Our Blog

There’s something beautiful happening at the Centre for Spiritual Living Kelowna—and many of you are already feeling it.  For generations, spiritual communities, including ours, were shaped around one central leader. The minister carried the vision, the care, the authority, and often the emotional and spiritual weight of the whole community. That model served an important purpose for its time.  But the world has changed.   Across countless congregations, one pattern appeared

Visit to the Jewish Community Centre – “L’Dor - V’Dor: Generation to Generation” Our most recent Okanagan Multi-Faith gathering at the Kelowna Jewish Community Centre was an enriching and heartfelt experience for 11 of our members along with multiple faith traditions in Kelowna. The Okanagan Multi-Faith Community began through the deep respect and genuine friendships formed within the KGH Spiritual Advisory Team. As we witnessed rising polarization, racism, and division in th

A Chance to Change a Life — And Let Your Heart Shine   It’s that beautiful time of year again when generosity becomes a spiritual practice and love takes form in the most meaningful ways. Beginning Sunday, December 7th , CSL Kelowna once again opens the doors of compassion as we partner with CSL Kenya’s Secret Santa —bringing real, tangible miracles to children and families at Briton Slum School in the Mukuru Kwa Njenga community of Nairobi.  Last year, your loving hearts ch

In these times of division and uncertainty, it’s easy to feel that the world is losing its center. Yet, as Bruce Sanguin reminds us in  The Emerging Church , lasting change begins not out there—but within each of us.  As we’re learning in our Emerging Church class, by practicing a few core spiritual and psychological competencies, we help create what Sanguin calls morphic resonance —a shared field of coherence and compassion that shapes our community’s vibration.  It starts w

Let’s take a moment to remember the power we each have to brighten someone’s day. Kindness doesn’t need to be grand or complicated, often it’s the small gestures that ripple out the farthest. Today, (you don’t have to wait for Thursday) we invite you to intentionally practice kindness: Offer a genuine compliment to three people Send a kind text to someone Pay it forward in a line, a café, or a conversation Or make a simple commitment to perform one act of kindness each week

By Rev. John DePalma Today, we pause in sacred remembrance. We remember the countless lives touched by conflict—those who served, those who waited, those who grieved, and those who continue to carry the invisible stories of war in their bodies and hearts. We honour their courage, their sacrifice, and the longing for peace that lived within them. And we also remember something deeper still: that at the heart of humanity is a shared desire to live in safety, dignity, and belon

Creating The Beloved Community is about the qualities, attitudes, and practices that are needed to manifest the kind of world envisioned by Howard Thurman and Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., a world of peace and harmony. The focus is on how to support the larger concept of the Universal Beloved Community by creating The Beloved Community locally - as authentic local spiritual communities. This book is for those in spiritual leadership in any faith tradition who have a desire to

Realizing the importance of creating a practical guide for both ministers and congregations seeking to shift their congregational culture towards a progressive form of Christianity, Bruce Sanguin grounds The Emerging Church, in the experience of his own congregation, Canadian Memorial United, as way to establish context and to share real-life examples. At the same time, he peppers the book with insights from leading edge science, including the science of emergence, chaos the

We’re excited by the great feedback we’ve received about our new newsletter and website. We’ve also learned that some have had difficulty with the way the newsletter interacts with the website. Below you’ll find directions that may help you find what you’re looking for. If you still have difficulty, please feel free to contact me. Your feedback matters because you matter! “ With deep appreciation, Rev John This blog post is going to talk about how to navigate the new CSL Kelo

Thursday, November 6th — Multi-Faith Kelowna As a trans-denominational philosophy , Religious Science stands as a living bridge—a meeting place where the universal wisdom of all faiths converges in Oneness. Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science, had a remarkable ability to distill the golden thread of Truth running through every great tradition—embracing the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha, Rumi and Lao Tzu, the poets, scientists, and mystics alike. He recognized tha