Sunday Gathering & After-Session

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Jesus and the Rising of the Next Generation Special Guest Rev. Sandhya Jha, Founder of the Oakland Peace Center As we embark on our […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #52

This week’s poems are: Ars Poetica #100: I Believe by Elizabeth Alexander. The Afterlife by Louis Jenkins. Remember by Joy Harjo. Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual […]

Sunday Gathering & After-Session

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. We Are All Walking Each Other Home Chaplaincy as a Healing Presence in Hurting Places Featuring FAITH MATTERS NETWORK and THE CHAPLAINCY INNOVATION LAB […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #53

This week’s poems are: Red Shirt by Rumi Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris Small Boat by Guarionex Delgado Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #53 […]

Sunday Gathering & After-Session

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. The Seekers and the Sisters - Convening as the New Way of Gathering Pastor Dana Interviews Sarah Bradley of the Nuns and Nones and Alt*Div […]

Nor Cal Region of the Disciples of Christ Workshops

These workshops are an extension of the Annual Meeting Book Discussion on, "Disciples Who We Are & What Holds Together" Some may remember Michael Kinnamon most for losing the nomination […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #54

This week’s poems are: Small Boat by Guarionex Delgado The End by Mark Strand Minor Miracle by Marilyn Nelson Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #54 12May2021  

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #55

This week’s poems are: If You Knew by Ellen Bass Nothing Wants to Suffer by Danusha Laméris Positivism by Naomi Shihab Nye Find more info and how to join here: https://urbansanctuarysj.org/events Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #55 19May2021  

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #56

This week’s poems are: Vanishing by Brittney Corrigan Antidotes to Fear of Death by Rebecca Elson Imagine the Angels of Bread by Martín Espada Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 Jim will be joining the Stop Line 3 action event in Minnesota (https://treatypeoplegathering.com) so there will be no class the next two Wednesdays. The next class […]

Sunday Gathering in the Sanctuary

Urban Sanctuary SJ 80 South 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. RETURNING TO OUR SANCTUARY Spirit and Flesh - Becoming Whole John 3:1-8 Special Guest Diana Carreras, a leader at Recovery Cafe SJ and descendant of the Apache Nation, will open with a cleansing ceremony and prayer. Later in the service, Diana and Pastor Dana will offer a blessing for […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #57

This week’s poems are: With God on Our Side by Bob Dylan Hammer and a Nail by Emily Ann Saliers of the Indigo Girls In the Big Rock Candy Mountains by Harry McClintock Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #57 16June2021  

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #58

This week’s poems are: I Want to Be Jeff Goldblum by Adam Scheffler Unconditional Belief in Heat by Anna Journey Anthropocene by Nomi Stone Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #58 23June2021