This is the recording from our live event with author Brian McLaren at the Community Environmental Council HUB in Santa Barbara. In this episode, Brian delivers some insights from his new book, Life After Doom - Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart, and invites the audience to consider more hopeful and resilient scenarios related to climate catastrophe. 

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering in week 5 of our series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about how to practice self-welcome, grounding our sense of self in a divine presence within us, so we might discover the true self within us. 

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering in week 4 of our series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about how to deal contemplatively with our existential dread, the courage and compassion that is forged in us when we do, and moving through fear toward peace.

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 led by Sage Maas. She talked about trans awareness, history, and allyship, sharing from her own personal experience and wisdom. For access to the slides from the night, go HERE. 

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering in week 3 of our series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about how to deal contemplatively with our emotions, not judging them as good or bad, and how becoming a house of welcome for our emotions can lead us into the second naiveté. 

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering in week 2 of our series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about how to deal contemplatively with our thoughts, the work of Byron Katie, and how changing the way we think can lead us into the second naiveté. 

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering beginning a new series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about the contrasts between first and second half of life spirituality, and spent time understanding the qualities of the first naiveté. 

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering focused on beginning the new year. We talked about resolutions, optimization vs. deep change, and how we often learn some of our greatest lessons through facing the challenges of suffering. 

This is the recording from our Christmas Eve candlelight gathering, focused on carrying the light of love forward. We talked about how what is true of the Christ at Christmas is also true of us -- namely, that we too are born in Love, and our life's journey is to return to love, so that we might become Love for the world. 

This is the recording from our second Advent Dinner & Dialogue gathering focused on the theme of Peace. We talked about the picture of Peace we actually get in the stories surrounding Jesus' birth, and how Peace is about equity, equality, and lifting each other up in a spirit of mutual aid.