Season: Beautiful Things

Speaker: Rachel Sensenig

Location: 2214 S. Broad St.

Season: More than Just One Day of Gratitude

Speaker: Gwen White

Location: 3800 Marlton Pike

About Talk: Many of us are conditioned to please others to find our worth. Our culture does this fairly consistently for women, but our families of origin each have their own power over how we relate to ourselves and our desires. Selfishness cannot be countered by self-loathing. We must become who we are in Christ by getting connected to a deeper sense of our own giftedness and needs. Gwen developed a working definition of “good selfishness” (though she still objects to the title). It is the courage to prioritize ourselves in order to restore our resources the ability to state our needs forthrightly with self-awareness, that is, to state our needs without attempting to coerce others. Good selfishness is actually the effort to serve others more deeply, in a committed way over the long term.

Season: More than Just One Day of Gratitude

Speaker: Gwen White

Location: 3800 Marlton Pike

About Talk: Many of us are conditioned to please others to find our worth. Our culture does this fairly consistently for women, but our families of origin each have their own power over how we relate to ourselves and our desires. Selfishness cannot be countered by self-loathing. We must become who we are in Christ by getting connected to a deeper sense of our own giftedness and needs. Gwen developed a working definition of “good selfishness” (though she still objects to the title). It is the courage to prioritize ourselves in order to restore our resources the ability to state our needs forthrightly with self-awareness, that is, to state our needs without attempting to coerce others. Good selfishness is actually the effort to serve others more deeply, in a committed way over the long term.

Season: More than Just One Day of Gratitude

Speaker: Gwen White

Location: 3800 Marlton Pike

About Talk: Many of us are conditioned to please others to find our worth. Our culture does this fairly consistently for women, but our families of origin each have their own power over how we relate to ourselves and our desires. Selfishness cannot be countered by self-loathing. We must become who we are in Christ by getting connected to a deeper sense of our own giftedness and needs. Gwen developed a working definition of “good selfishness” (though she still objects to the title). It is the courage to prioritize ourselves in order to restore our resources the ability to state our needs forthrightly with self-awareness, that is, to state our needs without attempting to coerce others. Good selfishness is actually the effort to serve others more deeply, in a committed way over the long term.

Season: Spiritual Development

Speaker: Julie Hoke

Location: 5720 Ridge Ave.

About Talk: A look at Peter's life helps us consider our own spiritual development as we move from "me" to "we."

Season: Spiritual Development

Speaker: Julie Hoke

Location: 5720 Ridge Ave.

About Talk: A look at Peter's life helps us consider our own spiritual development as we move from "me" to "we."

Season: Spiritual Development

Speaker: Julie Hoke

Location: 5720 Ridge Ave.

About Talk: A look at Peter's life helps us consider our own spiritual development as we move from "me" to "we."

Season: Spiritual Development

Speaker: Julie Hoke

Location: 5720 Ridge Ave.

About Talk: A look at Peter's life helps us consider our own spiritual development as we move from "me" to "we."

Season: More than Just One Day of Gratitude

Speaker: Gwen White

Location: 3800 Marlton Pike

About Talk: Many of us are conditioned to please others to find our worth. Our culture does this fairly consistently for women, but our families of origin each have their own power over how we relate to ourselves and our desires. Selfishness cannot be countered by self-loathing. We must become who we are in Christ by getting connected to a deeper sense of our own giftedness and needs. Gwen developed a working definition of “good selfishness” (though she still objects to the title). It is the courage to prioritize ourselves in order to restore our resources the ability to state our needs forthrightly with self-awareness, that is, to state our needs without attempting to coerce others. Good selfishness is actually the effort to serve others more deeply, in a committed way over the long term.

Season: Greeting the Sparkle

Speaker: Joshua Grace

Location: 2007 Frankford Ave.

About Talk: What is it like to live on or near a border? What borders are you able to cross, which ones can’t/shouldn’t you cross, and which ones are you called to cross? Samson shows how living on the border can be an opportunity to engage in rivalries, create or participate in someone else’s conflict, and be filled with the Spirit to embody creative solutions. The desperation and resilience of his wife’s “nagging” can teach us about what it’s like to be stuck on one side of a border, and does not need the misogynistic treatment of women being interpreted as “Samson’s weakness.”