https://www.bartbegalka.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eecefcd923cc52983db30a1/3c43fc23-f805-458f-8808-38f3e624cc90/66ec80e4f90bf4dbbcc46f1282840b4d++bb.jpg https://www.bartbegalka.com/the-basics daily 0.75 2025-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eecefcd923cc52983db30a1/1594856678697-UI6JE6R56HN9ND84SOA6/IMG_1142.JPG Metamodern Spirituality Street shrine in San Gwann, Malta https://www.bartbegalka.com/multifaithperspectives daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://www.bartbegalka.com/bio daily 0.75 2025-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eecefcd923cc52983db30a1/1592958982498-1KA01RAPJQ1B6U08T3S2/self+edited.png Bio - Dr. Bart Begalka I am a quiet, private person. However, there are things I want to share with you in this website and in my book, so you have the right to know where I’m coming from. My age and geography precluded me from being involved with Vietnam War protests, but I was deeply impacted by them. With news of the Kent State Massacre (May 1970) I committed myself to questioning authority and concern for the oppressed. Soon later, in 1972, I had a conversion experience, at which time I turned my back on the religious denomination of my childhood. These, my early memories, took place in the state of Washington. My more recent memories are from British Columbia, where I moved in 1987. I am a dual citizen. I used to be a pastor, both lay and professional. At 32 I became a therapist. I have been a Registered Clinical Counsellor for more than 30 years. I have also spent the past 15+ years as a university faculty member, teaching graduate level counselling psychology. I am in the process of retiring from academics to pursue the next adventure in my life: tending my garden, creating art in my workshop, and to continue my counselling practice on a part-time basis. All this enveloped in a life of solitude, simplicity and meditation. I went to school a lot. I have a bachelor’s in Biblical Studies, a master’s in Christian Education, and another master’s in Human Learning & Development. My second master’s actually represents four years of doctoral work with research that fell apart due to academic politics. I received a letter of apology from the university and a second master’s degree as a consolation. My research focused on gender differences in the development of religious orientations. In my mid-50’s I did the doctoral thing again, and I have a doctorate in education. My research this time focused on the praxis of critical theory in postsecondary education, with applications to postcolonial relationships. I started life in an ultra-conservative Lutheran denomination. In my teen years I defected to evangelical churches. At thirty I became an Anglican, where I remained for many years. I then dabbled in Quakerism before becoming a Roman Catholic - a post-postmodern Roman Catholic. 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