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SUMMARY:Wild Goose Festival Presents Wisdom Camp 2019: New Seeds of Integration
DESCRIPTION:New Seeds of Integration: A Wide-Awake Contemplative Experience \n“Where there is no vision\, the people perish; but blessed are those who heed wisdom’s way.”\n— Proverbs 29:18 \nWisdom: A way of sensing\, seeing\, and perceiving the sometimes-hidden wholeness behind reality; greater conscious connections between Spirit\, self\, others\, and world. \nContemplative practices: Ways of exercising our Wisdom-perceiving muscles.  \nOur inner and outer landscapes are often constricted; our souls (soils) are tired. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies\,” Jesus said\, “it can only be a single seed. But if it dies\, it bears much fruit.” \nWhat is planted in the Adamah (אדמה) can stir life or death in the humus of humanity. What are we cultivating? \nThomas Merton wrote over 50 years ago in New Seeds of Contemplation: “To enter into the realm of contemplation\, one must in a certain sense die: but this death is in fact the entrance into a higher life. It is a death for the sake of life\, which leaves behind all that we can know or treasure as life\, as thought\, as experience\, as joy\, as being. Every form of intuition and experience die to be born again on a higher level of life.” \nThose of us yearning and working for a more loving\, equitable planet experience dying in many forms:  \nPolitical upheaval\, ecological devastation\, racial oppression\, social disintegration\, and spiritual despair.  \nHow can we continue working in our vital vocations — be we minister\, artist\, activist\, teacher\, parent — without depleting our soils or souls? \nIs it possible to slow down and nourish ourselves with what truly sustains\, even as we continue feeding others? \nIs it possible to marry our outer work with inner energy? \nAt Wisdom Camp\, we think so…and on the morning of the Wild Goose Festival launch\, we intend to spend a day together exploring these wisdom-ways of seeing\, these new seeds of integration! \nDrawing on time-tested streams of contemplative seeing — from the spirituality of Jesus\, the compost of Christianity\, interspiritual and trans-racial lineages of Buddhism and Quaker practice\, and more — this year’s Wisdom Camp brings us water from deep wells. \nJoin us as we set the table for: \n\nDivine communion\nGenuine play\nSeeing and being seen\nHealing silence\nResting in our bodies\nTelling better stories\n\nCome to this one-day celebration of contemplative practice\, resourcing you for the life you live the rest of the year! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Guides:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Bollt\nLerita Coleman Brown\nBushi Yamato Damashii\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAline Deflglia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCassidy Hall\nMike Morrell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRainier Wylde\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheck In for pre-festival events will be available on Wednesday from 1 pm to 5 pm\, and Thursday from 7am to 9 am.\nIf you’re tent camping\, there’s no additional campsite charge for Wednesday night.\nSome campsite locations are restricted due to large venue tent construction in several areas.\nRVr’s will need to purchase an additional night.
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LOCATION:Hot Springs Spa & Resort\, 314 Bridge St.\, Hot Springs\, NC\, 28743\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wisdom Camp 2018
DESCRIPTION:Mystic Mayhem for Misfits.\n\n\nAre you an activist\, artist\, or other change-maker? \nThen you know how challenging it can be to maintain your equilibrium while putting yourself out into the world. \nAt Wisdom Camp\, a circle of brilliant Christian\, Buddhist\, Muslim and Integral teachers and facilitators will be guiding us through a series of inspired teachings and contemplative practices for connecting with the embodied Divine in resistance\, resilience\, and renewal. \nGet refreshed and resourced as we explore the stories\, tools\, and practices\nthat re-connect us to God\, ourselves\, each other\, and creation.\nFind your people at Wisdom Camp. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\njust $59\n“Often\, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one’s own situation so as not to be overcome by them. Freedom is the manifestation of a quality of being and living that results not only from understanding of one’s situation\, but also from wisdom in dealing with it.” ― Howard Thurman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe chains of constraint seem everywhere these days: political restriction\, ecological devastation\, racial oppression\, social disintegration\, spiritual despair… For many\, these chains are robbing our energy\, momentum\, and sense of well-being. \nBut we believe a deeper wisdom can help us break free and live free from these chains! \nJoin us as we immerse ourselves in: \n\nDivine communion\nGenuine play\nSeeing and being seen\nHealing silence\nResting in our bodies\nTelling better stories\n\nCome to this one-day exploration of contemplative wisdom rooted in Jesus’ primal orientation to life\, and branching into the insights of several world faiths. Discover the stories\, tools\, and practices that re-connect us to God\, ourselves\, each other\, and creation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Guides:\n\n\n\n\nMona Haydar\nAlexander John Shaia\nBushi Yamato Damashii\nJasmin Morrell\nMike Morrell\nAline Defiglia and David Bollt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMona Haydar\nMona Haydar is a Syrian American rapper\, poet\, activist\, practitioner of Permaculture\, meditator\, composting devotee\, mountain girl\, solar power lover\, and a tireless God-enthusiast. \nHer single\, “Hijabi”\, was a groundbreaking debut with millions of views. Billboard critics named it one of 2017’s top protest songs and one of the 25 top feminist anthems of all time. Her work as an artist and activist has been featured on BBC\, CNN\, BuzzFeed\, AJ+\, NPR\, Mic\, Psychology Today\, Refinery 29\, The Huffington Post\, Ms Magazine\, Al Jazeera\, The Boston Globe\, New York Times\, and many others. Her first EP is set to drop in 2018. \nMona practices a life of sacred activism\, poetry\, contemplation\, and advocacy for living gently upon the Earth. She is currently working towards her Masters in Theology and lives in Harlem\, New York City\, with her husband and their two sons. \nmonahaydar.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAline Defiglia\nAline Defiglia is a licensed psychotherapist adventuring at the intersection of health\, healing\, and the restoration of connection with self\, others\, and the sacred. \nHer practice specializes in mind and body healing modalities\, life coaching\, hypnotherapy\, and team performance consulting. \nAline is also a Certified Senior Advisor and serves as a foundational partner and facilitator with the Life Compass Living Community. \nShe and her husband are currently in the process of moving from Chicago\, Illinois\, to the Southeast. \n  \nABWellness.life \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJasmin Morrell\nMedia Support\nJasmin Pittman Morrell is a writer and a collaborating editor for The Porch Magazine: a slow conversation about beautiful and difficult things. \nShe is also the producer of the Movies and Meaning Experience\, a conference\, festival\, and community gathering held in Asheville\, North Carolina. \nShe’s been an editorial consultant for numerous authors and publishers\, and Communications Director for Love Wins Ministries and the Wild Goose Festival. \nJasmin lives in Asheville\, North Carolina\, with her family and believes in beauty\, radical hospitality\, and deep laughter. \nSessions:\n282  The Hub of the Wheel: Disability\, Spirituality\, and Justice \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMike Morrell\nWisdom Camp\nMike Morrell is the collaborating author\, with Fr. Richard Rohr\, on The\nDivine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation\, founder of Wisdom\nCamp\, and a founding organizer of the justice\, arts\, and spirituality Wild\nGoose Festival. \nMike curates contemplative and community experiences\nvia Relational Yoga\, the ManKind Project\, and Authentic North Carolina\,\ntaking joy in holding space for the extraordinary transformation that can\ntake place at the intersection of anticipation\, imagination\, and radical\nacceptance. \nMike lives with his wife and two daughters in Asheville\,\nNorth Carolina. You can read Mike’s ongoing exploration of Spirit\,\nCulture\, and Permaculture at MikeMorrell.org. You can read more about\nhis educational background and sources of inspiration here. \nmikemorrell.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexander John Shaia\nAlexander John Shaia is an internationally sought-after author\, speaker\, ritualist and pilgrim mentor. He is known as a poetic and reflective gay man\, living the ancient rhythms of his Lebanese\, Aramaic and eastern Christian heritage. \nHis seminal work\, Heart and Mind: The Four-Gospel Journey for Radical Transformation\, is being hailed as a breakthrough that restores the four gospels to their first-century context\, revealing how they were chosen to be one\, continuous\, non-dualistic account of Jesus the Christ. In this way\, the Gospel becomes a wise and numinous text\, leading us on the journey of growth and transformation. \nAlexander holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and has been a spiritual director\, Jungian and Sandplay psychotherapist\, cultural anthropologist\, and pastoral associate. When not on the road\, a perfect day finds him with his dog\, a book of poetry\, and the presence of ancient trees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBushi Yamato Damashii\nBushi Yamato Damashii\, born Torrence Marquis Ramsey\, is an authorized Dharma teacher\, mystic\, and Abbot at Daishin Buddhist Temple Monastery in Thomasville\, North Carolina. He is a student of Lama Rod Owen\, and Lama Justin von Bujdoss (Repa Dorje Odzer) under whom Bushi practices Vajrayana Buddhism in the Repa tradition. Bushi is a former Christian minister who has studied and teaches what he calls The Wisdom and Practical Parallels of Christianity and Buddhism as a method for healing human suffering for twenty five years. Now as a Buddhist teacher\, he returns to the Goose with Wisdom of both Jesus and the Buddha that may enhance your depth of what it means to be human in the body of Christ. \nSessions:\n303  Jesus and the Buddha \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \nDavid Bollt\n“Whatever I’m seeking in life\, I realize I’m not going to find it alone. I believe our greatest opportunities for fulfillment and a sense of true connection can be found in relationship with others. I love creating spaces where we put aside all other distractions and dive into what really matters … being with people.” \nThrough years of personal transformation and relational training\, David has cultivated a remarkable capacity to help people illuminate unconscious behavior patterns that cause them to suffer. Along with events in Asheville\, North Carolina\, he leads weekend workshops and retreats around the country\, including the Servant Leadership School and the world famous Authentic Man Program. With his fluency in transformational work\, David sees group facilitation and personal growth as an art form. He has developed his own highly articulate style of helping people realize authenticity and freedom. \nRelationalSkills.com \nSessions:\n276  Holding Space for God and One Another\n319  Practicing the Presence of People \n  \n 
URL:https://mikemorrell.org/event/wisdom-camp-2018/
LOCATION:Hot Springs Spa & Resort\, 314 Bridge St.\, Hot Springs\, NC\, 28743\, United States
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SUMMARY:Healthy and Holy: A 24-Hour Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the image of God in ourselves\, our bodies\, and our relationships – register here. \nWhat if you could take a day to ground in what’s real: \n\nFor your spiritual sensitivity\nFor your physical vitality\nFor your emotional vibrancy \nFor your relational harmony\n\nFor 24 hours in February\, we’ll spend time together diving into just such wisdom and experience. \nHealthy. \nWhile having the tools you need to be healthy might have been simple and straightforward a couple generations ago\, it’s not so simple in our modern world. Our processed foods\, our screens and devices\, our sedentary lifestyles\, and the chronic stress levels associated with modern life all make it difficult for us to access the good health that’s innate within us. The journey starts with understanding just a little bit about how your body works and some of the major issues that have interfered with your health in this generation. Innovative board certified family physician Dr. Gus Vickery offers us the knowledge\, orientation and actions we need to put health back into our own hands. \n \nHoly. \nHoliness – being ‘set apart’ and held as sacred – has a deep history in our planet’s spiritual traditions. In The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation\, Richard Rohr and Mike Morrell explored what it could mean to take God as relationship seriously\, and therefore take relationships as Divine seriously. Now\, Mike and seasoned Relational Skills facilitator David Bollt guide participants in a deep-dive exploration of seeing each other as living icons of the truly transcendent. Through a series of fun and interactive group exercises\, we explore individuality and interdependence\, and interplay between the present moment\, the stories we bear\, and our future-directed fears and hopes. In the process we get to know ourselves better and appreciate others more fully. Through “practicing the presence of people\,” we have the opportunity to do nothing less than see God in each other. \nHealthy and Holy is already at half capacity. We’d love to be with you – please register here.
URL:https://mikemorrell.org/event/healthy-and-holy-a-24-hour-retreat/
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SUMMARY:U Day: Land of Origins - World Interspiritual Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:My new friends at 1God.com and Monk for a Month are throwing a festival: U Day – short for Until That Day\, the name given to a stirring speech by Rastafarian inspiration Haile Selassie to the United Nations in 1963. Originally hosted by Buddhist monks in Thailand in 2012\, U Day returns\, this time to beautiful Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia. Presence will be there in full force! \n“The purpose of U DAY is to bring together artists\, activists\, spiritual leaders and entrepreneurs from across the globe – all who are working for the realization of universal spiritual values – peace\, justice\, hope\, and unity\,” their online hub explains. “By coming together with people of good-faith from all walks of life\, we support and nurture each other’s endeavors. We draw inspiration and energy from realizing that We Are Many – fighting the good fight\, each in their own arenas towards Peace & Progress on our planet. \nBy coming together to enjoy conscious positive music and to have Interspiritual communion with other like-minded people\, we grow stronger\, develop new connections and help to add power and momentum to the work at hand.” \nFebruary will be here before we know it\, and registration is available soon. Stay in touch with the latest on this inspiring global festival by downloading the free ‘digital mixtape’ of Grammy-nominated Reggae artist Pato Banton! \nPato and his wife Antoinette Rootsdawtah\, who also played the Wild Goose Festival this year\, are headlining U Day! Check out one of their recent collaborations\, Light Up The One Luv! with Kwadjo Spiri: \n \nLight up the one luv – we boldly representing/hope you get it.\nMove into the higher frequencies. My people back home and people living overseas.\nThe generation is ripe\, revelation is now.\nThe Fatherhood of Jah the brotherhood of man\nIt’s time\, to liquefy the crystallized religions!\nLight up the soul fire; please connect the soul wire; transcending the ego tire\nWhile we moving to the higher chambers of the mind\, cruising through uncharted waters. 
URL:https://mikemorrell.org/event/u-day-land-of-origins-world-interspiritual-music-festival/
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SUMMARY:Wisdom Camp: Contemplative Resilience for Dangerous Living
DESCRIPTION:I’m throwing a party on Thursday\, July 13th – and I hope you can join us. \nWisdom Camp continues the wildly successful tradition of last year’s Wild Goose Mystic Action Camp\, curated by my friend Holly Roach\, that featured voices like Dyron Holmes\, Adam Bucko\, Mirabai Starr and Matthew Fox. \nOppression\, tyranny\, abuse and injustice seem to be everywhere we turn and people are mobilizing at record highs\, for which I’m grateful. But I’m also seeing alot of activists – as well as ministers\, social workers\, not to mention parents and just plain caring people of all stripes – getting burned out. \nSo in great Goose fashion\, I decided to gather together friends and colleagues deeply rooted in their contemplative lineages\, to call and equip us to ways of active being that don’t drain us\, but instead allow us to commune with our source even as we’re poured out on behalf of others. \nAt Wisdom Camp\, I want to see us set meaning in motion in fresh ways.  \nIt’s a one day – Thursday only – retreat on the grounds of the Wild Goose Festival in beautiful Hot Springs\, NC for only $59\, including free camping for your convenience on Wednesday evening. \nIt will be a more intimate gathering than the Festival proper\, with a good mix of inspiring teaching and hands-on\, try-it-out practice. \nJoin us as we seek deeper depths and more joyful ways to pursue the healing of our world! \n \nSpeakers and Storytellers \nDrawing from the deepest reservoirs of Jesus-informed spirituality alongside receptive hearts to other vital wisdom lineages\, Wisdom Camp equips us to take up these resources together\, fearlessly and lovingly facing the present moment\, in all its beauty and pain alike. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLerita Coleman Brown\, PhD\, Professor of Psychology Emerita at Agnes Scott College\, is a spiritual companion/director\, writer\, retreat leader\, and speaker. A graduate of the Spiritual Guidance Program at the Shalem Institute\, Lerita writes about and promotes contemplative spirituality in everyday life\, the life and work of Howard Thurman\, and uncovering the peace in one’s heart on her website PeaceForHearts.com\, and also on Facebook and Twitter. Her publications include\, “Praying without Ceasing: Basking in the Loving Presence of God\,” published in the edited book\, Embodied Spirits: Spiritual Directors of Color Tell their Stories\, and “Dissecting Racism: Healing Minds\, Cultivating Spirits\,” published in the edited volume\, Living into God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarl McColman is the author of The Big Book of Christian Mysticism and several other books. He is a member of the Lay Cistercians of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit―a contemplative community under the spiritual guidance of Trappist monks. He is active in the Atlanta interfaith community\, and regularly leads workshops and retreats on contemplative spirituality at churches\, seminaries\, monasteries\, and retreat centers. Connect with Carl online at carlmccolman.net.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLama Rod Owens\, officially recognized by the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism\, is one of the leading teachers of his generation of Buddhist teachers. He is the Guiding Teacher for the Radical Dharma Boston Sangha and teaches with Inward Bound Mindfulness Education and Natural Dharma Fellowship. He will be completing a Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School in May where he has been focusing on the intersection of social change\, identity\, and spiritual practice. He is also heavily engaged in social change work and has just released a book with Rev. angel Kyodo Williams and Dr. Jasmine Syedullah entitled\, Radical Dharma\, Talking Race\, Love\, and Liberation. He can be reached through his website LamaRod.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAline Defiglia LCSW\, MPH\, CADC is an integrative\, licensed psychotherapist adventuring at the intersection of health\, healing\, and the restoration of connection in a disconnected world. Aline currently serves as a behavioral health provider at a primary care clinic through the National Health Service Corps. She also owns a private practice and works with clients using a unique blend of mind and body healing modalities\, life coaching\, and team performance improvement. She lives with her husband in Chicago. Discover more at ABWellness.life.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Craig McMillian {Kirantana} began his formal spiritual research with the Catholic Brothers of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame. He had already mastered two styles of Kundalini yoga in over 20 years of practice in ashram and monastic life before meeting Tenzin Gyatso\, the 14th Dalai Lama\, who taught and initiated him into the Kalachakra Tantra. After having received a vision of the Universal Christ\, he gave up all titles and compiled the knowledge of his three decades of spiritual search into the “Peace Yoga” classes and seminars. Today he is a musician\, licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor\, and teacher of peace studies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynyetta Willis\, PhD\, has woven spirituality into her healing work with individuals and families for over fifteen years; she specializes in spiritually-centered psychotherapy\, trauma healing\, and is the creator of the Inner Pathways Parenting program. As a speaker\, teacher and multi-award winning author\, Lynetta’s latest is a children’s book\, My Forgotten Self: A Story About a Girl\, a Powerful Encounter\, and a Universal Message. She lives with her husband and their two children in Georgia. Learn more at MyForgottenSelf.com and MyInnerPathways.com.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Bollt has cultivated a remarkable capacity to help people map their inner landscapes through years of spiritual inquiry\, meditation\, personal transformation and relational training He has an uncanny ability to illuminate unconscious behavior patterns that cause people to feel disconnected from themselves. Connect more at RelationalYoga.life \nMike Morrell is the Communications Director for the Integral Theology think-tank Presence International\, co-founder of The Buzz Seminar\, and a founding organizer of the Wild Goose Festival. Mike curates contemplative and community experiences via Relational Yoga\, the ManKind Project\, (H) Opp and Authentic North Carolina\, taking joy in holding space for the extraordinary transformation that can take place at the intersection of anticipation\, imagination\, and radical acceptance. Mike is also an avid writer\, publishing consultant\, author coach\, futurist\, and curator of the book-reviewing community at Speakeasy. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Asheville\, North Carolina. You can read Mike’s ongoing exploration of Spirit\, Culture\, and Permaculture – and receive his free exclusive updates – at MikeMorrell.org \n. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWisdom Camp: Sessions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLerita Coleman Brown: The Enduring Spirituality of Howard Thurman \n“Silence is the door to God.” \nHoward Thurman always encouraged people to “center down\,” embrace quietness\, befriend stillness\, and cultivate a relationship with silence.  Mystic\, theologian\, and spiritual adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Thurman possessed the uncanny and prophetic ability to make a connection between silence and the scrutiny of one’s inner life.  Drawn to nature and a contemplative life as a young boy\, we will explore and experience why Thurman felt silence and stillness are so powerful and how they ready the spirit for an encounter with God. \nRod Owens: The Black prophetic tradition and the wisdom of the Dharma \nWhether we are talking Black Liberation Theology or Radical Dharma\, we are talking about socially liberating beliefs and practices that privilege a development of fundamental love for what we have been taught is unlovable. In this talk Lama Rod explores the profound and revolutionary practices of love as a tool for marginalized people to achieve both social and spiritual liberation that is rooted in the liberatory theology and dharma traditions. \nLynyetta Willis: Soul Sight: from Shame to Compassion \nWe often act from parts of us that carry beliefs of brokenness\, shame and not enough-ness; however\, when we connect with the Divine within\, we see ourselves\, others\, and the world through eyes of love\, compassion and wholeness. This session explores how to shift our mindset from shame-sight to Soul Sight. This session will combine teaching with experiential exercises that will help participants not only connect with our Divine essence\, but also gain a deeper understanding of and appreciation for those parts of ourselves that carry the brokenness and shame. Participants will leave able to view themselves with a softer gaze of self-love and as a result reflect the same healing energy outwardly towards the world. \nGeorge Craig McMillian: The Tantra of Jesus Christ \nDrawing from his experience as a devotee of Jesus\, a Kalachakra Monk\, and a Kundalini Laya Yoga teacher\, Kirantana Khalsa – aka George Craig McMillian – looks at how Jesus rested in the trust\, voice\, and guidance of Spirit – and how you can do the same\, practically and everyday\, with confidence that you can act appropriately and wisely as the challenges of each moment unfold. \nDavid Bollt & Aline Defiglia: Practicing the Presence of People \nWho are you? Who is this stranger – or friend – standing next to you? Dive into fun\, highly interactive group exercises that explore the present moment as well as the stories we all bear – getting to know yourself better while at the same time learning to see and appreciate more about everyone you connect with. This space of “practicing the presence of people” becomes a safe space for taking risks\, playing outside our comfort zones and discovering more about ourselves than we typically do in our everyday lives. Just as contemplatives and mystics go beyond their ordinary awareness to experience an expanded sense of communion with God\, we’ll practice Jesus’ second great commandment and see the Divine show up in our neighbor’s face. Aline Defiglia and David Bollt set a tone that’s equal parts fun and profound\, creating a container where anyone willing can go beyond small-talk and social awkwardness. \nMike Morrell: Evolving Wild: Wisdom Interventions for a Primal Future \nWhat do hunter-gatherers\, developmental psychology\, and forgotten Bible stories have in common? A surprising common revelation about the trauma of our origins – and the way through them. In this far-ranging exploration\, we’ll look at the recurring mysteries of who we are as a species\, how we wound up in a cul-de-sac of disconnection from Spirit\, self\, society\, and our surroundings – and how we can consciously choose re-connection. It isn’t too late\, and the wisdom we need is hiding in plain sight. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarl McColman: Embodied Liberation: Contemplation\, Chaos\, Crisis and Compassion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre practices like mindfulness meditation or centering prayer simply the way privileged people manage their stress? Or do these “interior” disciplines invite us into a new way of seeing and being Christ in the world? By weaving together theological reflection\, conversation\, and silence\, Carl McColman looks at how contemplative practices can be abused by our consumer culture — but also how they invite us into a transfigured life of radical service\, joy\, and care. “Silence is praise!” proclaims the oft-mistranslated first verse of Psalm 65: but it’s not only praise\, it’s also a vocation: to a deeper way of knowing\, a new way of seeing\, and a compassionate way of working for justice and peace. \n\nIn the exile of inhumanity\, we’re discovering our kinship with all creation.\nIn the branching sorrows of seemingly-endless conflict\, we’re rooting in the eternal joy of the Divine.\nCome discover the stories\, tools\, and practices that reconnect us to God\, ourselves\, each other\, and our world.
URL:https://mikemorrell.org/event/wisdom-camp-contemplative-resilience-for-dangerous-living/
LOCATION:Hot Springs Spa & Resort\, 314 Bridge St.\, Hot Springs\, NC\, 28743\, United States
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SUMMARY:Experiencing the Trinity: A 'Divine Dance' Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Update: There are only five spots left for Experiencing the Trinity in June! If you try to register and are placed on a waiting list\, considering joining me at the Wisdom Camp day retreat on Thursday\, July 13th in Hot Springs\, North Carolina. Featuring Lerita Coleman Brown\, Carl McColman\, Lynyetta Willis\, Rod Owens and several other teachers\, we’ll be exploring what contemplative wisdom looks like amid the turbulence of transition. Learn more and register here. \nIn this hands-on workshop based on the best-selling Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation with Fr. Richard Rohr\, I’ll be guiding participants in a deep-dive exploration of a genuine Trinitarian spirituality: one of both identity and interdependence. Through a series of fun and interactive group exercises\, we’ll explore the present moment and the stories we bear\, getting to know ourselves better and learning to see and appreciate others more fully – learning to see the God in each other. \nThrough “practicing the presence of people\,” we will create a safe space for taking risks and for playing outside of our comfort zones\, allowing us to discover a deeper sense of self and others\, experiencing first-hand the diversity-within-unity at the Trinity’s core. \nReading The Divine Dance is recommended\, though not required. At the very least\, please read the free bonus chapter offered here\, and acquaint yourself with the exercises in the back. \nRegister for Experiencing the Trinity here. \nTell your friends about this workshop on Facebook here.
URL:https://mikemorrell.org/event/experiencing-the-trinity-a-divine-dance-workshop/
LOCATION:NC
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SUMMARY:OPEN Faith: A National Conference by the OPEN Network
DESCRIPTION:I’m excited to be presenting and facilitating at OPEN Faith\, the gathering hosted by The OPEN Network. This gathering will include people from various streams of faith\, seeking to live and believe in just\, generous ways for OPEN Faith.  We’ve pulled together over 80 presenters and artists—top thought-leaders and practitioners—who will share their most inspiring ideas and practices at OPEN Faith\, exploring new ways of following Jesus—new integrations\, conversations\, and dreams. \nMy sharing will take two forms: \nThe Divine Dance: Harmony & Dissonance in the Flow of Life \n\nIn this reading and discussion from my brand-new book with Richard Rohr\, I will explore nuclear tests and relationship tests\, Donne and Oppenheimer\, atomic bonds and theological bombs – getting to the heart of what unites and divides us. \n\nFor more\, see The Divine Dance online hub (where we’re giving away a variety of amazing digital downloads to each person who pre-orders)\, and the free bonus chapter I’m giving away to everyone who subscribes! \n\nPracticing the Presence of People: An Experiential Deep-Dive \n\n\nWho are you? Who is this stranger – or friend – standing next to you? \n\n\nDive into fun\, highly interactive group exercises that explore the present moment as well as the stories we all bear – getting to know yourself better while at the same time learning to see and appreciate more about everyone you connect with. This space of “practicing the presence of people” becomes a safe space for taking risks\, playing outside our comfort zones and discovering more about ourselves than we typically do in our everyday lives. Just as contemplatives and mystics go beyond their ordinary awareness to experience an expanded sense of communion with God\, we’ll practice Jesus’ second great commandment and see the Divine show up in our neighbor’s face. \n\n\nWe’ll set a tone that’s equal parts fun and profound\, creating a container where anyone willing can go beyond small-talk and social awkwardness. Show up if you want to dig deep into whole-being presence!\nOPEN Faith will have a festival-like feel with numerous offerings at any given time\, so you can participate at your pace and according to your interest. Christian Theological Seminary is hosting this exciting event\, which will use six venues around campus to bring OPEN Faith to life. \nContributors include Jacqui Lewis\, Mark Charles\, Danny Cortez\, Rob Bell\, Teresa Pasquale Mateus\, Monica Coleman\, Jeff Miner\, Aaron Wade\, Doug Pagitt\, Brian McLaren\, Alicia Crosby\, David Gushee\, Stan Mitchell\, Mark Tidd\, Melissa Greene\, Colby Martin\, Ryan Phipps\, Paula Stone Williams\, and many more. \nSee the full schedule here. \nThe best way to register for the event is to become a member of the OPEN Network. When you become an individual member\, you’ll receive an email with instructions to register for OPEN Faith free of charge. With an organizational membership\, you will receive three free registrations. (Become a member now.) \nWe will have a room block at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Indianapolis North\, 3912 Vincennes Road\, Indianapolis\, Indiana\, 46268. Click here for reservations. \nThe OPEN Network seeks to make visible\, resource the groundswell\, create pathways of connection and belonging among existing and emerging churches\, individuals\, organizations and networks from various streams of faith\, including (but not limited to) Non-denominational\, Progressive-Evangelical\, Post-Evangelical\, Evangelical\, Charismatic\, and Free-church\, who wish to live and believe in friendship with God in the Way of Jesus. \nPersonal Sponsor: \n \n  \nConference Sponsors:
URL:https://mikemorrell.org/event/open-faith-national-conference-open-network/
LOCATION:Christian Theological Seminary\, 1000 W. 42nd Street\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46208\, United States
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events
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