Sunday Gathering – Advent
Advent: Anticipating What is Coming, Navigating What is Ending Pastor Dana interviews Megan McKenna, Bible scholar, storyteller, and activist. Megan McKenna will open up the Advent scriptures as we begin […]
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Advent: Anticipating What is Coming, Navigating What is Ending Pastor Dana interviews Megan McKenna, Bible scholar, storyteller, and activist. Megan McKenna will open up the Advent scriptures as we begin […]
This week’s poems are: “The Muse is a Little Girl” by Marjorie Saiser. “How I Learned English” by Gregory Djanikian. “At the Nuclear Rally” by Laura Boss Email Jim Thompson […]
Our quarterly retreat with Creatives for Compassionate Communities is back! Artist Smita Garg will lead us in a process of exploring the nine Hindu emotions. Urban Sanctuary friends do not […]
This week’s poems are: "How to Be a Poet (to remind myself)" by Wendell Berry. The simply stunning beginning reminds me of the saying for public speakers: tell 'em what […]
Sunday Gathering 10 to 11 a.m. - Spirituality of Imagination an Interview with Megan McKenna. We continue the conversation on Advent Scriptures for our times After-session 11 a.m. to noon […]
Every week Jim shares three remarkable poems and the discussion opens the poems in so many ways. Poetry has a way of opening up our hearts and our understanding. Zoom […]
In the tradition of our annual service at Cafe Stritch, we'll be featuring some great music and original writings by members to tell the Christmas story anew. Join us for […]
This week’s poems are: "After School on Ordinary Days" by Maria Mazziotti Gillan "The Cure for It All" by Julia Fehrenbacher "Library" by Louis Jenkins. Zoom link and Passcode: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87006963520?pwd=UmsvcUNERnBaNUZjcnBPSUJRcGRRUT09 […]
Urban Sanctuary Taiko Peace friend, PJ Hirabayashi, is offering a virtual event Rhythm: Taiko drumming is rhythm and it’s my natural vocabulary Restoration: Life is calling us to restore, to […]
Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Urban Sanctuary in 2020 - A Look Back and a Look Ahead. We'll look back at highlights of 2020 and take time in our […]
This week’s poems are: "Football" by Louis Jenkins "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman "The Language of the Brag" by Sharon Olds Zoom link and Passcode: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87185703232?pwd=Z3VVUjBwNlJXRHNtK0QvTVMycFc3QT09 […]
February is Black History Month so we’ll celebrate it in Spiritual Poetry with some incredible poems by some masterful Black poets. Here goes: "Kids Who Die" by Langston Hughes. Solidarity […]