A SPIRITED LIFE IN THE SECULAR WORLD with BROTHER DAVID STEINDL-RAST and SAM KEEN
FCCB (1st Congregational Church of Berkeley)
Berkeley, CA
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
with Berkeley Arts & Letters Presents
A Two-Part BENEFIT FOR A NETWORK FOR GRATEFUL LIVING (ANG*L)
A SPIRITED LIFE IN THE SECULAR WORLD
with BROTHER DAVID STEINDL-RAST and SAM KEEN
Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Dana, Berkeley
What does it mean to get beyond the veneer of gratitude in popular culture and live a spirited life? Join Brother David Steindl-Rast and Sam Keen for a weekend exploring the many facets of this question.
Friday, July 30
7:30 PM
THE SCANDAL OF GRATITUDE
In the Sanctuary at FCCB
Brother David talks about how to pierce beneath the too-easy surface concept of Gratefulness, followed by a rejoinder from Sam Keen.
Saturday, July 31
10 AM - 4 PM
A DAY WITH BROTHER DAVID AND SAM
In the small assembly at FCCB
These two spirited friends are looking forward to a lively dialog on Sam's belief of the importance of "Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred", and Brother David's translation of vision into action via "The Practice of Gratefulness in Contemplation". There will be time for much discussion, for asking and answering questions, and for sharing a lunchtime meal included as part of the day.
Tickets are available for just Friday evening's conversation, for just Saturday's all-day workshop, or for both events.
Tickets for Friday evening are $20 ($10 students with ID). Tickets for Friday evening will also be available at the door.
Tickets for Saturday's workshop, including morning and afternoon coffee and teas, and a boxed lunch, are $99 (with a limited number of student tickets available at $65). Tickets for Saturday's workshop will NOT be available at the door.
The entire weekend benefits A Network for Grateful Living (ANG*L). Best known for its interactive website, gratefulness.org, ANG*L is dedicated to providing education and support for the practice of grateful living as a global ethic, based on the teachings of Brother David and colleagues.
Brother David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B., was born in 1926 in Vienna, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. Since 1953 he has been a monk of Mount Saviour Benedictine monastery in New York State. He was one of the first Roman Catholics to receive Zen training and to participate in Buddhist-Christian dialog.
For decades, Brother David divided his time between periods of a hermit's life and extensive lecture tours. His audiences included starving students in Zaire and faculty at Harvard and Columbia, Buddhist monks and Sufi retreatants, New Age commune residents and naval cadets, Green Berets and participants at international peace conferences.
He has contributed to books and periodicals from Encyclopedia Americana to the New Age Journal. He wrote Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer, and A Listening Heart. Brother David co-authored Belonging to the Universe with physicist Fritjof Capra, and The Ground We Share, on Buddhist and Christian practice, with Robert Aitken Roshi. His most recent book is Deeper Than Words: Living the Apostles' Creed.
Sam Keen was, in his words, over-educated at Harvard and Princeton and was a professor of philosophy and religion at various legitimate institutions and a contributing editor of Psychology Today for 20 years before becoming a free-lance thinker, lecturer, seminar leader and consultant. He is the author of a baker's dozen books, including Fire in the Belly, Sightings, and In the Absence of God. He was co-producer of an award winning PBS documentary, Faces of the Enemy. His work was the subject of a PBS special with Bill Moyers -- Your Mythic Journey with Sam Keen.
When not writing or traveling around the world lecturing and doing seminars on a wide range of topics on which he claims he is "not necessarily an expert but a skilled explorer," he cuts wood, tends to his farm in the hills above Sonoma, takes long hikes and practices the flying trapeze.
This weekend is hosted by Patricia De Jong, senior minister, FCCB.
For further event information:
Melissa Mytinger, mytinger@gmail.com
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
info@fccb.org, 510-848-3696
SELECTED LODGING NEAR FCCB (First Congregational Church of Berkeley)
HOTEL SHATTUCK PLAZA
2986 Allston Way, Berkeley CA 94704
510-845-7300
HOTEL DURANT
2600 Durant Avenue, Berkeley CA 94704
510-984-3731
BANCROFT HOTEL
2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94704
510-549-1000
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
1175 University Avenue, Berkeley CA 94702
510-548-1700
Note: Map, lodging,parking, and public transportation information may be found here: http://www.fccb.org/maps.php
Saturday attendees: if you require a vegan lunch, please email your request to mytinger@gmail.com.
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Sales have ended for this event. Tickets may still be available at the door.
Friday evening tickets available at the door.
There are no Saturday workshop tickets available at the door. |
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| First: | Friday Jul 30, 2010 7:30 PM | | Last: | Saturday Jul 31, 2010 10:00 AM |
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FCCB (1st Congregational Church of Berkeley)
2345 Channing Way at Dana
Berkeley, CA 94704
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