Annually we mark the significance of our community coming back together as a congregation after the summer months. All are invited to bring a small container of water — perhaps water from the tap that meets your daily thirst, rain collected from your garden, or water brought back from distant travels. All will be mingled … Continue reading Ingathering Service and Water Communion
We all carry a quiet ache to be truly seen — not the polished, acceptable version of ourselves, but the whole of who we are. In this talk, counselor and spiritual coach Catherine Quiring draws on Internal Family Systems, attachment science, and her own journey to explore how we learn to belong to ourselves, and … Continue reading Sacred Mirrors: Seeing Yourself Deeply, Loving Yourself As You Are
The physiology of numinous experience will be the focus of this talk by Julie Patton. Throughout human history, religious and wisdom teachers have described mystical experience through visions, dreams, and stories. Recent scientific and archeological discoveries are beginning to back them up with explanations of how mind, body, and spirit interact to move human hearts … Continue reading Deconstructing Basic Trust: the Body, the Brain, and Contemplative Practice
