Events and Services Calendar

Events, Services, and Happenings at Contemplate.

Contemplative Conversations: The Work of the People

Sep 27 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a time of conversation centered around short films from the project “The Work Of The People”. A collection of short films (5-10 mins) with insights from some of today’s most influential theologians and spiritual teachers. We will watch these films together followed by contemplation and conversation. Teachers include: Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Walter Brueggemann, Brene Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Holmes, and many others. Our time will consist of contemplation and conversation. Register below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuisrT8qGNDxn5X-YSKubw5SQgHwxF6B

House Church: Contemplative, Participatory, Worship

Sep 27 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us via Zoom for House Church. We gather as our Christian spiritual ancestors did. In our houses, with hearts wide open to learn, share, support, worship, pray, and contemplate

What you will “need” (All Optional):
Dinner, snack, coffee, or tea
Elements for communion

A house church style worship service. Intimate, participatory, prayerful, and transformative. In integral worship we seek to learn about God, praise God, and grow spiritually by including our whole selves (body, mind, & spirit) in worship. We engage and discuss scripture and writings of the prophets, mystics, and contemplatives. We pray with our mouths, bodies, and in the silence. We learn spiritual practices and concepts that lead us to transformation and more awareness of God’s love and Grace.

Lectio Divina

Sep 28 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Come pray the scriptures with us @ 9:30 am. Pastor John Duling will guide us through readings of a small passage with periods of directed silent reflection in between each reading. Our time closes with a brief period of sharing. Instruction is provided no experience required. Register

Silent Prayer Sit

Sep 28 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Sep 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Registration closed email us for more information.

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Silent Prayer Sit

Sep 29 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Sep 29 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Donate:https://tithe.ly/give?c=266607

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Silent Prayer Sit

Sep 30 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

Al-Anon

Sep 30 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups is a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 1 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 2 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

Contemplative Movement

Oct 2 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Contemplative Movement engages our physical selves in spiritual practice to promote wholeness, balancing activity with stillness.

The practice is accessible by all body types and experience levels. Chairs, mats, cushions, straps, blocks, eye and bolster pillows are used. Each practice may contain elements of body awareness, dance, yoga, prayer walks, breath work, biospiritual focusing, prostration, and silent meditation.

When cultivated through regular practice, Contemplative Movement is a holistic body-mind training to ease us into meditation and contemplation. It also helps us to engage our whole selves in our spiritual life.

The practice may draw on the yogic tradition to prepare the body, mind, and spirit for meditation. Our hour long practice will conclude with 20-30 minutes of silent meditation.

Suggested donation of $5.

Check with your health care provider before beginning a new practice to ensure you are healthy enough for mild exercise.

Contemplative Conversations: The Work of the People

Oct 4 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a time of conversation centered around short films from the project “The Work Of The People”. A collection of short films (5-10 mins) with insights from some of today’s most influential theologians and spiritual teachers. We will watch these films together followed by contemplation and conversation. Teachers include: Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Walter Brueggemann, Brene Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Holmes, and many others. Our time will consist of contemplation and conversation. Register below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuisrT8qGNDxn5X-YSKubw5SQgHwxF6B

House Church: Contemplative, Participatory, Worship

Oct 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us via Zoom for House Church. We gather as our Christian spiritual ancestors did. In our houses, with hearts wide open to learn, share, support, worship, pray, and contemplate

What you will “need” (All Optional):
Dinner, snack, coffee, or tea
Elements for communion

A house church style worship service. Intimate, participatory, prayerful, and transformative. In integral worship we seek to learn about God, praise God, and grow spiritually by including our whole selves (body, mind, & spirit) in worship. We engage and discuss scripture and writings of the prophets, mystics, and contemplatives. We pray with our mouths, bodies, and in the silence. We learn spiritual practices and concepts that lead us to transformation and more awareness of God’s love and Grace.

Lectio Divina

Oct 5 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Come pray the scriptures with us @ 9:30 am. Pastor John Duling will guide us through readings of a small passage with periods of directed silent reflection in between each reading. Our time closes with a brief period of sharing. Instruction is provided no experience required. Register

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 5 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 6 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Registration closed email us for more information.

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 6 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 6 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Donate:https://tithe.ly/give?c=266607

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 7 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

Al-Anon

Oct 7 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups is a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 8 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

Silent Prayer Sit

Oct 9 @ 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a break during our physical isolation to spiritually connect. Join us via zoom for a brief check in and a 20 minute silent prayer sit. We will open with a brief reading, prayer, scripture, or meditative music such as a taize chant. Room will lock 12:20 to avoid interruptions.
https://zoom.us/j/735301950

Contemplative Movement

Oct 9 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Contemplative Movement engages our physical selves in spiritual practice to promote wholeness, balancing activity with stillness.

The practice is accessible by all body types and experience levels. Chairs, mats, cushions, straps, blocks, eye and bolster pillows are used. Each practice may contain elements of body awareness, dance, yoga, prayer walks, breath work, biospiritual focusing, prostration, and silent meditation.

When cultivated through regular practice, Contemplative Movement is a holistic body-mind training to ease us into meditation and contemplation. It also helps us to engage our whole selves in our spiritual life.

The practice may draw on the yogic tradition to prepare the body, mind, and spirit for meditation. Our hour long practice will conclude with 20-30 minutes of silent meditation.

Suggested donation of $5.

Check with your health care provider before beginning a new practice to ensure you are healthy enough for mild exercise.

Contemplative Conversations: The Work of the People

Oct 11 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a time of conversation centered around short films from the project “The Work Of The People”. A collection of short films (5-10 mins) with insights from some of today’s most influential theologians and spiritual teachers. We will watch these films together followed by contemplation and conversation. Teachers include: Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Walter Brueggemann, Brene Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Holmes, and many others. Our time will consist of contemplation and conversation. Register below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuisrT8qGNDxn5X-YSKubw5SQgHwxF6B

House Church: Contemplative, Participatory, Worship

Oct 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us via Zoom for House Church. We gather as our Christian spiritual ancestors did. In our houses, with hearts wide open to learn, share, support, worship, pray, and contemplate

What you will “need” (All Optional):
Dinner, snack, coffee, or tea
Elements for communion

A house church style worship service. Intimate, participatory, prayerful, and transformative. In integral worship we seek to learn about God, praise God, and grow spiritually by including our whole selves (body, mind, & spirit) in worship. We engage and discuss scripture and writings of the prophets, mystics, and contemplatives. We pray with our mouths, bodies, and in the silence. We learn spiritual practices and concepts that lead us to transformation and more awareness of God’s love and Grace.

Lectio Divina

Oct 12 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Come pray the scriptures with us @ 9:30 am. Pastor John Duling will guide us through readings of a small passage with periods of directed silent reflection in between each reading. Our time closes with a brief period of sharing. Instruction is provided no experience required. Register

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 13 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Registration closed email us for more information.

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 13 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Donate:https://tithe.ly/give?c=266607

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Al-Anon

Oct 14 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups is a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.

Contemplative Movement

Oct 16 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Contemplative Movement engages our physical selves in spiritual practice to promote wholeness, balancing activity with stillness.

The practice is accessible by all body types and experience levels. Chairs, mats, cushions, straps, blocks, eye and bolster pillows are used. Each practice may contain elements of body awareness, dance, yoga, prayer walks, breath work, biospiritual focusing, prostration, and silent meditation.

When cultivated through regular practice, Contemplative Movement is a holistic body-mind training to ease us into meditation and contemplation. It also helps us to engage our whole selves in our spiritual life.

The practice may draw on the yogic tradition to prepare the body, mind, and spirit for meditation. Our hour long practice will conclude with 20-30 minutes of silent meditation.

Suggested donation of $5.

Check with your health care provider before beginning a new practice to ensure you are healthy enough for mild exercise.

Contemplative Conversations: The Work of the People

Oct 18 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a time of conversation centered around short films from the project “The Work Of The People”. A collection of short films (5-10 mins) with insights from some of today’s most influential theologians and spiritual teachers. We will watch these films together followed by contemplation and conversation. Teachers include: Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Walter Brueggemann, Brene Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Holmes, and many others. Our time will consist of contemplation and conversation. Register below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuisrT8qGNDxn5X-YSKubw5SQgHwxF6B

House Church: Contemplative, Participatory, Worship

Oct 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us via Zoom for House Church. We gather as our Christian spiritual ancestors did. In our houses, with hearts wide open to learn, share, support, worship, pray, and contemplate

What you will “need” (All Optional):
Dinner, snack, coffee, or tea
Elements for communion

A house church style worship service. Intimate, participatory, prayerful, and transformative. In integral worship we seek to learn about God, praise God, and grow spiritually by including our whole selves (body, mind, & spirit) in worship. We engage and discuss scripture and writings of the prophets, mystics, and contemplatives. We pray with our mouths, bodies, and in the silence. We learn spiritual practices and concepts that lead us to transformation and more awareness of God’s love and Grace.

Lectio Divina

Oct 19 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Come pray the scriptures with us @ 9:30 am. Pastor John Duling will guide us through readings of a small passage with periods of directed silent reflection in between each reading. Our time closes with a brief period of sharing. Instruction is provided no experience required. Register

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Registration closed email us for more information.

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 20 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Donate:https://tithe.ly/give?c=266607

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Al-Anon

Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups is a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.

Contemplative Movement

Oct 23 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Contemplative Movement engages our physical selves in spiritual practice to promote wholeness, balancing activity with stillness.

The practice is accessible by all body types and experience levels. Chairs, mats, cushions, straps, blocks, eye and bolster pillows are used. Each practice may contain elements of body awareness, dance, yoga, prayer walks, breath work, biospiritual focusing, prostration, and silent meditation.

When cultivated through regular practice, Contemplative Movement is a holistic body-mind training to ease us into meditation and contemplation. It also helps us to engage our whole selves in our spiritual life.

The practice may draw on the yogic tradition to prepare the body, mind, and spirit for meditation. Our hour long practice will conclude with 20-30 minutes of silent meditation.

Suggested donation of $5.

Check with your health care provider before beginning a new practice to ensure you are healthy enough for mild exercise.

Contemplative Conversations: The Work of the People

Oct 25 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a time of conversation centered around short films from the project “The Work Of The People”. A collection of short films (5-10 mins) with insights from some of today’s most influential theologians and spiritual teachers. We will watch these films together followed by contemplation and conversation. Teachers include: Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Walter Brueggemann, Brene Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Holmes, and many others. Our time will consist of contemplation and conversation. Register below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuisrT8qGNDxn5X-YSKubw5SQgHwxF6B

House Church: Contemplative, Participatory, Worship

Oct 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us via Zoom for House Church. We gather as our Christian spiritual ancestors did. In our houses, with hearts wide open to learn, share, support, worship, pray, and contemplate

What you will “need” (All Optional):
Dinner, snack, coffee, or tea
Elements for communion

A house church style worship service. Intimate, participatory, prayerful, and transformative. In integral worship we seek to learn about God, praise God, and grow spiritually by including our whole selves (body, mind, & spirit) in worship. We engage and discuss scripture and writings of the prophets, mystics, and contemplatives. We pray with our mouths, bodies, and in the silence. We learn spiritual practices and concepts that lead us to transformation and more awareness of God’s love and Grace.

Lectio Divina

Oct 26 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Come pray the scriptures with us @ 9:30 am. Pastor John Duling will guide us through readings of a small passage with periods of directed silent reflection in between each reading. Our time closes with a brief period of sharing. Instruction is provided no experience required. Register

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Registration closed email us for more information.

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Oct 27 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Donate:https://tithe.ly/give?c=266607

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

Al-Anon

Oct 28 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups is a “worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics, whether or not the alcoholic recognizes the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.

Contemplative Movement

Oct 30 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Contemplative Movement engages our physical selves in spiritual practice to promote wholeness, balancing activity with stillness.

The practice is accessible by all body types and experience levels. Chairs, mats, cushions, straps, blocks, eye and bolster pillows are used. Each practice may contain elements of body awareness, dance, yoga, prayer walks, breath work, biospiritual focusing, prostration, and silent meditation.

When cultivated through regular practice, Contemplative Movement is a holistic body-mind training to ease us into meditation and contemplation. It also helps us to engage our whole selves in our spiritual life.

The practice may draw on the yogic tradition to prepare the body, mind, and spirit for meditation. Our hour long practice will conclude with 20-30 minutes of silent meditation.

Suggested donation of $5.

Check with your health care provider before beginning a new practice to ensure you are healthy enough for mild exercise.

Contemplative Conversations: The Work of the People

Nov 1 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a time of conversation centered around short films from the project “The Work Of The People”. A collection of short films (5-10 mins) with insights from some of today’s most influential theologians and spiritual teachers. We will watch these films together followed by contemplation and conversation. Teachers include: Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Walter Brueggemann, Brene Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Barbara Holmes, and many others. Our time will consist of contemplation and conversation. Register below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlfuisrT8qGNDxn5X-YSKubw5SQgHwxF6B

House Church: Contemplative, Participatory, Worship

Nov 1 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us via Zoom for House Church. We gather as our Christian spiritual ancestors did. In our houses, with hearts wide open to learn, share, support, worship, pray, and contemplate

What you will “need” (All Optional):
Dinner, snack, coffee, or tea
Elements for communion

A house church style worship service. Intimate, participatory, prayerful, and transformative. In integral worship we seek to learn about God, praise God, and grow spiritually by including our whole selves (body, mind, & spirit) in worship. We engage and discuss scripture and writings of the prophets, mystics, and contemplatives. We pray with our mouths, bodies, and in the silence. We learn spiritual practices and concepts that lead us to transformation and more awareness of God’s love and Grace.

Lectio Divina

Nov 2 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Come pray the scriptures with us @ 9:30 am. Pastor John Duling will guide us through readings of a small passage with periods of directed silent reflection in between each reading. Our time closes with a brief period of sharing. Instruction is provided no experience required. Register

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Nov 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Registration closed email us for more information.

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

The Gifts of Imperfection: Online Study Group

Nov 3 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Shame, Vulnerability, and Authenticity. Join us for this 8-week study on the wisdom and work of Brené Brown including a 6-week book study on The Gifts of Imperfection and group viewing of her landmark TED Talk and Brené Brown: Call To Courage.

We will journey through her profound work together through discussion, journaling, and exploring her faith through short video’s from The Work of the People. For our study we will use the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of The Gifts of Imperfection released September 8th, 2020. Suggested donation $25 or donate $40 by September 18th and receive a hardcover copy of the text (delivered to your doorstep if you live in Lincoln). No reading for the first meeting and we will read approximately 30 pages a week. Last meeting will be 2hrs as we watch Brené Brown: Call to Courage. See book summary below.

Donate:https://tithe.ly/give?c=266607

In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh, and, on occasion, cry with you. And what’s now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, “This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, ‘My story matters because I matter.’ Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance.”

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