Feb 21 Tip: Hear Lecture Tonight on "Faith & Politics"

February 21 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

TONIGHT! Hear the Executive Director of the Kentucky Council of Churches on "Faith and Politics: Therapists Needed"

Faith and Politics: Therapists Needed

a discussion about Religion in America by

The Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor

Executive Director of the Kentucky Council of Churches

The religious ferment in the US makes us better able to absorb people from many parts of the world, makes political discourse focus on values, and mobilizes huge armies of volunteers and donors. Our civic life would be radically different without it. But there is a pathology that has set at odds many faith adherents who should be together. The pathology is bad theology fed by fear and personality type differences. We will explore that pathology, the harm it causes, and the therapies that heal it. Can we become the therapists that are needed? Can needed social reforms succeed otherwise?

Thursday, February 21, 2013

7:00 p.m. Lecture, followed by Reception

Egan Leadership Center Lectorium

901 South Fourth Street (corner of Fourth and Breckinridge)

parking available in Spalding lots off of Third St., Fourth St., and Breckinridge

free and open to the public

Spalding University’s 32^nd Annual KEENAN LECTURE in the School of Liberal Studies,

together with the Compassion in the World’s Religions Series  sponsored by

Spalding University’s Diversity Consciousness Action Group, Interfaith Paths to Peace,

and Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church present

Feb 20 Tip: On PBS Watch "After Newtown: Guns in America"

February 20 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

View the PBS special, "After Newtown: Guns in America"

http://www.pbs.org/programs/after-newtown-guns-america/

In April 1775, it took each Minuteman fifteen seconds to load, aim, and fire a single musket at the advancing British Redcoats in Lexington, Mass. In December, 2012, at a primary school in Newtown, Conn., Adam Lanza was able to fire off dozens of rounds with an assault-type weapon in a mere sixty seconds. 

Gun technology has evolved a great deal since the Colonial era. So too has America's gun culture.  With an estimated 300 million firearms in circulation, many argue that the nation is inundated with weapons and fear the human toll they've taken is too high.  Over 30,000 people die each year from a gun-related injury. At the same time, guns are enjoyed by tens of thousands of Americans for sport, and many more rely on them for self-defense. 

After Newtown: Guns in America is an unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearms. From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred years. Americans have relied on guns to sustain communities, challenge authority, and keep the peace. Efforts to curtail their distribution and ownership have triggered epic political battles. On one side, the cry for gun control gets louder with each mass shooting. And on the other, Charlton Heston's 2000 rallying cry, "From my cold, dead hands," still resonates across the land. 

Featuring the personal reflections of Bill Cosby, Frank Serpico, and NRA President David Keene, among other experts and advocates, this unique documentary will examine the evolution of guns in America, their frequent link to violence, and the clash of cultures that reflect competing visions of our national identity.

Feb 19 Tip: Read "I shall not live in vain"

February 19 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Read Emily Dickinson's poem, "I Shall Not Live in Vain"

http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/poetry.cgi?record=41

I Shall Not Live In Vain  Emily Dickinson
	If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.

Feb 18 Tip: Support Education on Suicide Prevention

February 18 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Watch a short video about the need to educate mental health professionals on suicide prevention techniques

http://www.ket.org/cgi-bin/cheetah/watch_video.pl?nola=WGAOS+014052&altdir&template

Please take a moment to watch a short video that explains the need to require Kentucky mental health professionals to have training on suicide prevention techniques.

Fast forward the video to 20:30 to watch about 10 minutes of testimony. It's worth the time. 

 

Feb 17 Tip: Listen to this audio and take a "Journey to Worthiness"

February 17 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Listen to this audio from Sounds True, and take a "Journey to Worthiness"

http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/?source=tami-simon&p=1541&category=PP&version=full

 A trustworthy guide can make all the difference when we are facing the more difficult parts of our human journey. When Sounds True producer Stephen Lessard worked with Dr. Brené Brown on her audio course Men, Women, and Worthiness, he discovered a teacher who immediately created that all-important bond of trust. “Brené has a clear, simple style that makes me feel like I’m sitting across the table from a dear friend,” Stephen reports. Because of the presence she brings, Brené has a gift for helping us navigate the difficult experiences of shame and vulnerability that we often try to avoid. In this selection, she talks about why facing the swamp of our shameful feelings empowers us to live a full and wholehearted life.

Feb 16 Tip: Learn about the Hindu concept of "Advaita"

February 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Encounter the way everything in the University is connected by learning about the Hindu concept of "Advaita"

http://endless-satsang.com/advaita-nonduality-oneness.htm

What is Advaita, or nonduality? Advaita means nondual or "not two." This oneness is a fundamental quality of everything. Everything is a part of and made of one nondual conciousness. Often the question arises, "If it is all one thing, why don’t I experience it that way?" This is confusing oneness for the appearance of sameness. Things can appear different without being separate. Just look at your hand for a moment. Your fingers are all different from each other, but are they separate? They all arise from the same hand. Similarly, the objects, animals, plants and people in the world are all definitely different in their appearance and functioning. But they are all connected at their source—they come from the same source. This one Being that is behind all life has an infinite number of different expressions that we experience as different objects.
To continue with the hand analogy, your fingers are all made of the same substance. They are made up of similar tissues, cells, atoms, and at the deepest level, subatomic particles. Similarly, when your experience of reality becomes more subtle, you discover that everything is just different expressions of one field of nondual Being.

Feb 15 Tip: Learn about "Fractured Atlas" support org for artists

February 15 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Learn about "Fractured Atlas," a non-profit organization providing a variety of services to support artists

http://www.fracturedatlas.org/

The Mission of Fractured

Fractured Atlas empowers artists, arts organizations, and other cultural sector stakeholders by eliminating practical barriers to artistic expression, so as to foster a more agile and resilient cultural ecosystem.

What Does That Really Mean?

Good question. We're a national organization that supports folks at every level of the cultural ecosystem. Mostly that includes individual artists — performing, visual, literary, design, media, and everything in between — and arts organizations — from one-person outfits to the biggest of the big.
If any of that sounds like you, then Fractured Atlas can help you run your business more efficiently, with more, better resources at your fingertips. That means you've got more time, energy, and money to dedicate to making art. (And isn't that the point?)
Fractured Atlas is non-curatorial. That means we do not discriminate, nor do we judge your art. That's not our job. We're here to help with the "unsexy" stuff that helps make art happen.
We can also help institutional funders, policymakers, and others refine their 30,000 foot view of the field. New technology development, cultural asset mapping, research and data analysis, and advisory services inform your work and help you make smarter, more strategic decisions.
Our office may be in New York, but everything we do has a national reach. (We've even got members outside the US.) Whether you're in a small town, a big city, or the middle of nowhere, all of our services are just a click away.