Book Club
Mother Night: We Are What We Pretend To Be
In Mother Night, Vonnegut shows how our pretenses ultimately define us.
Matthew Gindin is a journalist, educator and meditation instructor located in Vancouver, BC. He is the Pacific Correspondent for the Canadian Jewish News, writes regularly for the Forward and the Jewish Independent and has been published in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Religion Dispatches, Kveller, Situate Magazine, and elsewhere. He writes on Medium from time to time.
In Mother Night, Vonnegut shows how our pretenses ultimately define us.
Is it possible to live a meaningful life in a world that's on fire?
To protest injustice, even if it does not change things, is something which keeps our very souls alive.
Hip-hop artist Lecrae has helped transform hip-hop, Christian music, and American Evangelical Christian culture in general.
Kate Bush is more like a fairy tale enchantress than a simple pop star.
Billy Bragg has spent his career using music to bring about social change.
Canadian musician, Bruce Cockburn, delivers powerful messages of peace and justice through his music.
The music of jazz titan, John Coltrane, reflected his spiritual awakening.
Phoebe Snow abandoned a successful musical career to care for her brain damaged daughter.
Native activists battle against the destructive greed of mining companies.