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…
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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…
Physically Distant, Spiritually Connected
The following events will be held via Zoom using the following links (you do not need a paid Zoom account to join us via Zoom): Noon-hour silent prayer Weekdays 12:00pm-12:45pm: https://zoom.us/j/735301950 Lectio Divina Thursday’s…
Upcoming Events
Jan
26
Tue
11:00 am
A Hidden Wholeness By Parker Pal...
A Hidden Wholeness By Parker Pal...
Jan 26 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
A Hidden Wholeness: the Journey toward an Undivided Life by Parker Palmer. In this book Parker Palmer, author, educator, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change, brings together these themes in an invitation for “soul work.” Join us in the “journey toward an undivided life”– a group exploration of “What am I all about and what do I think about that?” Led by Lorene Ludy, who is on this journey as a Quaker, mystic, Benedictine Oblate, spiritual director, Kundalini yoga teacher, and knows that we don’t do it by ourselves.
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Jan 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
Jan
27
Wed
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Jan 27 @ 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
Jan
28
Thu
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Jan 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
Jan
29
Fri
12:15 pm
Silent Prayer Sit
Silent Prayer Sit
Jan 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
5:30 pm
Contemplative Movement
Contemplative Movement
Jan 29 @ 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...
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