March Newsletter
Marching Towards Easter SundayMARCH UPDATE March is here and with it has come so many signs of resurrection. After brutal cold that left many of us powerless, both metaphorically and literally, the songs of…
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A New Year Newsletter
“All shall be well, All shall be well, and All manner of things shall be well.” – Julian of Norwich Blessings on this New Year’s Day. We enter a new year with new possibilities…
December 2020 Newsletter
December 2020 Advent and Christmas Season withContemplate Lincoln This December Contemplate Lincoln and J-Tech Construction are partnering to serve Lincoln through Care Packages for the Quarantined. A program to serve those experiencing a loss of income…
November Newsletter
Fall/Advent CC Book StudyInterested in a fall book study and spiritual connection? Our Contemplative Conversation groups are contemplative and participatory. This 6-week session we will read Julian of Norwich: Wisdom in a time of pandemic…
October 2020 Newsletter
Big Announcement Hello Friends, Instead of my usual monthly blog I wanted to direct your attention to a very special event with my friend Dr. Peter Traben Haas. Peter has been a mentor, friend, and…
September Newsletter
A World in Need of AuthenticityThis month we welcome in the fall season. The trees share the beautiful brilliance of their changing leaves before letting them go, laying themselves bare for the winter. Fall…
August 2020
August: marked by majestic dignity or grandeurComing from the Latin word augustus, meaning “consecrated” or “venerable” What a name for a month and also what a reminder to look at and experience the grandeur of the creation in…
June Newsletter
Order, Disorder, Reorder (Where Are We?)Many philosophers, theologians, and biblical scholars from every era have written about a perennial process of transformation: order, disorder, reorder. This template for transformation is found in many faith…
May Newsletter
“Liminal space, the place of waiting, is a unique spiritual position where human beings hate to be but where the Biblical God is always leading them… All transformation takes place here. The threshold is God’s…
Easter and Eastertide 2020 A Lens of Hope
This Easter and Eastertide we find ourselves in a very strange place indeed. Having received an extra heaping helping of Lent, wanted or unwanted, we all are adjusting to a new normal, facing uncertainty, and many encountering in small…
Upcoming Events
Apr
22
Thu
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Apr 22 @ 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
Apr
23
Fri
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Apr 23 @ 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
5:30 pm
Contemplative Movement
Contemplative Movement
Apr 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...
Apr
25
Sun
2:30 pm
Contemplative Conversations: The...
Contemplative Conversations: The...
Apr 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
4:00 pm
House Church: Contemplative, Par...
House Church: Contemplative, Par...
Apr 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. Link 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,...
Apr
26
Mon
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Apr 26 @ 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
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