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SUMMARY:UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth  \nby Four Arrows and Darla Narvaez with multiple voices (2022) \nAs spring begins\, we widen our lens beyond individual spirituality toward relationship\, community\, ecology\, and interdependence. This collection invites readers to examine the assumptions of dominant Western culture and consider Indigenous wisdom traditions that emphasize reciprocity\, kinship\, and balance. \n\n~~~~~~~~ \n\n\nThis year’s Spiritual Directors’ Book Circle is an invitation into the 3 C’s: conversation\, contemplation\, and companionship. Together we will read across poetry\, prophecy\, contemplation\, activism\, Indigenous wisdom\, creativity\, queer theology\, and spiritual resilience. Some books may feel like balm. Some may unsettle us. Some may give language to experiences we have carried wordlessly for years. \n\n\nAs spiritual directors\, we spend much of our lives listening deeply to the lives and questions of others. This circle is an opportunity to tend our own inner lives and vocational imagination. To notice what stirs. What resists. What nourishes. What calls us further toward courage\, compassion\, liberation\, and wonder. \n\n\nOur hope is that this year forms not only a reading group\, but a circle of practice and a network of practitioners. \n\n\nHosted by Meadville Lombard Theological School’s LIGHT.
URL:https://uusdn.org/event/uu-spiritual-direction-book-discussion-6/
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SUMMARY:UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Sage Warrior: Wake to Oneness\, Practice Pleasure\, Choose Courage\, Become Victory  \nby Valarie Kaur (2026) \nValarie Kaur weaves activism\, spirituality\, embodiment\, grief\, joy\, and collective liberation into a compelling call toward courageous living. This book asks how we remain awake and loving in difficult times without abandoning ourselves or one another. \n~~~~~~~~ \nThis year’s Spiritual Directors’ Book Circle is an invitation into the 3 C’s: conversation\, contemplation\, and companionship. Together we will read across poetry\, prophecy\, contemplation\, activism\, Indigenous wisdom\, creativity\, queer theology\, and spiritual resilience. Some books may feel like balm. Some may unsettle us. Some may give language to experiences we have carried wordlessly for years. \nAs spiritual directors\, we spend much of our lives listening deeply to the lives and questions of others. This circle is an opportunity to tend our own inner lives and vocational imagination. To notice what stirs. What resists. What nourishes. What calls us further toward courage\, compassion\, liberation\, and wonder. \nOur hope is that this year forms not only a reading group\, but a circle of practice and a network of practitioners. \nHosted by Meadville Lombard Theological School’s LIGHT.
URL:https://uusdn.org/event/uu-spiritual-direction-book-discussion-7/
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SUMMARY:MLTS' LIGHT Commissioning of the 5th Class
DESCRIPTION:Please hold this date and time to join us for the commissioning and celebration of the 5th class of the spiritual direction formation & certification program at Meadville Lombard’s LIGHT.   \nMore information coming!
URL:https://uusdn.org/event/mlts-light-commissioning-of-the-5th-class/
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SUMMARY:UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage  \nby Richard Rohr (2025) \nWe close the year with a book wrestling honestly with prophecy\, lament\, anger\, contemplation\, and public life. Rohr explores what spiritual wisdom asks of us in an era marked by polarization and exhaustion. This feels like an appropriate concluding conversation for spiritual directors living and serving in complex times. \n\n~~~~~~~~ \n\n\nThis year’s Spiritual Directors’ Book Circle is an invitation into the 3 C’s: conversation\, contemplation\, and companionship. Together we will read across poetry\, prophecy\, contemplation\, activism\, Indigenous wisdom\, creativity\, queer theology\, and spiritual resilience. Some books may feel like balm. Some may unsettle us. Some may give language to experiences we have carried wordlessly for years. \n\n\nAs spiritual directors\, we spend much of our lives listening deeply to the lives and questions of others. This circle is an opportunity to tend our own inner lives and vocational imagination. To notice what stirs. What resists. What nourishes. What calls us further toward courage\, compassion\, liberation\, and wonder. \n\n\nOur hope is that this year forms not only a reading group\, but a circle of practice and a network of practitioners. \n\n\nHosted by Meadville Lombard Theological School’s LIGHT.
URL:https://uusdn.org/event/uu-spiritual-direction-book-discussion-8/
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