The Episcopal Church of the Ascension - Hickory, North Carolina
Sunday Adult Forum -- Holy Conversations: On Being with Krista Tippett
Sun, Dec 01
|Hickory
Join us as we listen to and discuss parts of Krista Tippett's most popular On Being episodes. Join when you can; each Sunday is a standalone discussion. All are welcome.
Time & Location
Dec 01, 2024, 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Hickory, 726 1st Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601, USA
About the Event
December 1 – John O Donohue: The Inner Landscape of Beauty
The Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher insisted on beauty as a human calling. He had a very Celtic, lifelong fascination with the inner landscape of our lives and with what he called “the invisible world” that is constantly intertwining what we can know and see. This was one of the last interviews he gave before his unexpected death in 2008. But John O’Donohue’s voice and writings continue to bring ancient mystical wisdom to modern confusions and longings. Facilitator: Mark Valcourt
December 8 – Dacher Kettner: The Science of Awe
One of the most fascinating developments of our time is that human qualities we have understood in terms of virtue — experiences we’ve called spiritual — are now being taken seriously by science as intelligence — as elements of human wholeness. Dacher Keltner and his Greater Good Science Center…