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Facilitated by: Louise Lawarre
Conversations takes place the first Friday of each month, September
through May, at 6pm. A dinner is catered by Power Inspires Progress (PIP),
and the conversations follow, ending around 8:30pm. The location is the
Imago Office, 700 Enright Ave. in Price Hill.
Joanna Macy calls this moment in history “The Great Turning”. Thomas Berry
talks of the Great Work of the time being the reconnecting and preservation
of the Earth. With the incredible changes taking place on the planet,
the monthly Conversations provide us with an opportunity to discuss: What
is this Moment? What difference does it make? What will we do with it?
It is a time for those of us who know there is a profound transformation
happening, and are involved in pushing it forward, to come together and
share our thoughts, our feelings, our disappointments and signs of positive
changes.
All those deeply concerned and/or involved in this transformation are
invited to join in the Conversations. Each evening revolves around a different
theme and follows a similar format. New faces are always welcome.
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS:
March 7, 2008
Conversations: A Great Good Place
6:00-8:30 pm
Suggested Donation $10
Building community through gathering places. This conversation will focus on where we meet other people to share our stories and lives, and how this kind of meeting can foster relationships with other people committed to living sustainably within Earth’s community of life. We will draw on thoughts from Ray Oldenburg’s book “The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts and How They Get You Through the Day”
April 4, 2008
Conversations: TBA
6:00-8:30 pm
Suggested Donation $10
May 2, 2008
Conversations: TBA
6:00-8:30 pm
Suggested Donation $10
Visit the Calendar page for more information.
Earth and Spirit
700 Enright Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45205
513-921-5124 (phone)
513-921-1045 (fax)
louiselawarre@yahoo.com
We call upon the Earth, our Planet Home, with its beautiful depths and soaring heights, its vitality and abundance of life – and together we ask that it teach us and show us the way.
We call upon the waters that ring the Earth, horizon to horizon, that flow in our rivers and stream, that fall upon our gardens and fields – and we ask that they teach us and show us the way.
We call upon the land which grows our food, the nurturing soil, the fertile fields, the abundant gardens and orchards – and we ask that they teach us and show us the way.
We call upon the forests, the great trees reaching strongly to the sky, with earth in their roots and the heavens in their branches, the fir and the pine and the cedar – and we ask that they teach us and show us the way.
We call upon the creatures of the fields and the forests and the seas, our brothers and sisters, the wolves and deer, the eagle and dove, the great whales and the dolphin, the beautiful orca and fish who share our home – and we ask them to teach us and show us the way.
We call upon all those who have lived on this Earth, our ancestors and our friends, who dreamed the best for future generations, and upon whose lives our lives are built – and with thanksgiving we call upon them to teach us and show us the way.
And lastly, we call upon all that we hold most sacred, the presence and power of the Great Spirit of Love and Truth, which flows through all the universe – to be with us to teach us and show us the way.
