby to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, each sacred place leads to a deeper inquiry: How can we find sanctuary in a world defined by productivity and efficiency? Where can we seek refuge? How are our connections to the divine changing? With Havens in a Hectic World, Star Weiss finds powerful answers that will invite you to find your own sacred place.
"I think every place is sacred. I have many of them," says Rabbi David Mivasair, Vice Chair of Vancouver's InterSpiritual Centre. "We create sacred space. My five-year-old daughter's bedside, my mother-in-law's kitchen, my garden, the holy blossom temple of a cherry tree....It's really about opening our eyes, opening our hearts, opening our soul to where we are. It's our attunement to what is there that makes it a sacred place."
Douglas Todd, Ethics and Spirituality reporter for The Vancouver Sun, says, "Star Weiss has put together an incredibly well researched and engagingly written exploration of what it means for a place to be 'sacred.' With the fresh eyes of a former New Yorker who has long been enchanted by her wild, mysterious chosen home on the West Coast, Weiss takes the reader on a thoughtful journey into the heart of contemporary spirituality."
Star will be reading at the church this Sunday September 28th, remembering the days when Ron Atkinson used to lead his wonderful meditations there. Diana McKerracher, an old friend of Star's who sang at her daughters' baptism in the church, will also be singing on Sunday morning.
More about Havens from TouchWood Editions: Star Weiss's book explores the spiritual landscape of the West Coast of BC. In interviews with a wide spectrum of British Columbians, from prison inmates to cloistered nuns; from artists to First Nations Elders, she uncovers and discusses the diverse meaning of sanctuary in our society. From a mountain peak to an ancient village, a waterfall to a labyrinth, from the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Burnaby to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, each sacred place leads to a deeper inquiry: How can we find sanctuary in a world defined by productivity and efficiency? Where can we seek refuge? How are our connections to the divine changing? With Havens in a Hectic World, Star Weiss finds powerful answers that will invite you to find your own sacred place.
"I think every place is sacred. I have many of them," says Rabbi David Mivasair, Vice Chair of Vancouver's InterSpiritual Centre. "We create sacred space. My five-year-old daughter's bedside, my mother-in-law's kitchen, my garden, the holy blossom temple of a cherry tree....It's really about opening our eyes, opening our hearts, opening our soul to where we are. It's our attunement to what is there that makes it a sacred place."
Douglas Todd, Ethics and Spirituality reporter for The Vancouver Sun, says, "Star Weiss has put together an incredibly well researched and engagingly written exploration of what it means for a place to be 'sacred.' With the fresh eyes of a former New Yorker who has long been enchanted by her wild, mysterious chosen home on the West Coast, Weiss takes the reader on a thoughtful journey into the heart of contemporary spirituality."