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The Director’s Wednesday Seminar Rediscovering Reverence: Recovering Our Sense of Awe, Respect, and Mutual Honor
Are some of our current difficulties rooted in a decline in our capacity for “ordinary reverence” — awe in the face of beauty, respect for the integrity of others, civilities that protect personal borders, an honoring of body, self, society and nature? Using Paul Woodruff’s book Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, we’ll explore the “habits of reverence” that are essential to every sphere of life, from education to the family, from politics to land management, from approaching the holy to every kind of love.
Robert Corin Morris
6 Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 12, 19, no class May 5
$75 ($65 Members) $20 drop-in Summit Center
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Spring Retreat
With Different Eyes: Learning and Doing the New Testament
Overcome narrow thinking and broaden your reality by open-hearted engagement with the “living and elusive” texts of the New Testament. We will discover ways to “partner with the text,” balancing the whole and its parts and discovering dormant answers hidden in plain sight—while also recognizing that which lies behind the words and beyond our reach. The retreat setting will help us enter deeply into our own responses, with presentation, discussion, worship, and plenty of silence. All meals are provided; the retreat house features individual single rooms, shared baths and lovely grounds. Participants may choose to read Deirdre Good’s new book with Bruce Chilton, Starting New Testament Study: Learning and Doing. Co-sponsored by Christ Church in Short Hills
Deirdre Good and Lisa Green
Sat., Apr. 17, 3 p.m.-Sun., Apr. 18, 3 p.m.
$155 ($140 Members)
St. Marguerite’s Retreat House
Mendham
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Take Control of the Clutter!The Secrets of Simplicity
Stressed out? Over-scheduled? Tripping over the clutter of your day? Learn practical changes to unburden your closets and calendars and make room for what’s really important. Mary Carlomagno, author of Secrets of Simplicity, has been featured on Oprah and The Today Show, as well as in Redbook and Real Simple. She will help you figure out how to let go of the things you no longer need and treasure truly prized possessions, and offer simple, innovative solutions that you can apply to your life, right now. You’ll leave with a newfound clarity and peace of mind, freeing you up to focus productively on your real priorities and passions.
Mary Carlomagno
Tuesday, April 20, 7-9 p.m. $25
Summit
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Planet NarniaRetrieving a Living Cosmology with C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles
Discover the “discarded image” of medieval cosmology that C.S. Lewis wove into The Chronicles of Narnia to give his readers the chance to inhabit a livelier model of the universe as “a world lighted, warmed, and resonant with music,” a world of angels, daemons, and middle spirits. Lewis had a particular interest in this ancient worldview in which Earth was circled by seven planets, “spiritual symbols of permanent value,” each reflection a face of the Holy. Each Chronicle of Narnia is imbued with the spirit of one of these spheres. Join us as we take a new look at a beloved series and listen to the music of the spheres! Recommended reading: Lewis’ The Discarded Image and Michael Ward’s Planet Narnia.
Michael Christensen and Lisa Green
Sunday, April 25, 2-5 p.m. $30 ($25 Members)
Christ Church in Short Hill
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