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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
The retreat will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at A Positive Light Center for Spiritual Awakening, at 6470 Kelsey Creek Drive in Kelseyville.
The event is open to the public and offered on a donation basis.
This retreat is focused on instruction and practice with mindfulness and loving kindness meditations, lecture, interactive exercises, and question and answer periods.
Based on his latest book of the same name, Griffin's retreat will focus on the traditional teachings of metta, or loving kindness, practice.
"This practice is sometimes depicted as a simple 'open your heart and love everybody' practice, but a closer look at the Buddha’s teachings reveals a more complex and nuanced picture," noted Griffin. "In a time of great conflict and contention in our society, it can be extremely valuable to see how the Buddha addressed these relevant topics."
Topics to be explored are the challenges of living with other people; the risk of hating anyone, even your enemies; and the dangers inherent to conventional loving relationships.
Griffin is also the author of “One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps” (Rodale Press 2004) and “A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery” (Hay House 2009).
He teaches internationally at Buddhist centers, addiction treatment centers, professional conferences, and academic settings, specializing in helping people in recovery connect with meditation and a progressive understanding of the 12 Steps – a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for tackling addictions, including alcoholism.
As a leader in the mindful recovery movement and a founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, Griffin is a longtime Buddhist practitioner and twelve step participant.
He teaches nationally on the synthesis of these two traditions and has trained with leading Western Vipassana teachers, including Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Ajahn Amaro.
Griffin is hosted by local meditation teacher, Reiki Master and director of A Positive Light, Joanie Lane, and local mindfulness teacher and author, JoAnn Saccato.
Space is limited for the event and early registration is encouraged. Participants are invited to wear comfortable clothing and to bring a lunch. Mats, cushions, water and tea are provided. Donations are gratefully accepted.
For more information and to register visit http://www.apositivelight.com or call 707-279-6031.
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- Written by: Upper Lake Community Church
Rev. Green will describe to us how he, and wife Cherie, have faithfully answered the call of God to serve the Majority World Mission Movement from Latin America, serving under four Latin American leaders with various Latin American contexts.
Rev. Kelly, ordained with the Evangelical Free Church of America where he and Cherie assist a diverse global Latin American Church in its recruitment, training and deployment of cross-cultural laborers for work among the unengaged and unreached peoples of the world, especially the Islamic world.
Having received additional training through the Fuller Graduate School of World Mission, together with the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary of Beirut, Lebanon, they have ministered in and from Colombia since 1998, having founded mission-training ministries that are now led by national leaders that continue to impact the world.
Rev. Kelly and Cherie have seen firsthand how God has worked through Latin American cross-cultural workers to build His Kingdom among all nations from West Africa to Southeast Asia.
They are called to continue their work as they receive invitations throughout the Americas and beyond to teach and mentor aspiring cross-cultural workers and church-planting movements.
All are welcome to come and hear Rev. Kelly on Nov. 25 as he shares his new ministry opportunities with us.
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- Written by: Unitarian Universalists of Lake County
The service begins at 11 a.m. at the church, located at 3810 Main St. in Kelseyville.
With spiritual reflection and consideration, this service will focus on the unique-to-the-world environment of Clear Lake and its future, taking inspiration from music, poetry, story and the contemplation of a dozen impressionistic color photos of Clear Lake and its beautiful environs.
The photos are taken by local photographer Ruth Stierna, who is a member of the church.
The service will look with fresh eyes at the unique, natural environment of Clear Lake – both an ancient and modern wonder that has sustained itself for hundreds of millennia and continues to do so.
Yet in this new age of its life, there are opportunities for us to protect and conserve the lake.
Guests are welcome to attend.
For more information, call 707-533-4491.
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- Written by: Upper Lake Community Church
The class is held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. am at Upper Lake Senior Support Services, 9410 Mendenhall Avenue.
If you miss that class you can join him at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the fellowship hall at the Upper Lake Community Church, 604 Clover Valley Road, at the corner of First Street and Clover Valley Road.
"Lectio divina" or "divine reading" is a way of reading the Scriptures whereby we gradually let go of our own agenda and open ourselves to what God wants to say to us. In other words we “listen with the ear of our heart” and is a way to experience Scripture in a more deeply personal way.
There are four parts, or stages, to lectio divina – reading, reflection, response and rest. It is said that it is best to start by quieting your mind and heart and pray for the Spirit’s guidance.
The first part, reading, is where there is a slow and gradual reading of a Scripture passage.
The second part, reflection, is where we think about the text we have read and reflect upon it so that we take from it what God wants to give us.
The third part, response, is where we leave our thinking aside and simply let our hearts speak to God. What is God trying to show us through a word or phrase?
The fourth stage, rest, is where we let go not only of our own ideas but also our words and thoughts. We simply rest in the Word of God. We listen at the deepest level of our being to God who speaks within us with a still small voice and as we listen, we are gradually transformed from within. Hopefully we will take what we read in the Word of God into our daily lives.
It’s like eating: First we taste, then we chew on it and break it down, then we swallow and the food nourishes us and helps us to be healthy and grow and finally, after eating we are refreshed, restored and can rest.