Decadence and meaningfulness

This Sunday, November 29th, we'll consider two videos. The first is on decadence and consumerism in modern western life. It's mostly set in Australia, but it is entirely applicable to the US, especially on the first Sunday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Here's a link: Click me. Be advised that it does contain some brief scenes of nudity to make it's points. The other film is something of a short antidote in that shows the Dali Lama speaking to a meaningful life. Preview here. Please join us.

Opposition and Consilience.

This Sunday, November 22, we'll view and discuss two short TEDtalks -- Julia Sweeney: Letting go of God and
Chelsea Shields: How I'm working for Change Inside My Church.
These talks share a common theme, not initially obvious, but buried in their deeper messages of trying merge opposition and consilience.
Join us. We'll be delighted to see you.

The Dignity of Difference -- Jonathan Sacks and Krista Tippit

This Sunday, Nov. 8 we'll hear On Being's Krista Tippett interview Jonathan Sacks. From the website, "Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and one of the world’s deep thinkers on religion in our age. He’s just released a new book, Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence. In this intimate conversation with Krista, he speaks about how Jewish and other religious ideas can inform modern challenges. Rabbi Sacks says that the faithful can and must cultivate their own deepest truths — while finding God in the face of the stranger and the religious other."

Hear's the link if you want a preview: Click Me.

Please join us at 9:45. We're a fun and interesting group.