January 2019
Crossing and Blessing Our Thresholds: a 4-part series
Every year brings changes, but sometimes the changes are larger and more challenging than others. If you are crossing a significant threshold in your life – a change in relationship, work, home, roles, identity or abilities – this four-part Threshold series offers a facilitated group experience for exploring personal thresholds, chosen or unbidden. In a supportive small group led by Karen Hering, participants will reflect on a current threshold in their lives while accompanying others in crossing their thresholds. Using conversation,…
Find out more »February 2019
Exploring Paradise
Paradise has been imagined as a garden laden with fruit, absent of toil and suffering and shining in perfect possibilities, each one realized. What can we learn about the world we live in today, by exploring myths of a paradise found somewhere else? A free guided writing session. RSVP by email requested.
Find out more »She/He/They/We: exploring the galaxy of gender
How does gender shape who you are, how you perceive others, and how the world understands you — or doesn’t? As society wakes up to the exquisite variety of gender identity, you are invited to explore what that means. Transgender people are experiencing unprecedented momentum as well as dangerous backlash in their fight for safety, visibility, and acceptance, and it is more important than ever to show up as an informed and active ally to people of all genders. In…
Find out more »Coming Together: exploring, experiencing and expanding community
A four-part series on Thursday evenings, Feb 28-April 11. We know how important community is in bringing our whole selves to flower. And still it can be hard to find or create communities that will welcome us just as we are. This four-part series of guided writing, conversation, embodied practices and other creative activities, invites you to discover a deeper understanding of community and what is needed to build it and find belonging in it. Informed by readings from Mark…
Find out more »March 2019
Surrender: the nerve center of consent
Henri Nouwen called surrender an act of deep listening and receiving. Howard Thurman often referred to it as the “nerve center of consent.” Others have defined surrender as an offering of ourselves. To what sacred truth and presence do you offer yourself? What is the meaning of surrender in our spiritual journeys? What does it ask – and not ask – of us today? A free guided writing session. RSVP by email requested.
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Claiming Freedom
“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given,” said James Baldwin. “Freedom is something that people take and people are as free as they want to be.” How do we find and claim the freedom we each want and need? And what responsibilities accompany our freedom? How does true freedom ironically bind us to others? A free guided writing session. RSVP by email requested.
Find out more »May 2019
Peace: inside and out
“Peace is people talking together with a heart in between them.” So says a wise eight-year-old, reminding us that peace is less about the absence of conflict than our ability to respond to one another with hearts engaged and held open in conversation and relationship. This session explores the inner and outer dimensions of peace and how one affects the other. A free guided writing session. RSVP by email requested.
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