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Raw Faith: Following the Thread
Join us for A Reading and Conversation with acclaimed writer, speaker and spiritual leader Marilyn Sewell.
Marilyn writes about a universal longing the longing for love and acceptance, the longing for home. The origin of her own angst is mother loss. Marilyn loses her mother at age 9 when her father snatches her and takes her to live with his parents in a small town in North Louisiana. She doesn't get reacquainted with her mother until she is 33, when her mother is dying of cancer. Having grown up with no real home, she looks for home in the arms of men, in schools and churches, and in marriage. These places serve as a temporary refuge, but for the most part, home eludes her. She is sustained throughout her journey by her faith and her understanding that she is held by something larger than herself. Her wandering teaches her at last that home is not a place, not even with people she loves and who love her, but is rather a condition of the spirit. Home is always available, as she puts it, "if I can quiet my scared heart."
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LocationStarr King School for the Ministry (View)
2441 LeConte Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94577
United States
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