Spiritual Radicals: Saints and Bodhisattvas of the Beloved Community
A Speaker Series with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Father Adam Bucko
I am co-leading this with my partner, Father Adam Bucko, a Christian contemplative and an Episcopal priest.
We meet usually on the last or next-to-last Tuesdays of the month from 7:30 - 9:00pm ET.
Register Here for our first session Wednesday, February 19th
What Is A Spiritual Radical? How Can We Be One?
In a world filled with violence, division, and institutions and leaders who often seem untrustworthy, we are more in need than ever of signs and symbols to guide us. Our divisions and injustices cry out for transformation. What might a path toward the beloved community look like? Who would guide us, who would help us find the way?
This season, we’re launching a speaker series to explore these questions. Each event will include time for meditation and a speaker who will share about a saint or bodhisattva—figures who embody the values and aspirations of the beloved community. Some of these guides will come from Buddhist traditions, some from Christian, and some will transcend any single category. Our speakers, who have either studied directly with these figures or deeply engaged with their lives and teachings, will lead us in reflection. Our purpose in the series is how to befriend historical figures who can inspire our engaged spiritual journeys, especially in times that are difficult.
We invite you to join us on this journey into the heart of the beloved community. Together, we’ll explore how to process the challenges in our world and find ways forward—through actions, spiritual practices, and inner healing—so we may become a source of healing and hope for the world around us.
Register Here for our second session Tuesday, February 25th
Howard Thurman As a Spiritual Radical
with Lerita Coleman Brown
Lerita Coleman Brown, PhD, Professor Emerita of Psychology, Agnes Scott College, is a spiritual director/companion, retreat leader, author, and speaker. She promotes contemplative spirituality, the living wisdom of Howard Thurman, and uncovering the peace and joy in one’s heart on her website, leritacolemanbrown.com and other social media platforms. Her book, When the Heart Speaks, Listen—Discovering Inner Wisdom was released in 2019. Lerita’s latest book, What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman was recently published by Broadleaf Press. Lerita is a most grateful heart (30 years) and kidney (19 years) transplant recipient and survivor of several medical ordeals.
The upcoming dates and guest speakers are:
March 18 - Thich Nhat Hanh As a Spiritual Radical
with Sr. True Vow and Br. Phap Luu
April 1 - Dorothy Day As a Spiritual Radical
with Robert Ellsberg
May 27 - Dr. King As a Nonviolent Spiritual Radical
with Kazu Haga
Register Here for February 25th
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qduiurzosGNEAFPK5JBVvbCxyICaxPzCi
Registration will be through Zoom directly. You will receive the Zoom link from Zoom in the confirmation email. Please save this link as Zoom will NOT send you a reminder later.
(Each month you will need to register again to receive the Zoom link). Also please note that you need to register each month to receive the recording from the gathering, usually sent a week after the event.
We record the teachings and meditations for registered participants.
Monthly gatherings are offered on a donation basis. All donations from our gatherings will go towards projects working to relieve suffering, help people flourish and support social change, as well as seed our new contemplative center, The Beloved Commmunity for Engaged Spirituality and Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery.