Storytelling is the heart of many spiritual traditions, including your own personal journey. John Morgan will use a process he uses with his students in helping each compose his or her own book of life. Individual and group exercises will be used. Please bring a family photo (either of your current or past family or […]

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Pavlovitz’ blog, “Stuff That Needs To Be Said” which began in 2012, now reaches a diverse, worldwide audience. John speaks to groups around the country regularly and has written two books: “A Bigger Table: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community” and “Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto." His books, and […]

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In an age when organized religion seems to be in decline and America is transitioning to a syncretistic, spiritually diverse society, the newer generations seem to have little interest in finding ways to express their spirituality. We will consider the “divine deli” approach that is becoming more popular in our mix-and-match culture. Should you construct […]

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"Few cultural artifacts have the ability to manipulate the emotions that music has. From the liturgy of the church to the operatic stage to the concert hall to the movie screen, music can make us FEEL more deeply than any of the other arts. As one of the truly great achievements of Western culture, the […]

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