The Table Winnipeg

Hey folks – as promised, our series on religious trauma and Religious Trauma Syndrome is drawing to a close. It’s been a while coming, for sure, but I’m glad to be turning the page into this chapter. As we will discover together, reconstruction isn’t simply substituting one belief system for another, but rather the choice […]

Hey folks – last week we planned to explore the place that anger has on the road to recovery from religious trauma and Religious Trauma Syndrome. And we almost did. 🙂  However, as sometimes happens, our Community Time conversation expanded and “poof” – it was time to go home! I want to acknowledge that there is some tension […]

Sorry/not sorry – I couldn’t resist adding the all-caps “MORE”. I think it’s because the subject line was starting to sprawl… In any case, that is also all true. This Sunday, we’ll gather at the Plett house once again (details below). We will start with an Easter Egg hunt for the kids. For those joining us online […]

Hey folks—last week’s blurb was long partly because I needed to provide a lot of details about the “where” part of our gathering. There will be some of that in this one as well because the search for our next gathering space is ongoing. Some of you have sent suggestions – much appreciated, and be […]

As most of you may know, VA Cafe has closed. That’s sad for several reasons, one of which is that we now have no gathering space. We’re working on that but it might take a bit of doing to find our next “home”. In the meantime, we still exist to make room to explore what we believe, […]

Hey folks – we’ve taken a bit of a breather from our exploration of religious trauma and RTS (religious trauma syndrome) for the past couple of weeks, and (as promised) we are now returning to this topic. In particular, we’re going to move into some consideration of what healing might look like. I’m not going to […]

Hey folks – our journey this week will take us through some more critical thinking about what to watch for if we’re trying to identify / steer clear of toxic belief systems. If you caught the Talky Bit last week, you know I have a very long list that I’m working from, but I promise […]

Hey folks – this week, when we gather at VA Cafe (lower level, 10:45 am), we’ll check in with Community Time, then jump in and swim around in the deep end some more. However, we’re going to take the “swimming” metaphor somewhere a little different this week, and explore something that is alongside the particulars of religious trauma. […]

Hey folks – welcome to another not-so-cold-you-could-freeze-starting-your-car weekend! I know there is much more to life than the weather, but as people with bodies as well as minds and spirits, it’s a factor. I’m looking forward to both our exploration on Sunday and to a milder day. One of the reasons I’m looking forward to this […]

Hey folks – when we gather this week at VA Cafe (lower level), we’ll take the time to check in with one another (humans “being” first, then on to “humans doing”), and then dig into Part 2 of our exploration of Religious Trauma. For those following the series, Part 2 will delve further into the […]

Hey folks…It’s unusual for me to sit down to write the blurb and feel as though I’m genuinely uncertain where to begin. I feel that way this week not because I’m uncertain about the topic, but because it’s a big one. Hence “the deep end”. Let’s dive in… I’ve been putting some time into studying […]